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2001: A Space Odyssey · 1968
Oh my God, it's full of stars!
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The exclamation is Bowman's one burst of unscripted wonder after a mission of cold professionalism, and it works as a thesis for the story: the universe is bigger and stranger than any explanation. It is routinely misattributed to Kubrick's film, which has made it a staple of movie trivia and a reminder that the novel supplied the words.
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In context
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In Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, published in 1968 after the film, Dave Bowman reaches Japetus and the second monolith. As his pod is drawn into it, Mission Control hears his last transmission: the thing is hollow, it goes on forever, and it is full of stars. The paperback prints it on page 254. The words are not in Kubrick's film, where Bowman's passage is wordless. They do appear in the film sequel 2010, whose opening carries Bowman's last transmission as a caption.
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- Wikipedia: 2001: A Space Odyssey (novel)Plot, paragraph on Bowman and JapetusReference checked
- Wikiquote: 2001: A Space Odyssey (film)section "Misattributed"Reference checked
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