(6-29-12) RAY OF LIGHT, RAY OF HOPE..The Monster is "The Beast From 20.000 Fathoms" but this Blooge is really a tribute to two "Rays", both born in 1920. Today is the B-Day of RAYMOND "RAY" HARRYHAUSEN. No CGI will ever be as cool as Ray's stop-motion style of special effects ("DYNAMATION!") . And the plot for "The Beast.." was based on a short story by RAY BRADBURY, who we lost this month on the 5th. To paraphrase the last line from the great book "Science Fiction in the Cinema" by John Baxter: " Like a dream half remembered from childhood, their echoes will linger on 'till Doomsday."
PS. Exteriors for the climax of "The Beast.." were filmed at The Pike in Long Beach, which has sadly gone the way of Dynamation...
PS. Exteriors for the climax of "The Beast.." were filmed at The Pike in Long Beach, which has sadly gone the way of Dynamation...
Cool stuff, Stranger. I remember the Pike.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I miss the Pike too, not to mention DYNAMATION!
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