"I love editing. I Think I love it more than any other phase of filmmaking. If I wanted to be frivolous, I might say that everything that precedes editing is merely a way of producing film to edit."
Stanley Kubrick, 1971, in an interview while he was still shooting 2001.
Makes you wonder, what is the latent significance of these four "floating" scenes throughout the film and their correlation? I am not planning to make a statement here, merely to see those four moments closer together. If you've seen the film, you might get what I'm referring to. If not, well go do that.
Could it be that mastermind Kubrick might have been playing around with the concept and symbolism of evolution and extinction, technology and human ambition? What a treat. For me this is evidence of a mastery in editing, because while the audience may not make a totally conscious decision about what all of this means, the message comes across nevertheless. Even in deep, subtle feelings, both while and after experiencing the movie.
