“The 2001 File illustrates that even with a prodigious polymath auteur like Kubrick in charge, cinema is a collective creative endeavor.”
“The book flows with simple designs before revealing increasingly more elaborate renderings”
“For fans of the movie, The 2001 File is like a kind of dream.”
“From the Newspad to a multi-channel media – what 2001: A Space Odyssey got right about our future.”
“As the book reveals, it was the work of a NASA illustrator which kept Stanley Kubrick's film rooted in science-fact, making it both more believable and more beautiful along the way.”
“The cult of Kubrick will be in heaven here.”
“Testifies to the perfectionism of Kubrick's approach.”
“A lesson for all who are interested in film design”
“Beautifully presented, Frayling's book offers an exhaustive examination of the making of 2001.”
“If any man could claim to have imagined the future it would probably be Harry Lange.”