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| | Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: Arthur C. Clarke |
 | | Despite his unquestioned status as the world's greatest living science fiction writer, it is not surprising that relatively few of Arthur C. Clarke's works have made their way to the screen—because most film narratives are character-driven, and human characters have always been of little interest to Clarke. |
 | | But the fact remains that human beings are tiny, evanescent creatures in a vast, ancient, and mysterious universe, and it is mean-spirited and short-sighted to dismiss those artists who choose, however unsatisfactorily, to ponder the implications of that undeniable situation. |
 | | Since the scripts that he wrote for the pioneering television series Captain Video—and even their titles—probably are forever lost, Clarke's talents as a screenwriter must be primarily evaluated by examining 2001—a film with precious little dialogue but enduring imaginative power, regularly voted by critics as one of the ten best films ever made. |
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