| 2001: A Space Odyssey | 2.21:1 | 1.913 in × 0.866 in |
| Monolith | 2.25:1 | 9 × 4 |
| Punch Card | 2.27:1 | 7.375 in × 3.25 in |
What is interesting to note:
Clarke gives the dimensions for the Monoliths as 9 × 4 × 1. However the Monoliths depicted in the film is much thinner, I would guess the dimensions of the Monoliths in the film are closer to 9 × 4 × 0.25.
Furthermore:
Initially Clarke wanted to depict these "things" as pyramids, but Kubrick changed them to the Monoliths we see in the film.
And:
Kubrick initially wanted the Monolith to be completely transparent. He even went so far as ordering the production of (at that time) the supposedly largest piece of PMMA (aka "acrylic glass", aka "Plexiglas")*. Keep that in mind when you see Bowman removing HAL's memory modules.
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* Alas, the test footage of the transparent Monolith didn't turn out the way Kubrick wanted (I guess he could not get rid of the reflections), so he changed the Monolith to the complete black ones we see in the film.
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