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Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects Master, Dies Aged 92

Posted by Soulskill on from the rest-in-peace dept.

New submitter Diakoneo writes "According to the BBC, 'Visual effects master Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion wizardry graced such films as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, has died aged 92. The American animator made his models by hand and painstakingly shot them frame by frame to create some of the best-known battle sequences in cinema.' Some of my fondest cinematic memories from my youth are from Ray Harryhausen."

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  1. Tribute to Ray Harryhausen by ElementOfDestruction · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is from the internet, and it's pretty old.

    http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/tribute/

  2. King Kong by __aahgmr7717 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We had one of the 3 armatures from King Kong in our closet for several years.
    My brother, Jim Danforth, knew Ray Harryhausen and did similar puppet animation
    in the '60, such as "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" and "The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao".
    Harryhausen was a house hold word in our family.
     

  3. Re:Stop motion done right by Rakarra · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Stop-motion Jurassic park would have been like CGI Star Wars. Get it, Lucas?

    Jurassic Park was originally going to be stop-motion in wide shots (or really, go-motion like the walkers from Empire Strikes Back) and Phil Tippett was hired to oversee this. The results just weren't what Spielberg was hoping for, and then the CGI dinosaurs started to look amazing...