Joe Alves on Bruce the Shark
At Film School Rejects, “Joe Alves sets the Record Straight on the Supposedly Inoperable Shark of Jaws.”
Matte Painting!
It’s a featurette on matte painting at Industrial Light and Magic! There’s a Star War or two…
“38 Thoughts We Had While Watching Species”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century shares her thoughts on Species at Syfy Wire! “Sex in the City‘s fifth cast member: Species in the City. Fund it.”
An Oral History of Predator
The Heat Vision has an oral history of Predator (1987). “Whether it was the heat of the jungle or the haze of time that accrues over three decades, the stories from people involved took on almost a Rashomon-like quality. Why did the studio shut the film down? How […]
“Silent Running (1972): Vintage Making of Documentary”
Cinetropolis has a vintage feature on the making of Silent Running (1972). “Here writer and first time director Douglas Trumbull, famous now for his pioneering special effects work and advances in cinematography, guides us through every aspect of the making of his sci-fi parable, with great insights from […]
Eiji Tsuburaya Made Godzilla Come Alive–And It Changed Film Forever”
At Vox, Phil Edwards profiles special effects master Eiji Tsuburaya and interviews August Ragone about Tsuburaya’s career. “A director, cinematographer, and producer, Tsuburaya is best known for creating the special effects behind Japanese classics like Godzilla (1954), Mothra (1961), and many other films where the giant monsters called […]
