Like most, I was quite absorbed today by news of the Kings' acquisition of Domatas Sabonis. So much so that I missed the initial reporting on the death of legendary visual effects artist Douglas Trumbull.
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/douglas-trumbull-dead-visual-effects-1235174814/amp/
If you don't know his name, you certainly know his enormously influential work in films like
2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and
Blade Runner.
Trumbull pioneered the modern special effects era with revolutionary in-camera techniques that, in my estimation, still rival the muddy, oft-incomprehensible digital effects of today.
He was a champion of practical effects until the very end.
RIP.