Friday, 5 June 2020

Stanley Kubrick’s Rejected Monolith

quote [ The iconic Monolith from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey was originally not a mysterious black slab. The director wanted it to be transparent. To that end, Kubrick commissioned a local plastics firm, Stanley Plastics to cast the monolith out of a solid block of transparent acrylic. ]

They pale before the monolith that towers over
[SFW] [tv & movies] [+5]
[by ScoobySnacks]
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5th Earth said @ 3:37pm GMT on 5th June
No, it was a specifically a rectangular block with 1:3:9 proportions. However, it did display things to the monkeys instead of just sitting there being black.

5th Earth said @ 3:38pm GMT on 5th June
No, it was a specifically a rectangular block with 1:4:9 proportions. However, it did display things to the monkeys instead of just sitting there being black.


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5th Earth said @ 3:37pm GMT on 5th June
No, it was a specifically a rectangular block with 1:4:9 proportions. However, it did display things to the monkeys instead of just sitting there being black.



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