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The Sci-Fi Legacy of Charlton Heston

April 6th, 2008 3 Comments

Legendary actor Charlton Heston passed away April 5th, 2008 at the age of 84. He will be remembered fondly by many for portraying scores of epic, larger-than-life characters ranging from Judah Ben-Hur to Michaelangelo to John the Baptist to Moses, as well as countless nameless (and often shirtless) stoic paragons of heroism.
However, I’ll always have [...]

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Tilting at Windmills: The Outrageous Fortune of Terry Gilliam

March 31st, 2008 10 Comments

A look at the on-set trials and tribulations of maverick director Terry Gilliam, and how he’s managed to roll with the punches that the studio system–and God–has thrown his way.

Film directing is a profession often fraught with impossible challenges. Woody Allen once said being a director meant “the truck of fresh compromises pulls up each [...]

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The Best Beginnings on Film: The InImitable Style of Saul Bass

March 16th, 2008 2 Comments

The purpose of a movie’s main title sequence is to deliver necessary credit information while thematically and stylistically summarizing the film. A good film’s title sequence should be a metaphorical microcosm of the film itself. In this respect, no main title designer has been as influential on the industry as Saul Bass.

The influence of graphic [...]

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