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" '2001' used a lot of what's called 'front projection.' You project an image onto this giant reflective screen, and the image bounces back and comes back to the lens and seems to be in the background behind the actors. The whole 'dawn of man' sequence in '2001' was projected eight-by-ten photographs of the African savannah. "

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

" 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. "

" Every movie presents unusual challenges, and I like solving the problems with a combination of artwork and engineering. "

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

" I'd formed a research and development company under the banner of Paramount Pictures back in about 1975, and its mandate was to explore advanced forms of entertainment, not just movies. "

" I'd rather have fewer spectacular theaters than tons of cheap little multiplexes. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I learned a lot on '2001.' "

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

" I'm developing some high-frame-rate 3-D processes that are going to be, I hope, indistiguishable from reality. This will be quite an unusual cinematic event - you don't just tell an ordinary story, it's more of a first-person experience where the melodrama doesn't get in the way. Being inside the movie rather than looking at the movie. "

" I meet astrophysicists almost every week who say that they went into their line of work because of '2001.' "

" I'm fearless when it comes to engineering and motors and gears and pulleys and glass and artwork. "

" 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. "

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

" I took IMAX public back in the early '90s. "

" 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 of movies don't even need color! "

" 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. "

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

" I wouldn't apply high frame rates to a love story or a thriller or a film noir or a mystery. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Peter Jackson is a real big hero of mine because he had the nerve to make 'The Hobbit' at 48 frames per second. "

" 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. "

" There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology. "

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