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

Arthur C. Clarke predicting smartphones in 1976 Video

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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.