We all have our own interpretation of the ending of the director’s magnum opus, but what does the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey mean to Stanley Kubrick?
There are some filmmakers who would rather leave the meaning of their films up to the audience to interpret than explain what the filmmaker is trying to say. Stanley Kubrick was one of the directors, opting to challenge audiences at every level.
He didn’t subscribe to one single interpretation of his work, telling Playboy magazine in 1968, “You’re free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film—and such speculation is one indication that it has succeeded in gripping the audience at a deeper level—but I don’t want to spell out a verbal road map for 2001 that every viewer will feel obligated to pursue.”
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
