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alphabassettgrrl 08-31-2008 03:49 PM

It was an amazing setting and an amazing crowd. I'm so glad we braved the traffic and the drive.

lindyhop 08-31-2008 08:04 PM

That's one of my all time favorite movies. The last time I saw it was when I used to attend Cal State Long Beach's Wide Screen Festivals. Somebody official was there discussing the special effects which were mostly bright lights and sound (high tech for the time). But what beautiful effects they were.

alphabassettgrrl 08-31-2008 09:01 PM

I actually found myself wanting to see the UFOs in regular light. :)

Definitely beautiful effects. I was reminded, watching it, how much I like the old style of moviemaking, before they could use CGI in place of a story. This film had longer individual cuts, larger sets, and it is gorgeously constructed. I liked it very much.

innerSpaceman 09-01-2008 07:46 AM

Yep, I had the same longing for "hand-made" films. The thing that got me the most was the cloud effects that had to be created physically so they could be photographed, in this case using paint and chemical reactions in tanks of water and saline. Absolutely beautiful, completely ingenious, dreadfully time-consuming.

Now they just press buttons.




I know it's more complex than that, but CGI = meh.


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