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@StanleyKubrick Brian Johnson demonstrates how the floating pen effect in 2001 was achieved.

@StanleyKubrick One of the best known practical effects ever!

@StanleyKubrick I love it. Some people just overthink effects.

@StanleyKubrick Both actors recreated that scene 35 years later

@StanleyKubrick Yep

@StanleyKubrick Yes! Simple but enough to creat that iconic scene. Be creative using simple tools around.

@StanleyKubrick What a film. The only things that have aged are the costumes and furniture in a couple scenes. Beyond impressive for a film that came out in 1968!

@StanleyKubrick Yes I know because I saw a document on Kubrick

@StanleyKubrick @HAL_9OOO_ Yep! So many brilliant camera tricks in this movie 🎥

@StanleyKubrick @HAL_9OOO_ Yes. Purchase my first copy of The Making of when I was 9

@StanleyKubrick Yep. I did already know that.

@StanleyKubrick @HAL_9OOO_ Bah,

@StanleyKubrick @HAL_9OOO_ What’s under-appreciated about this shot is that light reflects off the pen but not the glass. The reflection sells the effect. So later when Kubrick “accidentally” catches himself in a reflection from Bowman’s helmet, you can be sure it was no accident. Kubrick knew reflections.