'2001: A Space Odyssey,' a Film that Explores the Darkness

Stanley Kubrick's landmark sci-fi film, '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968) is a movie that explores the philosophical darkness that surrounds humankind. This is the very same darkness referenced in the first chapter of Genesis and the first chapter of John's Gospel, a darkness so deep, so extensive, that the universe can't contain it. One may properly term this darkness, metaphysical, or, to borrow a phrase from the film itself, "beyond the infinite." Only, "beyond the horizon" (Eugene O'Neill) does the darkness end.