The Long-Lost Illustrated Production Stills from the Set of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey — openculture.com

Remember courtroom sketch artists? The mere fact that they did what they did captured my imagination as a kid, representing as it seemed one of the few remaining vestiges of an older, more askew America, one bound by fewer yet stricter rules and all the more fascinating a component of history for it. These drawings of the shoot of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey remind me of courtroom sketches, albeit on some stylistic levels more than others. And interestingly, just as court reporters once had to use sketch artists because of the supposed disturbance cameras would cause in the courtroom, these drawings result from the pursuit of something less troublesome to a set than a regular still photographer.

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