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 Read Quote
I’m fearless when it comes to engineering and motors and gears and pulleys and glass and artwork. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
There was every reason to honestly say that 3D was a gimmick. And it’s largely true. And it’s largely pretty bad. When you put a filter in front of the projector, and you put on your glasses and cut the light in half again, the movies are dim as hell, and they give you headaches and eye strain, and it’s terrible. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
There were IBM logos designed for the film, and there were IBM design consultants working with Kubrick on the layout of the controls and computer screens. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
Every movie presents unusual challenges, and I like solving the problems with a combination of artwork and engineering. Douglas Trumbull Read Quote
