Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Book review - "Space Odyssey: The Making of a Masterpiece" by Michael Benson

 Exhaustive, detailed, surely definitive. Kubrick comes out of this very well but the movie shows him at his best - all the attention to detail paid off. The critics come out of it badly most missed the point.

I like the human touches - Keir Dullea's contributions, William Sylvester stuffing his lines take after take, Arthur C Clarke having to pay off the debts of his dodgy married boyfriend caused by a Sri Lankan James Bond spoof. I like the tribute to the fighting qualities of Robert O'Brien at MGM too. 

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