VFX artists vs. The Golden Gate Bridge

‘Before & After’ has a rather fun article on the VFX destruction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

“Hang On A Minute, Lads, I’ve Got A Great Idea” – The Making Of The Italian Job

Remy attributed such inventiveness to the enthusiasm of the studio. “The producers never stopped us. They only encouraged us.” Encouraged them, that is, to undertake a 60ft jump across the rooftops of Turin

As Luck Would Have It has a nice little article on some of the souls involved in the making of the Italian Job – the good one, not the remake.

Brigaded

It seems Letterboxd is not immune to brigading…

Identical letterboxd reviews.

One / Two

An Oral History of 28 Days Later

Inverse has a short oral history of 28 Days Later – film I looked back at almost four years ago. It’s an interesting little piece and I’d not realise how close the 9/11 attacks had come to putting an end to the production of a film that, ultimately, turned out to be a major influence on the genre.

Rejected / Don Hertzfeldt (2000)

From 2000, the rather lovely Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt.