No aliens in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY meaning of the monolith revealed (2021 update) film analysis

This is the 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY film analysis to watch. The monolith has nothing to do with alien intelligence, the alien narrative was a smoke screen. This is proper original, mind-blowing film analysis by Rob Ager of http://www.collativelearning.com No corporate advertising, pop trivia or rehashing. For more on 2001 and other classic movies see my other Kubrick studies ...
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