SIMON REYNOLDS
Historians of retro concur that the first time "retro" was used in its current way was in France in the early '70s, with the phrase mode rétro - the retro style - to describe a spate of historical films about France during World War 2, which then sparked a 1940s fashion revival.Here is an...
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9781939063702Wakefield Press, 2021originally published 1943translated by Iain White246 pppaperbackSometimes you just find that book that you know is not only unlike anything you've ever read but also makes you wonder just how in the hell you're going to find aything that ever tops it. This past...
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There is almost every kind of miniature effect in this film, from a model ship to model aircraft and a miniature train. There is also a slightly odd sequence featuring a miniature farm with moving miniature cows, agricultural machinery and a car that travels along a road. In fact you can just make...
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An unusual film, particularly for the period, in that all the early model ship sequences appear to have been shot at sea with a real sky and horizon. The latter sequences which have scenic landscape background miniatures and shots requiring fog effects have been shot in the more usual studio tank...
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This being a Republic Production means that the miniature effects were handled by the Lydecker brothers Howard and Theodore. The special effects credits are sub-headed under-water sequences although there are some miniature surface shots of model ships as well. The bulk of the work is indeed in an...
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This film was suggested by a reader some time ago and I have finally got around to including it in a post. For a really in depth article on the visual effects of the film I recommend viewing NZ Pete's Matte Shot...
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9780712354271British Library, 2022305 pppaperbackIt's been a while since I've been here -- vacation and then a subsequent case of covid have sucked up my time pretty much since Thanksgiving and I'm just now feeling up to posting again. I couldn't let the year go by without reading at least one...
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9780712354424British Library, 2022340 pppaperbackIt's time for another book in the British Library Tales of the Weird series. This time we're off to the remoteness of the Arctic and the Antarctic with Polar Horrors: Strange Tales From the World's Ends. My geek self has a particular fascination...