The HAL 9000 is the Discovery's (the spaceship used for the Jupiter mission) main computer with mimicry abilities. ... This "response is, perhaps , part of his awakening- as is the shuddering trauma throughout his voyage 'beyond the infinite'" (Kolker 666). ... After a psychedelic transition through a black hole, Bowman arrives in the "Jupiter Room", where the aftermath of Bowman's awakening and new awareness takes place. ... Deren's choice of having the settings be in and out of a house on the side of a beach gives the feeling of enclosure, mirror...

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