This 2001: A Space Odyssey Poster Is as Beautiful as the Film Itself

Few films lend themselves to alternate movie posters arsenic good arsenic 2001: A Space Odyssey. Director Stanley Kubrick crafted the movie successful specified a way that not lone does it span millennia successful the story, but its visuals person a akin scope. As a result, immoderate artists volition absorption heavy connected the exertion oregon spaceships from the film. Others mightiness absorption on the stargate series oregon the ending, and there’s besides each the unforgettable iconography like the monolith oregon Hal.

Basically, there’s a batch to gully from, but creator Deb JJ Lee someway draws them each together beautifully for their caller poster. The representation has that ethereal, dream-like prime of 2001‘s finale; the cold, tech-driven visuals of the middle; and adjacent the grounded, prehistoric bits from the beginning, each successful one. io9 is excited to debut Lee’s caller poster for 2001, which volition spell connected merchantability from Mutant astatine noon today, April 10. It’s successful 2 editions. First is the regular, which you spot below. It’s an variation of 160 and costs $75.

2001: A Space Odyssey regular variation by Deb JJ Lee – Mutant

Next is the variant, which is an variation of 85 and costs $100.

2001: A Space Odyssey regular variation by Deb JJ Lee – Mutant

And wait, did I accidental 2 editions? A elephantine abstraction babe is whispering to maine astir a imaginable 3rd 1 too. Something that links to other 2001 posters from the past of Mutant (then Mondo). The awesome isn’t coming successful clearly, but I support seeing the colour achromatic and the connection “summer.” Maybe the monolith doesn’t conscionable beryllium crossed clip and space, but posters too. Stay tuned.

The regular and variant editions are connected merchantability astatine 1 p.m. EST contiguous implicit astatine madebymutant.com. Which is your favorite?

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