2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film's release. The film stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain and follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists, and the sentient supercomputer HAL to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.
The film is noted for its scientifically accurate depiction of space flight, pioneering special effects, and ambiguous imagery. Kubrick avoided conventional cinematic and narrative techniques; dialogue is used sparingly, and there are long sequences accompanied only by music. The soundtrack incorporates numerous works of classical music, including pieces by composers such as Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Aram Khachaturian, and GyΓΆrgy Ligeti.
The film received diverse critical responses, ranging from those who saw it as darkly apocalyptic to those who saw it as an optimistic reappraisal of the hopes of humanity. Critics noted its exploration of themes such as human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Kubrick the award for his direction of the visual effects. The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
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If you are on GNU/Linux, I recommend NewsFlash, Akregator, and Alligator (in that order). All can be installed from flathub and have all the necessary features for adding and organizing feeds. I personally use NewsFlash.
If you don't mind using a web platform then you can use the Brief Extension for Firefox otherwise if you're on MacOS/Windows you can use Raven Reader or Fluent Reader.
Since you seem to know a lot about rss feeds, what would you recommend if I want to have it hosted on my server and accessed from multiple other devices? I had freshrss set up but apparently it stored everything inside the container (?) so when I updated I lost all my feeds (??) and it hates all the folders I give it to store data (???) and since I'm already struggling I figured I'd see what else was out there that could replace it.
Im not really well versed in self hosted feeds. If you are having issues with freshrss you should communicate that to upstream and work with the developers/contributors to triage your issue as that sounds like a very serious bug.
Otherwise I've heard of Nextcloud news being another option if you're willing to set up Nextcloud on your server.
Good luck!
Thank you, I didn't realize nextcloud had an rss offering. I've wanted to set it up anyway, so that's very convenient.
Thank you for the advice, I will check this out