I live in film heaven. Tonight I went to a screening of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey in its original Super Panavision 70mm size with 6 channel magnetic sound. This was its optimal CINERAMA form when released in 1968 but I found the sound a bit static-y in the first hour (could just be something wrong with the 8 year old print or that we are spoiled by DTS/THX). I’d only seen this film in large chunks between the ages of 10 and 19 because, even at 10, adults program you to love films like this because they know that you will appreciate them when you are of an age to understand the craft and talent behind such a succesful undertaking. I fully realize that part of my adulthood has been achieved by the complete viewing in this format, its propagation I now bequeath unto you.

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