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Réalisateur : Stanley Kubrick

Année : 1968

Il manque définitivement à la liste du Times (100 best films) mon film-culte: 2001, A Space Odyssey. Comment ne peut-il pas s'y trouver? Signe que l'oeuvre maîtresse de Kubrick demeure, et c'est tant mieux, profondément ésotérique. C'est un "landmark" de l'histoire du cinéma, tant sur la forme que sur le fond et de nombreuses références y sont faites dans la culture moderne. La déchiffrer est un rite initiatique, la comprendre est une quête à laquelle je me livre avec bonheur, patience et conscience.

Dave Bowman: HAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Open the doors!
HAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
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[HAL's shutdown]
HAL: I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.
Dave Bowman: Yes, I'd like to hear it, HAL. Sing it for me.
HAL: It's called "Daisy."
[sings while slowing down]
HAL: Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage. But you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two.