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Originally Posted by atari 2600
Humorous slant there, but just think...per this topic, Kubrick and Hitchcock are probably the two most ground-breaking directors in the history of cinema. That is, if were concentrating on the subject matter and themes of movies moreso than special effects...if we're primarily discussing fx, then no, there are many others and it all begins with King Kong.
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I should start off by saying that I'm not a big fan of Kubrick and certainly wouldn't say he was one of the two most ground-breaking directors. Hitchcock maybe, but Kubrick ahead of Griffith? Renoir? Welles? Godard? Bresson? Rossellini? That's an endlessly debatable point though and has no real bearing on your point.
Regarding 2001's themes, they resonated perfectly with the public mood building up towards the climax of the space-race. However if you look at the films made a few years later in the early 70s, the economic downturn created a very different type of film, that seemed at great odds with the zeitgeist of the late 60s - and by extension, 2001.
A film like Bonnie and Clyde, made a year before, was far more forward-looking than 2001 with regard the themes and attitudes that would quickly dominate American cinema.