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" There's a consistency in my work that pops up independent of the limitations of the technology. "
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" 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. "
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" Working on '2001' was my film school. Stanley Kubrick was my mentor. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'd rather have fewer spectacular theaters than tons of cheap little multiplexes. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Every movie presents unusual challenges, and I like solving the problems with a combination of artwork and engineering. "
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" I visited a scientist who had a helmet with magnetic fields controlled by computer sequences that could profoundly affect your mood and your perceptions. "
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" 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. "
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" The technology of the time dictated the way things looked. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm fearless when it comes to engineering and motors and gears and pulleys and glass and artwork. "
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" I think miniatures are still superior to a lot of computer graphics. "
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" Peter Jackson is a real big hero of mine because he had the nerve to make 'The Hobbit' at 48 frames per second. "
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" But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Gate
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" 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. "
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" We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain. "
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" 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. "
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" I meet astrophysicists almost every week who say that they went into their line of work because of '2001.' "
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" I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm. "
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" 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! "
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" IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I took IMAX public back in the early '90s. "
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" My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes. "
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