Special Effects
Follies of the Madmen #559
That endless red-carpet SFX is pretty impressive for the 1960s. Plus, an eight-track player!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 16, 2023 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Special Effects, 1960s, Cars
Pixillation
The creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 05, 2023 -
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Category: Movies, Special Effects, Surrealism, Psychedelic, 1970s
Ameta
I like the tornado effect towards the end.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 13, 2021 -
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Category: Entertainment, Dance, Special Effects, 1900s
Odyssey: Into the Mind’s Eye
1990s production of psychedelic trip with soundtrack.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 19, 2021 -
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Category: Drugs, Psychedelic, Music, Special Effects, 1990s
The Evil Eye
I wish audiovisual recordings had been available in 1898 to capture this play.
Source of quote.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 15, 2021 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Theater and Stage, Special Effects, Nineteenth Century
Kirby’s Flying Ballet
This is the apparatus that famously caused Mary Martin to fly as Peter Pan.
Wikipedia page for Peter Foy.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 18, 2021 -
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Category: Technology, Theater and Stage, Special Effects, 1950s, 1960s
Clair de Lune Espagno
A trip to the moon teaches a lovesick suitor a lesson.
Creator's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 16, 2021 -
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Category: Aliens, Costumes and Masks, Dreams and Nightmares, Movies, Special Effects, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Foreign Customs, 1900s, Love & Romance
Robo Show and Flower Planet
Two features from the 1990 World's Fair in Japan.The opening few minutes are a press release for the company that created the exhibit. "Robo Show" begins at the 5:40 mark, and "Flower Planet" at minute 13:00. State-of-the-art stuff for thirty years ago.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 11, 2021 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Robots, Cartoons, Special Effects, 1990s, Asia
Space Race
This is what the passengers would see on a 1990s amusement park ride dubbed "Space Race." It's intriguing to compare state-of-the-art then to now.Contemporary article on the ride here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 30, 2020 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Special Effects, 1990s
All Things Fall
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 06, 2020 -
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Category: Death, Technology, Special Effects
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