Douglas Trumbull Quotes

"But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Character)

"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."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Computer, Light, Now)

"I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Technology, Will)

"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
(Related: Computer, Perceptions)

"IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Design, Computer, Film)

"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."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Evolution, Film, Space)

"My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Eyes, First, Job)

"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."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Change, Design, Computer, Light, Result)

"The technology of the time dictated the way things looked."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Technology, Time)

"There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Technology, Work, Consistency, Limitations)

"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."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Experience, Film, First)

"We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain."
- Douglas Trumbull
(Related: Being, Memories, states)