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> [I'm developing some high-frame-rate 3-D processes that are going to be, I hope, indistiguishable from reality. This will be quite an unusual cinematic event - you don't just tell an ordinary story, it's more of a first-person experience where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/i-m-developing-some-high-frame-rate-3-d-processes-that-are-going-to/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

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## More by Douglas Trumbull

> [Clearly, if wed had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/clearly-if-wed-had-the-kind-of-computer-graphics-capability-then-that/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/it-was-the-point-where-things-became-much-more-abstract-and-less/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/ibm-was-the-original-contractor-for-much-of-the-computer-interface/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [I think miniatures are still superior to a lot of computer graphics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/i-think-miniatures-are-still-superior-to-a-lot-of-computer-graphics/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/we-re-not-that-far-from-being-able-to-plant-images-memories-and/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/my-first-job-on-2001-was-to-make-all-of-the-hal-readouts-the-16/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [I learned a lot on '2001.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/i-learned-a-lot-on-2001/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [The technology of the time dictated the way things looked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/the-technology-of-the-time-dictated-the-way-things-looked/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [I like the unknown. That's what Terry Malick has always really liked. He's always looking for the unexpected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/i-like-the-unknown-that-s-what-terry-malick-has-always-really-liked/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [It's not appropriate to a love story, or - there are a million stories you could think of that don't need 3D. A lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/it-s-not-appropriate-to-a-love-story-or-there-are-a-million-stories/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/i-visited-a-scientist-who-had-a-helmet-with-magnetic-fields/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [If you want people to come to theaters, you better do something different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/if-you-want-people-to-come-to-theaters-you-better-do-something/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [There was every reason to honestly say that 3D was a gimmick. And it's largely true. And it's largely pretty bad. When you put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/there-was-every-reason-to-honestly-say-that-3d-was-a-gimmick-and-it-s/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/there-were-ibm-logos-designed-for-the-film-and-there-were-ibm-design/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

> [My personal feeling is that ultra-high frame rates and ultra-vivid giant screen movies can be like a window onto reality. And if you recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-trumbull/my-personal-feeling-is-that-ultra-high-frame-rates-and-ultra-vivid/)

[Douglas Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-trumbull/)

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