To watch the full film is to submit to Kubrick’s pacing. He famously believed that the audience should absorb the texture of space. That is why you see a shuttle docking to the Blue Danube Waltz for nearly six minutes. Cutting that down is considered sacrilege.
You have a few solid options for the cut: 2001 A Space Odyssey Full
He travels through a tunnel of abstract light, witnessing alien geometries and landscapes that defy physics. Eventually, the pod comes to rest inside a strange, neoclassical bedroom suite. Time seems to malfunction. Bowman sees himself aging rapidly in the reflections of the room. To watch the full film is to submit to Kubrick’s pacing
Kubrick was so meticulous he used a 38ft rotating set to film those groundbreaking "zero-gravity" scenes. Cutting that down is considered sacrilege
Bone thrown by ape → cuts to orbiting nuclear weapon. Meaning: Tool‑use = weaponry = technology as extension of violence. No moral progress, only upgrade in scale.