Cinema Quote by Douglas Trumbull

“I got hooked on immersive cinema when I worked on '2001,' which was initially shown on these Cinerama screens, which were all 90 feet wide and deeply curved.”

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

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I think miniatures are still superior to a lot of computer graphics.

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

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

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I learned a lot on '2001.'

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The technology of the time dictated the way things looked.

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I like the unknown. That's what Terry Malick has always really liked. He's always looking for the unexpected.

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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…

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

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If you want people to come to theaters, you better do something different.

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