Douglas Trumbull Director Quotations

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

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

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.

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.

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.