Drew Struzan I meant to do this column earlier, but October kept me very busy, and I needed a little extra time and a less frazzled mindset to look back on the career of the late Drew Struzan; the pop artist whose work helped define movie posters for the last fifty years. His work has…
Tag: Blade Runner
Spotlight on screen-used sci-fi/fantasy movie & TV props, costumes and miniatures…
“Gain Strength from the Sharing…” With a nod to Spock’s half-brother Sybok, the purpose of this particular column is to share; to share in the good fortune I’ve had in my life as a semi-professional geek to see a virtual treasure trove of actual screen-used props, costumes, miniatures and other such cool stuff over the…
An architect of dreams: Douglas Trumbull, 1942-2022…
The Architect. The movie industry lost a true legend this week. Douglas Trumbull, a visual effects producer and film director who revolutionized the art of motion pictures over the past six decades, succumbed to complications from mesothelioma at age 79. Visual effects were literally in Trumpbull’s genes, as his father, Donald Trumbull, worked on the…
Does “Blade Runner” actually ‘Dream of Electric Sheep’…?
****SPOILERS FOR “BLADE RUNNER”***** ****SPOILERS FOR “DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?”**** The Book Like many sci-fi movie fans of my generation, I came into the late Philip K. Dick’s work ass-backward; from the movie adaptations of his works to the books themselves. One movie I’d become increasingly fond of, especially after its 1991 “Director’s…