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Category: Retro

The Hudsucker Proxy VFX
Retro

A visual journey inside the miniatures of ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’

Shooting models sideways, making Tim Robbins act in reverse, and the movies where the same miniatures made surprise reappearances.

Sphere
Retro

‘We tried a million things’ – the oral history of ‘Sphere’s’ sphere

The sphere in ‘Sphere’, and how it was made.

VFX oral history of Guinness
Retro

‘I felt like it was a poem’: the VFX oral history of Guinness ‘Surfer’

Original CFC crew members reflect on bluescreen horses, crashing waves and a St. Patrick’s Day debut for the famous Jonathan Glazer spot.

Super Mario Bros.
Retro

‘Super Mario Bros.’: the other huge VFX film from 1993

The first film to use Flame in a big way, as well as several other VFX ‘firsts.’

Ruby’s Saloon
Retro

Remembering ‘Ruby’s Saloon,’ and how it helped make Maya

The untold oral history of the short that helped promote Maya to the world.

Oral history of Iron Man
Retro

Heads up: the oral history of ‘Iron Man’s’ original HUD

It changed HUDs forever – members of the original Iron Man HUD design group look back on the work.

Deep Rising behind the scene
Retro

Tracking nightmares: behind Blur’s half-digested Billy shots in Deep Rising

Tracking was (still) hard 20 years ago.

The Matrix VFX
Retro

Three things you might not have known about Bullet Time

For befores & afters patrons.

Retro

Viewpaint: ILM’s secret weapon on ‘Jurassic Park’

Do you really know how they texture painted the dinosaurs?

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