2001 a space odyssey novel5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The connection here is an obvious one, and fully intentional on the part of director Stanley Kubrick. The obvious connection, and the one most often made, between 2001: A Space Odyssey and Friedrich Nietzsche is the title of the theme music from the film, the opening fanfare to Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, which was inspired by Nietzsche’s similarly titled novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. As I was rewatching the film recently, and seeing as how I’ve been thinking and writing more about Friedrich Nietzsche, both his philosophical writing and his poetry, I found myself making numerous connections between 2001: A Space Odyssey and Nietzsche, eventually coming to interpret 2001: A Space Odyssey as a thoroughly Nietzschean film. ![]() Clarke and the well-known Stanley Kubrick film of the same name. I’ve always been a fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey, both the book and its sequels by Arthur C. ![]()
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