Posted on 02/08/2022 11:13:09 PM PST by AJFavish
Visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull, one of the masterminds behind the visual effects on some of the most visually audacious science fiction films of all time, including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Blade Runner,” died Monday from complications from mesothelioma. He was 79.
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Trailblazer. HUGE talent.
FX Genius
RIP
When special effects were truly special, and not computer generated cartoons.
Rest in Peace.
Wow, one of my biggest heroes.
Besides all of his other benchmark works, even his flawed (by the death of Natalie Wood) film “Brainstorm” was visually and technically just amazing and “holds up” today.
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