Smoke and Mirrors - Special Visual Effects B.C. Before Computers
Smoke and Mirrors - Special Visual Effects B.C. Before Computers Visit the realms of The Twilight Zone, journey to The Outer Limits and boldly go on a Star Trek! From Lon Chaney to Ray Harryhausen,…
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Smoke and Mirrors - Special Visual Effects B.C. Before Computers
Visit the realms of The Twilight Zone, journey to The Outer Limits and boldly go on a Star Trek! From Lon Chaney to Ray Harryhausen, from Georges Melies to George Lucas, meet the multi-talented magicians-many of whom never received screen recognition-who invented ways to conjure up ferocious dinosaurs battling a giant ape in King Kong or the catastrophic natural disasters in Earthquake. Read how motion picture and TV special effects were created before computers!
During WWII they gave home audiences a taste of distant warfare without risking any actors and in the 1950s they introduced us to destructive invaders from other worlds - without a real national landmark being destroyed. They brought people uncomfortably close to Boris Karloff's Frankenstein and the fanciful, beloved Wizard of Oz. Dozens of rare, unpublished behind-the-scenes photos from classic films and obscure productions