Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, 2001, and ... Trader Vic???

From Arthur C. Clarke's obit:

"He also spent several months a year living in New York, and it was there
that he met Kubrick, who was keen on making a science-fiction movie. The
idea for "2001" was born at a meeting in Trader Vic's bar, the filmmaker
requiring Clarke to write out a full-length novel before they worked on
a script."

Could an Easter Island mug have been the inspiration for that mysterious black rectangular monolith? I like to thnk so.

I,Z

Now thats interesting

Yup, Jeff Berry thought so, too: Book of Tiki, Taschen, Sept. 2000, page 171. :)

On 2008-03-19 15:41, bigbrotiki wrote:
Yup, Jeff Berry thought so, too: Book of Tiki, Taschen, Sept. 2000, page 171. :)

Nobody actually reads that, do they? :wink:

Arthur C. Clarke also talks about this meeting in his somewhat lengthy introduction to the audiobook version of 2001.

I just heard about this famous meeting place for Kubrik and Clarke on the CBC radio show "Under the Influence"

BTW: this is an awesome show for anyone interested in advertising.

http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/under_the_influence