Moving-matte, not "motion control". And this was the first film to do it beating Back to the Future II by a year. There are still plenty of traditional tricks though like a lot of over the shoulder shots - I guess the budget for the moving-matte was limited.
Both great movies with interesting introductions - disagree re: the acting comment. I think the acting in Cronenberg films fit the genre and budgets they had. Also, I disagree that Brian DePalma made boring films.
Walken and all of the cast are spot on in Dead Zone. Woods is terrific in Videodrome. I think in the 90's we thought everything would only go up and up. Retrospection has shown that Cox was wrong in his estimation. Thus, Cult Classics.
i remember recording this!
Moving-matte, not "motion control". And this was the first film to do it beating Back to the Future II by a year. There are still plenty of traditional tricks though like a lot of over the shoulder shots - I guess the budget for the moving-matte was limited.
Both great movies with interesting introductions - disagree re: the acting comment. I think the acting in Cronenberg films fit the genre and budgets they had. Also, I disagree that Brian DePalma made boring films.
Scarface is a classic.
Jeff Goldblum was wooden?? I don't think so buddy boy 🤔
Thats the first thing that came into my head when he said that. All the acting was solid in The Fly. John Getz was lethal too.
Walken and all of the cast are spot on in Dead Zone. Woods is terrific in Videodrome. I think in the 90's we thought everything would only go up and up. Retrospection has shown that Cox was wrong in his estimation. Thus, Cult Classics.
Jeff Goldblum gave a brilliant performance in The Fly.