![]() The film’s influence was also apparent in the videos for Jump They Say and Blackstar. The song introduced the character of Major Tom, revisited in Ashes To Ashes and the David Bowie featuring Pet Shop Boys version of Hallo Spaceboy. Obviously some BBC official said, “Oh, right then, that space song, Major Tom, blah blah blah, that’ll be great.” “Um, but he gets stranded in space, sir.” Nobody had the heart to tell the producer that (laughs). ![]() Of course, I was overjoyed that they did. ![]() It wasn’t a pleasant thing to juxtapose against a moon landing. I’m sure they really weren’t listening to the lyric at all (laughs). It was picked up by the British television and used as the background music for the landing itself. I was out of my gourd anyway, I was very stoned when I went to see it, several times, and it was really a revelation to me. It was written because of going to see the film 2001, which I found amazing. Here Bowie explains to Bill DeMain of Performing Songwriter in 2003 that his own viewing experience may have been tweaked somewhat.īOWIE: In England, it was always presumed that it was written about the space landing, because it kind of came to prominence around the same time. Suggestions of mind-altering substances taken to enhance viewer appreciation of some of the more psychedelic scenes, weren’t exactly discouraged by one of the myriad posters produced to promote the film, running with the tagline: “the ultimate trip”. It is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of spaceflight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery.Ī 21-year-old David Bowie was so impressed by it that it became the inspiration for his first hit single the following year, Space Oddity. The film, which follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer HAL after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith affecting human evolution, deals with themes of existentialism, human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the existence of extraterrestrial life. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel". The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - +Ģ001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Here’s an edited excerpt from Wikipedia for those unfamiliar with the plot: Stanley Kubrick’s remarkable 2001: A Space Odyssey was released in the UK on May 10, 1968. “An epic drama of adventure and exploration”
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