Shoulda Been A Contenda: 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)

OscarWatch Podcast

Join hosts Amy & Steve, along with special guest Brian Hartz, as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's ultimate trip, 2001: A Space Odyssey. A film so influential in cinema that, of course, it was nominated for Best Picture...right? Wrong! So, in honor of this momentous occasion, we introduce a new category of film: Shoulda Been A Contenda, those films that for whatever reason were not nominated for the big one. Kubrick is renowned for never winning an Oscar...for director. He did walk away with his only statue for overseeing the effects work here; effects that still hold up to this day. We discuss what Steve calls "the sin of tools" and question whether violence and civilization go hand in hand; just what why did HAL go crazy and kill everybody, and Amy gives the greatest summation of the plot in history. All this, and more! Like the legendary music, that brilliant flash-forward and those monkeys... Write us an email with your thoughts to [e-mail] and be sure to find us on social media @oscarwatchpod Next week, we're gonna need a bigger boat...