At FMX's 25th edition in 2021, the late, legendary Doug Trumbull delivered a video presentation that perfectly summed up his historic contributions with his latest research in immersive film production and cinema exhibition. 

For FMX's 30th edition this year, we are bringing back this presentation for the ages by one of the true visionaries of the art and craft of visual effects and immersive filmmaking, with the blessing of the late Doug Trumbull's widow, Julia Trumbull.

This is what he had to say about his unique vision for the 'Cinema of the Future' in 2021:

"Cinematic Immersion is my goal as a filmmaker. I have learned to write, produce, and direct films, and now realize that my vision is not getting to cinemagoers. The concept behind improving the cinematic experience is that many of today’s movie theaters as well as the film production industry itself, can be dramatically improved by altering some standards to new ones: 1) The old standard of frame rate at 24 fps began when movies transitioned from “Silents” to “Talkies” in 1927 for the release of THE JAZZ SINGER, can now be reconsidered in order to reduce blurring and judder of image motion, which will unleash vast potential for action films, and “digital dark frames” can be built into the movie’s DCP to emulate mechanical shutters that have been a vital component of the “cinema look”, 2) The width of screens can be widened for a more immersive and spectacular presentation by both widening and curving the screens in a design similar to the great “road show” days of 70mm SuperPanavision, Todd-AO, and CinemaScope, using the popular “wide screen” 2.39:1 aspect ratio, 3) It is important that the industry recognize that digital projectors have no shutters, as did all film/mechanical projectors of the best days of filmed cinema – resulting in a flicker-free but problem-ridden presentation that is more like television than cinema. This loss of the “cinema look” has been diminished by the advances in streaming and low cost 4K TVs, and poor/dim 2K digital projection. My conclusion is that we need to couple movie production standards with movie exhibition standards, and I suggest that the movie industry adopt 60 fps 4K as a standard that will be compatible with television, while providing a greatly improved theatrical experience. 60 fps with interleaved dark frames solves motion problems while retaining the all-important 'cinema look'.”