#  Psychedelic Cinema | "2001: A Space Odyssey" 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 12, 2024** 

 07:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Film Archive (Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street)**  



 

 



 

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##  [PSYCHEDELICS IN SOCIETY & CULTURE](/psychedelics-society-and-culture)

##  [PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA AT THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE](https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/psychedelic-cinema)

###  About the Film

 Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction epic remains a defining film of the Sixties and one of the purest expressions of his vision of Man controlled by fateful patterns that he cannot perceive but the viewer is allowed to fathom. The equal power of *2001: A Space Odyssey* to awe and to confuse its audience frightened MGM executives, who worried that the film would not recoup its tremendous costs. Realizing its psychedelic potential as a trance-inducing head film, the studio boldly rereleased 2001 two years after its first tepid reception, now with the savvy tagline, “The Ultimate Trip.” Youth audiences flocked to the cinema to “drop into” Kubrick’s film and travel together through the Stargate. – *Haden Guest*

 Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Stanley Kubrick | UK/US, 1968, 35mm, color, 149 min.

###  Preceded By

 *Allures (1961, Directed by Jordan Belson)

 [Visit the screening page on the HFA Website to learn more and buy tickets](https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/2001-a-space-odyssey-2024-10)

###  About Psychedelic Cinema

 [Psychedelic Cinema](https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/psychedelic-cinema) is cosponsored and hosted by the Harvard Film Archive. Rather than solely focusing on LSD films that more directly depict or allude to drug use and psychedelic culture, this series aims to expand the notion of psychedelic cinema through the hallucinogenic lens. Through sounds and visuals, the films seek to bring viewers to an altered state of mind in which the impossible becomes possible and the unexpected becomes reality.

 The series runs from September 6 through November 7. For the full screening schedule and to buy tickets, visit the series page HFA website:

 [PSYCHEDELIC CINEMA SCHEDULE](https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/the-trip-2024-09)

###  About the Study of Psychedelics in Society & Culture

 [The Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture](/psychedelics-society-and-culture), an interdisciplinary effort across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Divinity School, seeks to transform the psychedelics research landscape by producing cutting-edge scholarship and convening faculty, students, and experts to engage in discussion around their far-reaching implications.



 

 



 

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