The special effect to create this animated sequence was of course mechanical (not digital) and is called Slit-Scan Photography
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The special effect to create this animated sequence was of course mechanical (not digital) and is called Slit-Scan Photography

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Cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth and Stanley Kubrick on the 2001 set
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Cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth and Stanley Kubrick on the 2001 set

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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - 2008)
Arthur C. Clarke collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick in writing the groundbreaking film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” shown with astronaut Poole, left, (Gary Lockwood) and mission Commander Bowman (Keir Dullea)
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - 2008)

Arthur C. Clarke collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick in writing the groundbreaking film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” shown with astronaut Poole, left, (Gary Lockwood) and mission Commander Bowman (Keir Dullea)

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Stanley Kubrick and production designer Tony Masters inside HAL’s logic center, from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, 1968
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Stanley Kubrick and production designer Tony Masters inside HAL’s logic center, from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, 1968

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In the H. A. L. 9000 computer (“HAL”), humans have created the first artificial intelligence: a sentient, albeit synthetic, life form. But HAL’s very existence is an abomination; he is a kind of Frankenstein’s monster. While perhaps not overtly monstrous, HAL’s true character is hinted at by his physical “deformity”
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In the H. A. L. 9000 computer (“HAL”), humans have created the first artificial intelligence: a sentient, albeit synthetic, life form. But HAL’s very existence is an abomination; he is a kind of Frankenstein’s monster. While perhaps not overtly monstrous, HAL’s true character is hinted at by his physical “deformity”

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