The Kubrick Site: Clarke’s 2001 Diary (excerpts)
Very cool insight into the making of 2001. I love the little tid bits of all the stuff that they rejected, yet later turned into major parts.
Like,
November 21. Read Leakey’s Adam’s Ancestors. Getting rather
desperate now, but after six hours’ discussion Stan had a rather amusing
idea. Our E.T.’s arrive on Earth and teach commando tactics to our
pacifistic ancestors so that they can survive and flourish. We had an
entertaining time knocking this one around, but I don’t think it’s viable.
It also gave me a lot of insight into what was happening in the movie. I regretfully never read the book, so this helps me see the whole thing in a new light.
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