Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013Stop motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen has died today at age 92.
These days, in an era where even the crappiest movie can have dazzling CGI special effects, it's hard to understand how amazing RH's carefully crafted, mostly one man stop motion effects must have appeared when they first came to the screen. After Star Wars premiered, his era of stop-motion essentially ended, though full stop motion features from Nick Park and others would still have a niche in entertainment.
The first of his films I was ever aware was sadly the last he worked on, Clash of the Titans. When I got older and his catalog became available on DVD I started seeking out the others. These days, my favorites are probably The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, the first for it's sense of high adventure, the latter for it's a Ray Harryhausen, 1920-2013 by *Sir-Talen
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