Close Encounters Of The Third Kind's Script Featured A Scene Even Steven Spielberg Couldn't Pull Off
The pre-digital age of blockbuster filmmaking was a wonderland of handmade awe. Every astounding image you saw on a movie screen was tactile. Be it a mechanical shark, a model Ferris wheel rolling down the Santa Monica Pier, or a flying saucer crashing into the United States Capitol, you knew these were tangible creations placed in front of a camera. Though great filmmakers know how to dazzle us with the ones and zeroes of CGI, I far prefer the rough magic practiced by masters like Ray Harryhausen, Douglas Trumbull, and John Dykstra.
The practical visual effects revolution kicked off with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," which flaunted mind-blowing outer space imagery from the legendary Trumbull. The next major leap came in 1977 when Dykstra invented motion control technology to thrust viewers into the nerve-frazzling trench run during the finale of "Star Wars." While moviegoers kept lining up to revisit that galaxy far,...
The practical visual effects revolution kicked off with Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," which flaunted mind-blowing outer space imagery from the legendary Trumbull. The next major leap came in 1977 when Dykstra invented motion control technology to thrust viewers into the nerve-frazzling trench run during the finale of "Star Wars." While moviegoers kept lining up to revisit that galaxy far,...
- 12/10/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Aside from the giant Fao-Schwarz piano in "Big" and the flamethrower guitar in "Mad Max: Fury Road," the ultimate movie instrument to play has to be the giant light board at the end of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Forget being ushered aboard the mothership by cute aliens. A true musician would stay behind and put on a concert after everyone left. In actuality, the massive prop built for the movie was a real playable instrument. According to Michael Klastorin's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Ultimate Visual History" from Harper Collins, production designer Jon Alves ("Jaws") had a concept for the large-scale device that was "rooted in musical theory."
The western musical scale consists of 12 tones (as opposed to the Persian 22-tone scale), and Alves created a color panel system that would line up with each note. The size of the light board had...
The western musical scale consists of 12 tones (as opposed to the Persian 22-tone scale), and Alves created a color panel system that would line up with each note. The size of the light board had...
- 10/17/2022
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
I’m pleased to get in touch about Back To The Future: The Ultimate Visual History – Revised And Expanded Edition (Insight Editions/Harper Design; 11/3), which we are publishing to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the original Back to the Future. Written by Michael Klastorin, Back to the Future II and III’s production publicist, and featuring …
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- 10/3/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
If you're a fan of Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of a Third Kind, you have got to check out this concept art for the film and behind-the-scenes set photos!
The movie turns 40-years-old this month and as a way to celebrate the occasion, a new book is coming out written by Michael Klastorin called Close Encounters of the Third Kind: A Visual History. The book is said to be packed to the brim with concept art, behind-the-scenes photos, storyboards, and interviews. Thanks to io9, we have some pages from this book to share with you.
One of the cooler designs that we see is an alternate version of the giant alien spacecraft that makes an appearance at the end of the film. I also like the photo of all the little kids dressed up as creepy little aliens. One photo, in particular, shows an alien looking through the...
The movie turns 40-years-old this month and as a way to celebrate the occasion, a new book is coming out written by Michael Klastorin called Close Encounters of the Third Kind: A Visual History. The book is said to be packed to the brim with concept art, behind-the-scenes photos, storyboards, and interviews. Thanks to io9, we have some pages from this book to share with you.
One of the cooler designs that we see is an alternate version of the giant alien spacecraft that makes an appearance at the end of the film. I also like the photo of all the little kids dressed up as creepy little aliens. One photo, in particular, shows an alien looking through the...
- 8/17/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It’s holiday gift book time, and our list of must-reads includes weighty coffee table books on two iconic film franchises, some video store nostalgia, the mysteries of David Lynch, a bit of pre-Star Wars: The Force Awakens reading, and the brilliance of Terry Gilliam. Check out the recommendations below and see more here.
Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History by Michael Klastorin with Randal Atamaniuk (Harper Design)
Even as a fan of the Back to the Future trilogy, I was a bit taken aback by the hype surrounding October 21, 2015, a.k.a., the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrived in the Hill Valley of the future in Back to the Future II. It is only fitting, then, that part of the hype includes the wildly entertaining Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History. Featuring the participation of, well, everyone involved, from...
Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History by Michael Klastorin with Randal Atamaniuk (Harper Design)
Even as a fan of the Back to the Future trilogy, I was a bit taken aback by the hype surrounding October 21, 2015, a.k.a., the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrived in the Hill Valley of the future in Back to the Future II. It is only fitting, then, that part of the hype includes the wildly entertaining Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History. Featuring the participation of, well, everyone involved, from...
- 11/19/2015
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
The release of Michael Klastorin's Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History provides a mountain of photos and insight into the film trilogy, including a eye-rolling memo from then–Universal Pictures president Sidney Sheinberg, requesting a new title for Back to the Future. In the note, Sheinberg suggests that the title be Space Man From Pluto. Yeaaah. This comes immediately after Sheinberg balks at the "less than wonderful" title Back to the Future for making it seem like a "genre" film. Whereas Space Man From Pluto sounds like a late-career Robert Redford emotional drama. Sheinberg also suggests throwing the phrase "space man from Pluto" into random scenes so the audience gets that this title means something. He concludes that this title has "heat, originality, and projects fun." According to a caption in the book, Spielberg blessedly responded with a memo thanking Sheinberg for the "humorous" note, which ended the discussion.
- 10/21/2015
- by Ira Madison III
- Vulture
The future has arrived. October 21, 2015, the date Doc, Marty and Jennifer travel to in “Back to the Future Part II” is now the present, and we can make the final assessment of what the movie predicted accurately and inaccurately about how the world would look 26 years after the sequel's release. Among the things the “Back to the Future” sequel got right about the future: video games you play without your hands. Areas where the movie was off-track: We’re still waiting on flying cars. Cell phones are nowhere to be seen in 2015 Hill Valley. And print newspapers are still the foremost source of news. Yup, Doc uses the October 22, 2015 print issue of the Hill Valley edition of USA Today to show Marty what happens to his son. In the real world, USA Today is taking this opportunity to tie in its brand to the Back to the Future Day buzz,...
- 10/21/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
To mark the release of Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History on 16th October, we’ve been given 3 copies of the book to give away. Now fans can venture on to the studio backlot and into the archives with author Michael Klastorin—theproduction publicist on Back to the Future Part II and Part III—along
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- 10/16/2015
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In the 30 years since its release, countless frames of “Back to the Future” have become iconic images: The time-traveling DeLorean shooting a blaze of fire trails through Doc’s and Marty’s legs. Marty staring, horrified, at his 17-year-old mother as she comes onto him in her bedroom. Doc Brown wearing a mind-reading contraption on his head, a damn thing that doesn’t work at all. Marty doing the duckwalk with a red Gibson guitar. Lightning striking the Hill Valley clock tower with a spectacular burst of sparks and light. So what better way to celebrate 2015 — a big year for “Back to the Future” — than with a big hardcover book packed with large color photos and concept art? That’s HarperCollins’ “Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History.” HitFix has your exclusive first look at “Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History.” The book will be released on October 20 this year,...
- 6/25/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
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