44 Quotes by Douglas Trumbull

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The technology of the time dictated the way things looked.

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.

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