This is one of the most mythical scenes in cinema history! How did they create a stargate sequence?

Without him, Stanley Kubrick could probably never have been able to compose a vision dressed by 2001: the space of space. The work was entered in the 7th Art Pantheon, in particular its visual, revolutionary effects, and has never seen it before.

“He” is a lively legend of Douglas, a living legend of visual effects that unfortunately left us in 2022. The inventor of the genius, we are obliged to see the visual effects of SF masterpieces as the 3rd type Steven Spielberg, the Star Track or Blee Rac. Three films that brought him a quote for an Oscar every time.

He was also a director of the SF film, who became a small classic in his genre, silent and dissatisfied with the 1983 curved brain film, who is distinguished by the tragic death of his chief actor, Natalie Wood.

Holy and restrained by the Hollywood industry, the Douglas Tribue then left the Massachusetts settlement, namely the design of new cameras, which is much larger than the hobbite used by Peter Jackson or James Cameron.

One of the most imaginary scenes never seen

Barely 23, Douglas’s Tribuny will create one of the most striking scenes in the history of cinema for the cinema. A well-known sequence called “Stargate”, which uses a process called Slit Scan, which will affect the whole generation of filmmakers, for the Coralie Fargeat for his film “elsewhere.”

In the last third of the film, only Dr. David Bomban (Keir Dulia) survived. The murder of the ship eliminated its teammates. HAL 9000 is now destroyed, the bowman is alone. For an obvious reason, he will abandon his ship. Although it is unknown, the planets literally join. The stellar emptiness that extends in front of it is exploded in a kind of color kaleidoscope.

After that it is printed through a lighted tunnel, distorting its time and space. As the lights accelerate, the amazed wonders of the bowman become a real terror. And finally, in the form of astral fruit … a cryptological sequence of optional that did not deny, years later, a certain David Lynch …

Here is a well -known sequence …

In the scenes of creating a cult sequence

In 2016, we had a great pleasure to talk about the length of the Douglas Tribue, which mentioned us in the scenes of creating this mythical sequence.

“The original idea of ​​a slit scan comes from a man John Whitney. He was an artist’s photographer and director who created almost abstract performances and moving shapes. And he worked on a similar technique on animation on the camera. “

Here is a review of his work, which was held in 1961:

“The idea was that he was a motor motor, which would produce the movement of the rear work and various patterns, samples and other items of that type. While he was moving, the lock was open. This made it possible to make a controlled vague and pure light effect.

So when you come to the Stargate sequence challenge, -And I don’t have to participate in the production -designers produce Anthony Masters And the filmmaker Jeffrey Unsort He tried the ways of presenting this sequence, which was also originally located on one of Jupiter’s moon.

Basically, it was like a hole through the moon; We looked at it and saw another world on the other side. It was what was in the script. They did tests with turning mirrors and light games of all kinds of 60s. But nothing worked.

And one day, I remembered this invention of John Whitney, which consisted of a shutter opening before something moving. Then I fixed the camera on the rail, which is placed in front of the living panel. The camera can come and go very close to the panel, and I gather between the two panels outside the camera, which is outside the camera, while they were moving the panel behind the piece. The camera moved, I left the shutter for about 1 minute exposure time. I was so excited that it works and it is very good! ”

“He knew his purpose was to catch the limits.”

The euphoric, Douglas’s tribue accelerated his creature with the filmmaker. “I made a photo with polaroid and at the time, the colors didn’t work out well. The photo of my experience was still wet when I showed it in Stanley. I explained how I did and liked the idea.”

Kubrick was so eager to try to take his luck, risks, and similar experience that was completely unusual at the time! But he knew that his purpose was to raise the limits; Make and create pictures that you have never seen before. ”

A successful bet beyond their worst expectations, which the film was responsible for forever fixing.