20 Perfect Shots From Oscar Winning Movies

7. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Spaceship

2001 A Space Odyssey
MGM

This shot from Stanley Kubrick's surreal sci-fi classic isn't so much concerned with context but rather the insanely precise way that Kubrick frames images in all of his movies.

The symmetry is itself extremely pleasing to the eye and helps create an otherworldly feel that's quite specific to his films (the same is true in The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut, for example).

There are so many special shots in this film, but nothing captures Kubrick's compellingly clinical approach like this terrific image.

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