This is future Los Angeles , as created in 1982 by Douglas Trumbull ’s squad for Ridley Scott ’s Blade Runner . Back then , they did n’t have reckoner to create synthetic 3-D landscapes , so they used some truly amazing optic tricks .
And here ’s how they transformed that mess into one of the most fascinating fanciful cities in the story of cinema , using chiliad of feet of fiber optics , hale and atmospheric perspective , models , and just sodding whiz :
After determine thing like this , I only want to say : Screw computers . Check Trumbull ’s site for the full section and much more . [ Douglas Trumbull ]

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