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2. Before Industrial Light and Magic

The Independent Hollywood Special Effects Business, 1968–1975

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I. Before 1977
  7. 1. Optical Animation 21
  8. 2. Before Industrial Light and Magic 63
  9. PART II. Circa 1977
  10. 3. The Expanded Blockbuster 105
  11. 4. “The Buck Stops at Opticals” 129
  12. 5. A More Plastic Reality 146
  13. 6. “More Philosophical Grey Matter” 179
  14. PART III. The 1980s and Beyond
  15. 7. Optical Special Effects into the 1980s 203
  16. 8. “Not-too-Realistic” and Intensified Realistic Approaches in the 1980s 239
  17. Conclusion 263
  18. Notes 275
  19. Bibliography 329
  20. Index 345
  21. Backmatter 363
Plastic Reality
This chapter is in the book Plastic Reality
https://doi.org/10.7312/turn16352-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. List of Illustrations ix
  4. Acknowledgments xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART I. Before 1977
  7. 1. Optical Animation 21
  8. 2. Before Industrial Light and Magic 63
  9. PART II. Circa 1977
  10. 3. The Expanded Blockbuster 105
  11. 4. “The Buck Stops at Opticals” 129
  12. 5. A More Plastic Reality 146
  13. 6. “More Philosophical Grey Matter” 179
  14. PART III. The 1980s and Beyond
  15. 7. Optical Special Effects into the 1980s 203
  16. 8. “Not-too-Realistic” and Intensified Realistic Approaches in the 1980s 239
  17. Conclusion 263
  18. Notes 275
  19. Bibliography 329
  20. Index 345
  21. Backmatter 363
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