Watch the Skies: a cemetery screening - Page 3

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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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	It was an amazing setting and an amazing crowd. I'm so glad we braved the traffic and the drive. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	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. __________________ Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
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08-31-2008, 09:01 PM	#23
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	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. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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09-01-2008, 07:46 AM	#24
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	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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