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Top quotes by Douglas Trumbull

My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or miniatures. Votes: 20

There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens. Votes: 13

I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions. Votes: 12

We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain. Votes: 11

IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film. Votes: 8

Clearly, if we'd had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color. Votes: 7

My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes. Votes: 7

It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets and space and planets - all a fairly straightforward evolution from what I had been doing before. Votes: 6

Clearly, if wed had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color. Votes: 3

I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm. Votes: 2

But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him. Votes: 2

When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion that a movie could be like a first-person experience. Votes: 1

There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology. Votes: 0

The technology of the time dictated the way things looked. Votes: 0