To mark its 50th anniversary, Stanley Kubrick’s scifi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey is getting a 70mm film rerelease, following a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival, introduced by director Christopher Nolan.The film was a watershed in motion pictures, as well as in visual effects with its pioneering techniques.
Filmmaker, visual effects specialist and inventor Douglas Trumbull handled the special photographic effects on the film.His subsequent VFX credits included Blade Runner, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Close Encounters of the Third Kind — all three earned him Oscar nominations — and he also earned …
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