2001: A Space Odyssey is regarded not just as a sci-fi masterpiece, but as one of the greatest films of all time. Yet, still, people find themselves wondering exactly what happened at the end of the movie, where Dr. David Bowman gets sucked into a Star Gate, trapped in a neoclassical French room then turned into a fetus known as the Star Child.
A plosible explanation of the 2001: A Space Odyssey comes from a Japanese paranormal documentary from TV personality Jun'ichi Yaio made during the filming of The Shining. The documentary was never released, but footage was sold on eBay in 2016 and conveniently appeared online this week timed with the movie's 50th anniversary.
While we don't see Kubrick in the footage, we do hear all of an hour-plus phone interview between Yaio and Kubrick, during which the filmmaker offers his explanation of 2001:
