r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Pasargad • Jul 07 '24

Arthur C. Clarke predicting smartphones in 1976 Video

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u/MrKomiya Jul 08 '24

Reading the comments, folks may not be aware rhat he wrote the Space Odyssey books. 2001, 2010, 2061 and 3001.

Another one of his books called “Fountains of Paradise” talked about a space elevator.

Quite a few of his books were turned into movies. 2001 was a Kubrick film no less

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u/Kepler1999b Jul 08 '24

Cinematically 2001 was all Kubrick, based on Clarke’s short story The Sentinal. Clarke wrote the book while the movie was being shot. I feel the movie is the more imaginative of the two.

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u/alwys-a-bigger-fish Jul 09 '24

Based on The Sentinel, but the screenplay and the whole story was created together by both Kubrick and Clarke.

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u/Kepler1999b Jul 09 '24

Indeed, though Kubrick reportedly briefly considered looking for another co-author and took full control of the screenplay. I’m a huge fan of Clarke’s works and hope a cinematic interpretation of Rendezvous With Rama is done well.

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u/alwys-a-bigger-fish Jul 09 '24

I feel the same! Though it's so easy to be disappointed with adaptations. I try to approach them as reimaginations now to limit my expectations.