Throwing bones in the air as "2001" turns 40
Review of the legendary, now 40 years old “2001: A Space Odyssey” by Stanley Kubrick [via daringfireball.net].
On a technical perspective it is interesting to mention, that the entire movie has been shot in Standard 65mm film. In contrary to today’s movies produced in the “digital intermediate process” (which is mostly filmed on 35mm film and scanned in 2048x1556 pixel resolution), the 65mm film stock provides a resolution of at least 4096x3112.
That means that you can screen “2001” in an IMAX theatre at maximum quality (if you had an original 65mm print). Any recent digitally produced movie would look like a blurry mess against it.
