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Matte & Effects Films Celebrated: Part One

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Matte & Effects Films Celebrated – Part One

Boy oh boy, you haven’t seen a site like this one…well, maybe you have but I haven’t…so impressed with it.  Expect much more from the site in the future!!

Greetings friends and myriad enthusiasts of ‘old time’ traditional special photographic effects, mattes, miniatures, trick shots and all such ‘lost’ art forms of days gone by.  It is time for yet another journey down that ever fascinating path of wonderful motion picture magic, that we all love so much.

Today, I’ve assembled a very broad cross section of films, from across the cinematic spectrum – from science fiction, western, swashbuckler, jungle adventure and epic desert romance genres – all here in the one packed blog post.  As usual, I’ve included a few worthy titles that few – if any – may have heard of, let alone seen.  Any younger readers probably haven’t heard of any of the seven titles profiled here in depth.  There is nothing as thrilling for NZ Pete than discovering some heretofore ‘lost’ or forgotten flick that not only is a revealing trick shot show, but also a highly enjoyable film in itself to top it off, and that reward came with at least one of the movies here today…

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A Tribute to Golden Era Special FX

This blog is intended primarily as a tribute to the inventiveness and ingenuity of the craft of the matte painter during Hollywoods’ Golden Era. Some of the shots will amaze in their grandeur and epic quality while others will surprise in their ‘invisibility’ to even the sophisticated viewer. I hope this collection will serve as an appreciation of the artform and both casual visitors and those with a specialist interest may benefit, enjoy and be amazed at skills largely unknown today.

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