Sunday 1 November 2015

Welcome to Monster Month!

Greetings everyone and welcome to MONSTER MONTH! This month, we’ll be focussing on the life and career of stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen, paying homage to a number of his classic films, including Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Clash of the Titans (1981), as well as some of his more obscure, earlier feature film experiments, such as It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956). In addition to taking a retrospective look at some highlights from his filmography, we will also delve into his home life, inspiration, and how he revolutionised a filmic art, in the form of an extended biography. The first entry (due to be posted later today) will provide a simple, brief summary of the life of Harryhausen in the form of a fact-file. There will also be several posts focussing on monster movies and monster-inspired movies outside of Harryhausen’s canon, including a somewhat tangential look at Pixar’s upcoming The Good Dinosaur (2015) towards the end of the month.

Keep coming back for more entries on the man behind the monsters.

I’ll keep you posted.

Michael (and Felix).
 

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