Celebrating the legacy of the oscarwinning stopmotion animator who brought dinosaurs, flying saucers, skeleton swordsmen, and other marvels to onscreen. Special effects legend ray harryhausen, whose dazzling and innovative visual effects work on fantasy adventure films such as jason and the argonauts and the 7 th voyage of sinbad passed away last month at age 92. Gustave dore 18321883 was a french artist whose book illustrations. Top ten tuesday the best of ray harryhausen we are. Ray with senior visual effects supervisor everett burrell.
Sep 21, 2015 auteurism may no longer be constrained to directors, and often film actors, writers and producers have been, in hindsight or upon release, considered the chief visions behind particular films. Movement into life made at the time by film student john walsh who today a trustee of the ray and diana harryhausen foundation. Special effects titan 2011 the life and work of special effects master ray harryhausen. The most famous animated creature in film history was king kong built and manipulated by wil. The observer described the documentary as a a riveting film by a french.
The harryhausen chronicles includes footage of some very early harryhausen efforts, including some model dinosaurs the young filmmaker took with him to mgm and a meeting with king kong special effects guru, willis obrien. The films of ray harryhausen ray harryhausen was one of hollywoods most famous stopmotion animators and most influential special effects innovators. Nov 09, 2012 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ray harryhausen. Special effects titan is a loving tribute to one of the most talented and wildly influential artists in the history of cinema.
Feb 27, 20 the remarkable career of the movie industrys most admired and influential special effects auteur, the legendary ray harryhausen, is the subject of gilles pensos definitive documentary ray. Special effects master ray harryhausen dead at 93 screen. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ray harryhausen. This is reflected in the majority of the interviews, and even the excerpts from harryhausens films have been culled from standard definition trailers. High profile directors such as peter jackson, guillermo del toro, james cameron and steven spielberg are interviewed for this documentary. The remarkable career of the movie industrys most admired and influential specialeffects auteur, the legendary ray harryhausen, is the subject of gilles pensos. Auteurism may no longer be constrained to directors, and often film actors, writers and producers have been, in hindsight or upon release, considered the chief visions behind particular films. Ray harryhausen the special effects designer and director behind some of cinemas most memorable images has died at 93. Prior to the development of computerized special effects, stopmotion animation played a key role in adventure and scifi filmmaking from the 1940s up until the 1980s. Ray harryhausen, peter jackson, steven spielberg, james cameron, terry. With ray harryhausen, peter jackson, terry gilliam, guillermo del toro. Apr 01, 2014 the remarkable career of the movie industrys most admired and influential special effects auteur, the legendary ray harryhausen, is the subject of gilles pensos definitive documentary ray.
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The life and work of special effects master ray harryhausen. The life and work of the stopmotion animator is given a worthy tribute in this fascinating documentary, writes philip french. Around this time harryhausen also met a man who would become a big influence in his life, fellow dinosaur lover ray bradbury. The remarkable career of the movie industrys most admired and influential specialeffects auteur, the legendary ray harryhausen, is the subject of ray. From the directors of critically acclaimed ray harryhausen special effects titan and creature designers. Documentary featuring the work of stopmotion camera and special effects guru ray harryhausen. A look at special effects wizard ray harryhausen and the impact his innovations have had on modern day cinema. Buy ray harryhausen special effects titan microsoft store. Ray harryhausen, who died may 7 at the age of 92, has been lauded as a cinematic mentor of such filmmakers as george lucas, steven spielberg and peter jackson. Ray harryhausen podcast free listening on soundcloud. High profile directors such as peter jackson, guillermo del toro, james cameron and. In 20, the rh foundation and arrow films released a featurelength biography of harryhausen and his films called ray harryhausen special effects titan on blu ray.
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