28+ 2001 A Space Odyssey Length Background. A space odyssey is the 1968 science fiction novel written by arthur c. Aliens leave a monolith on earth.
Kubrick was well known at the time for movies like paths of glory, spartacus, and the the original title for 2001 was going to be a journey beyond the stars, but they went with 2001:
I loved the way it told a story without necessarily explaining everything, and really allowing one's own imagination to fill in some of the gaps. I loved the way it told a story without necessarily explaining everything, and really allowing one's own imagination to fill in some of the gaps. Its forced profundity has caused millions of people all over the world to force themselves to like what is quite simply nothing more than an exercise in style. A space odyssey is the everest among those kubrickian mountains.
