What makes this one work is the excellent chemistry of its leads, and the convincingly depicted musical world depicted here (you’d be hard-pressed to find another mainstream drama with such convincing live performances). You know the drill-one part whirlwind fairytale romance, one part wish-fulfilment fantasy, a potent brew that’s sustained multiple tellings of this story to date. It’s the gold standard by which all cinematic missions into space, interactions with artificial intelligence, and depictions of the future have been judged against ever since. The breakthrough film for Douglas Trumbull, who would go on to be revered as a special effects legend, 2001‘s effects remain incredibly impressive over fifty years later-and its influence on cinema since its 1968 release is impossible to understate (would Kurbrick have been chuffed by the start of Barbie? Probably!). Clarke’s science fiction masterpiece is both a stunningly real vision of the future, and a psychedelic explosion. We’ll update this post each month as films come and go from Netflix. Behold, Steve Newall has crafted the definitive list of the best films currently available to stream on Netflix NZ.
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