This iconic science fiction film is a milestone in the development of science fiction and world cinema as a whole. The film tells the story of a series of encounters between humans and mysterious black monoliths that influence the course of human evolution.
Arthur C. Clarke, the co-author of the film, publicly stated that if someone has found all the answers to the questions posed in the film, then he and Kubrick did something wrong. Kubrick deliberately refrained from providing explanations, relying on surreal and metaphysical aspects. In "2001: A Space Odyssey," science coexists organically with inexplicable and supernatural phenomena, and the director himself said that he tried to find a "scientific definition of God."