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2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) movie poster

Film Profile · 2001-A-SPACE-ODYSSEY

2001 A Space Odyssey

1968Sci-Fi / Mystery / AdventureSci-Fi2h 29m
Detections94,779
Night Frames73%
Dialogue WPM31
Dom. Emotionneutral
CharactersCompareDeep Dive

GENOME

Movie DNA

Six core dimensions, each scored against the genre baseline.

Darkness-50% vs genre
29/100

Bright

Action Intensity+8% vs genre
51/100

Moderate

People Density-33% vs genre
31/100

Intimate

Indoor / Outdoor
99% indoor

Indoor · 98.7% indoors

Object Diversity
96/100

High

Pacing
0.7 cuts/min

Highly Variable · cuts/min

FINGERPRINT

The full shape, vs. genre

Six axes overlaid against the average for this film's primary genre.

DARKNESS69ACTION51DIALOGUE35PEOPLE31VEHICLES1VISUAL55
2001 A Space OdysseySci-Fi avg · 15 titles

THE ARC

Motion & brightness across the runtime

Hover to scrub. Spikes mark high-action sequences. Dips reveal quiet stretches.

Motion Intensity
Brightness
People
0:00 → 149m
02550751000m37m74m112m149m
See every beat →

STRUCTURE

Scene mix by act

Three-act split — how the visual tone shifts from setup through climax.

ACT 1 · SETUP
●outdoor dominates33%
ACT 2 · CONFRONTATION
●outdoor dominates36%
ACT 3 · CLIMAX
●outdoor dominates33%
Full act breakdown →

PEAKS & VALLEYS

When the film pushes — and breathes

The single most-intense minute and longest stretch of stillness.

MOST INTENSE MINUTE
31:37
motion 201/100
BREATHING ROOM
3calm stretches
longest 3322.3s at 80:56
All calm sequences · all silences →

CHROMA

Color signature

Frame-sampled palette — temperature, saturation, and how the look shifts across the runtime.

Temperaturewarm
Saturationmuted
Frames sampled7,139
Film color bandhow the palette shifts across the runtime · 60 buckets
0:00¼½¾end
Overall palette6 dominant colors · % of sampled frames
#6F6E70
23.7%
#4E4440
22.9%
#9AA2A2
18.1%
#D6DBDD
13.7%
#6F0B10
11.9%
#1D3C61
9.6%
Palette by scene type5 dominant colors per context · sampled within scene class
Empty scenes
#483A39
#9B9994
#4C6E88
#895F41
#CBD7D5
Indoor scenes
#DDDEE5
#8A9593
#5E1D31
#5C5F5A
#B8C1C1
Intimate scenes
#414149
#55677E
#91958F
#D1D2D0
#860F0E
Night scenes
#2E374C
#6B0B0D
#695F5F
#90999A
#CBCDCC
Outdoor scenes
#444045
#928881
#506A7B
#C7CFCE
#6E0E0D
Vibrant scenes
#266388
#790D12
#A77036
#A90E1B
#97267C

DETECTIONS

What appears on screen most

The four most-present objects — full breakdown with categories in Deep Dive.

Armored vehicle2%
Chair17%
Poster1%
Bear3%
+ 6 more · person in 46% of frames
Every detected object · by category →

ON SCREEN

Cast at a glance

Top 3 actors by screen time, color-coded by dominant emotion.

KD
Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
15.7m · neutral
WS
William Sylvester
Dr. Heywood Floyd
7.6m · neutral
GL
Gary Lockwood
Dr. Frank Poole
4.9m · neutral
4 CHARACTERS · EMOTION-CODED ANALYSISSee all characters →

AI-DISCOVERED FACTS

AI-Discovered Facts — 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)

Insights surfaced by machine analysis of every frame, audio track, and object.

  • 2001 A Space Odyssey is a staggering 36% higher than the Sci-Fi genre average with a massive 98% of its setting indoors.
  • 1,002 unique people spotted (46% of frames)
  • "hal" is said 30 times — once every 5.0 minutes.
  • The longest stretch of silence runs 31 min 49 sec — no dialogue at all.
  • Only 4.2% of all detected faces are smiling across the entire film.
  • The 5 most intense moments all happen within 44 seconds of each other.
  • At 171 BPM, the soundtrack rarely lets up — one of the faster-paced scores in the database.
  • 1,429 unique words spoken out of 4,614 total — a vocabulary richness of 31.0%.
  • AI detected 96 unique object types across 94,779 frame-by-frame detections.
  • 600 unique chairs spotted (16% of frames)
  • 63 unique cups spotted (4% of frames)
  • 162 unique tvs spotted (5% of frames)
  • 188 unique bears spotted (3% of frames)
  • 82 unique airplanes spotted (4% of frames)
  • 24 unique dining tables spotted (3% of frames)
  • 70 unique clocks spotted (3% of frames)
  • 62 unique laptops spotted (2% of frames)
  • 163 unique sheeps spotted (1% of frames)
  • Features 550 dog appearances
  • 89 weapon appearances (1 per minute)
  • Fire or explosions visible in 0% of sampled frames
  • Contains 4 profanities (0.0 per minute)
  • Longest silence: 32 minutes of unbroken quiet
  • Peak dialogue speed: 201 words per minute
  • Only 4.2% of face detections are smiling
  • The film's emotional journey ends on a neutral note
  • Shot predominantly with warm tones

DIALOGUE

Words across the runtime

Volume and pace at a glance. Top vocabulary and per-act WPM in Deep Dive.

35% dialogue65% silence / score
4,614
total words
31
words / min
4 · 0.1%
profanity flagged
Top vocabulary · WPM by act · profanity →

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