And I Call Myself A "Film Buff"--Sheesh!

Mar 04, 2009 16:07

The last couple days I've been helping my buddy Paul go through the archives of a former Hollywood "prosthetics and animatronics" house (better known as a "creature shop") for his former boss--a master at the art, a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein who made monsters for his living. So far I've counted over 60,000 photos from various productions, including half a dozen Stephen King movies, the live-action Cat In The Hat, the re-imagined The Outer Limits, Charmed, Species, Blade, Red Planet, Big Fish, Eaters of the Dead, TV commercials, music videos, and even projects that never saw production or release.

What's weird is that a lot of this stuff, I never saw on film or on screen. As said, I'm not a horror fan. Or that much into fantastic cinema.

All of this stuff was made in the decade and a half since the printing of my latest Leonard Maltin film guide. I guess I need to get "read up" all over again.

FP

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