The Date: January
7
The Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
What Is It?: The
greatest science-fiction movie ever made is more of a trip backwards and
forwards in time than a science-fiction movie. Shut the lights. Get close to
the big screen. You’ll munch on twigs and tapirs with ape people. You’ll walk
upside down in space capsules. You’ll float in the terrifying emptiness of
space. You’ll rocket through a psychedelic star gate and descend to Jupiter’s
weird terrain. You’ll sink deeply into the limitless brilliance of Stanley
Kubrick’s brain.
Why Today?: On
this day In 1610, Galileo announces
he has discovered the first three satellites of Jupiter.
