Working on '2001' was my film school. Stanley Kubrick was my mentor. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
When I was a young man in school, I used to read science fiction and really liked it. And as I became a young artist, I was filling up my portfolio with alien planets and spacecraft and things like that. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
Clearly, if wed had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
I think miniatures are still superior to a lot of computer graphics. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
I like the unknown. That's what Terry Malick has always really liked. He's always looking for the unexpected. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
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… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
If you want people to come to theaters, you better do something different. — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
