A new four-volume set from TASCHEN goes behinds the scenes of the most important science fiction film ever made.
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Filming began on 2001: A Space Odyssey, in December, 1965, at Shepperton Studios, England.
Stanley Kubrick directs the lunar monolith scenes.
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Kubrick co-wrote the film with science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, partly inspired by the latter's short story, The Sentinal.
Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke inside the passenger deck of the Aries lunar ferry.
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Released in 1968 the film inspired a generation to consider our place in the universe, and influenced countless other filmmakers.
Gary Lockwood in the main command deck of the Discovery One.
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