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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Monolith_(Space_Odyssey)Monolith (Space Odyssey) - Wikipedia

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   In Arthur C. Clarke 's Space Odyssey series, Monoliths are machines in black cuboids whose sides extend in the precise ratio of 1 : 4 : 9 (1 2 : 2 2 : 3 2) built by an unseen extraterrestrial species whom Clarke dubbed the Firstborn and who he suggests are the earliest highly intelligent species to evolve in the Milky Way.

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     2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Meaning of the Monolith Revealed PART 1 (2014 update)

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3. 2001.fandom.com › wiki › MonolithMonolith | 2001: A Space Odyssey Wiki | Fandom

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   A monolith is a mysterious black slab, discovered throughout the Solar System in various sizes, but all of them maintaining a 1:4:9 dimensional ratio in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey series. The monoliths were created by an unseen alien race, known only as the "Firstborn."

4. faroutmagazine.co.uk › stanley-kubrick-explainsStanley Kubrick explains the mysterious monolith in '2001'

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   Dec 4, 2021 · Itself an icon of science fiction filmmaking, the monolith of 2001: A Space Odyssey is a towering black column, rudimental in its design and groundbreaking in its symbolic connotations.

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6. brightlightsfilm.com › on-2001-a-space-odyssey-theOn 2001: A Space Odyssey : The Monolith and Its Influences

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   2 days ago · In Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, a massive black slab, the monolith, stands at the center of the film. In this new reading of 2001, the monolith is used as a touchstone for considering a dozen tangents into iconoclastic cinema, the human and simian response to enigma, and the mind-bending idea that a film can actually be what it ...

7. gamerant.com › 2001-a-space-odyssey-monolith2001: A Space Odyssey: The Monolith’s Meaning, Explained

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   Apr 5, 2023 · Distilled into a one-sentence logline, 2001: A Space Odyssey follows the journey of astronauts, scientists, and HAL, a sentient supercomputer, as they journey to Jupiter to...

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8. www.litcharts.com › lit › 2001-a-space-odysseyThe Monolith Symbol in 2001: A Space Odyssey | LitCharts

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   The monolith, or monoliths, symbolize humanity’s evolutionary journey. Arriving at key moments in human history, the monoliths offer humanity a guiding hand, first saving the man-apes from extinction by teaching them the use of tools, then creating the Star-Child to save humanity from nuclear destruction. (In the novel’s present, scientists ...

9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Interpretations_of_2001:_AInterpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey - Wikipedia

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   The monolith appears four times in 2001: A Space Odyssey: on the African savanna, on the Moon, in space orbiting Jupiter, and near Bowman's bed before his transformation. After the first encounter with the monolith, we see the leader of the apes have a quick flashback to the monolith after which he picks up a bone and uses it to smash other bones.