The technology of the time dictated the way things looked.

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

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

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.

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

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.

We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.