However, it represented something more. According to his biographer John Baxter, despite their "clumsy model sequences, the films were often well-photographed in colour ... and their dismal dialogue was delivered in well-designed and well-lit sets." It was something that could not be ignored if one was consciously present within the room. After completing Dr. Strangelove (1964), director Stanley Kubrick became fascinated by the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and resolved to make "the proverbial good science fiction movie". Interpretations of the “Monolith” (2001: A Space Odyssey) The marbled monolith represented exactly what it was — a massive slab of obviousness. Kubrick's interest in science fiction films was sparked by Japanese tokusatsu films such as Warning from Space (1956).