数十年来，学者们一直在研究斯坦利•库布里克的电影。然而，本书进行了创新，将最近采用的以经验为依据的解读库布里克电影的方式与早期拘泥于形式的方式放在一起，以更全面地理解库布里克为拍摄出具有独特美感的电影《2001太空漫游》所采用的方法的形成经过。随着电影上映50周年纪念日的临近，撰稿者们探索了它仍然令人惊叹的设计、愿景，以及哲学架构，提供了新的见解和分析，让哪怕是库布里克的忠实粉丝也能用新的方式思考这位导演及其杰作。

This edited volume seeks to bring to light the impact of the ‘new’ Kubrick studies upon the ‘old’ Kubrick studies and collate together original insights, and textual and interpretative analyses of 2001: A Space Odyssey. By revising the formalist approaches in Kubrick Studies and conflating it with new empirical approaches, we can arrive at a broader understanding of the means and ways in which Kubrick’s methods as a director were developed to create a unique aesthetic creation and a film that changed cinematic language radically. Approaching the 50th anniversary of its release, 2001’s reputation is cemented as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, regularly appearing in polls of the most important movies. And the film is still years ahead in its design, vision and philosophical structure. Contributions come largely from emerging scholarly voices within Film Studies, bringing new and innovative approaches to a film they share a common passion for.