Product Details

• Actors: Adrienne Barbeau
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (PCM Stereo)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Simitar Ent.
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 1997
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304724780
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,874 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Narrated by Adrienne Barbeau Original Score by Terry Huud

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just a little more would have been nice, June 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects (DVD)

This was shot like a puzzle which is pretty a bunch of clips from other DVDs with a narrator, they give good info but just when you it gets good it doesn't, it covers everything from the abyss to ghostbusters to wolf. Try to get some books on this subject for more infomation. Try to rent not buy.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not very thorough, November 30, 2004

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Paul Brians (Pullman, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art of Illusion: 100 Years of Hollywood Special Effects (DVD)

I was hoping to have something I could show my film studies students to explain how special effects are done, but this skips a lot, including such elementary things as back-projection, doesn't really explain how traveling mattes are created, or why front-projection was revolutionary. OK as a bit of entertainment, but not a serious documentary on the subject.