Douglas Trumbull

“My whole life has been about trying to make the screen disappear.”

“The problem is, most of the people who are making movies are not filmmakers. They’re dealmakers.”

“Technology is a tool, and it's a tool that should be used to tell stories.”

“I don't like movies that are just about special effects. I like movies that are about ideas.”

“For '2001,' Stanley [Kubrick] wanted to make a movie that was a nonverbal experience.”

“My career has been about pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in film.”

“I think that the art of filmmaking is the art of the unresolved. It's the art of the question, not the answer.”

“The great thing about science fiction is that you can explore big ideas.”

“The future of cinema is not in a computer, it's in the human mind.”

“I’m interested in the immersive experience. I’m interested in the power of the big screen.”

“You don’t want to be told what to think. You want to be given the opportunity to think.”