Stanley Kubrick's philosophical mind bender of a sci-fi film has inspired a lot of healthy debate, speculation, interpretation, and Christopher Nolan blockbusters (well, just the one for the latter point). If you're famous architect Romolo Stanco, apparently it also inspires you to design an apartment based on the smooth, sleek sixties curves of the space ship the majority of 2001: A Space Odyssey is set on. Missed a trick by not having a wardrobe based on the monolith, mind.
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