I have the deepest respect for Terrence Malick and greatly enjoyed helping him on ‘Tree of Life.’ I consider him to be a good personal friend and professional contemporary. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
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 it as such, you can write your screenplay, direct your movie, edit it, and present it as a live experience – not like a movie. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
I think ‘Avatar’ is much more appropriate to high frame rates because it’s like a ride, and it’s futuristic, and vividness and sharp edges and clarity would be an asset. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
Peter Jackson is a real big hero of mine because he had the nerve to make ‘The Hobbit’ at 48 frames per second. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
There’s been a bit of confusion about Showscan. The basic problem was, it was film and it was 70 mm and it was a lot of it, so the negative cost was very high, the print costs were very high, and it also required conversion of the projectors and theaters and a lot of costs. I just couldn’t get any traction in the theatrical movie industry to do it. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
The diversity of content is now offered from streaming and downloading, so young people are really not going to theaters because they don’t see any particular benefit. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
I wouldn’t apply high frame rates to a love story or a thriller or a film noir or a mystery. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
Movies used to be called the ‘flicks’ because they flickered badly: because 16 or 18 frames a second – which was those hand cranked movies on a single-bladed shutter – was really badly flickering. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
I meet astrophysicists almost every week who say that they went into their line of work because of ‘2001.’ Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
