Smoke and Mirrors: Special Visual Effects B.C. (Before Computers) Book

Smoke and Mirrors: Special Visual Effects B.C. (Before Computers) Book:

Visit The Twilight Zone, journey to The Outer Limits, experience 2001: A Space Odyssey, and boldly go on a Star Trek! See how motion picture special effects were created “B.C.”—Before Computers!

From Lon Chaney to Ray Harryhausen, from Georges Mèliés to George Lucas, meet the magicians— many of whom never received screen credit—who conjured up everything from ferocious dinosaurs battling a giant ape in King Kong to sinking the Titanic and shaking up Los Angeles in Earthquake. They brought Frankenstein to life, introduced generations to the beloved Wizard of Oz, and during World War II gave audiences a taste of warfare in films like The Flying Tigers. In the 1950s they helped us survive a War of the Worlds and took audiences along on Captain Ahab’s hunt...

• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.64 x 11 inches