Part One contains a synopsis, film reviews and full credits for 13 of Willis O'Brien's most prominent movies. Part Two provides insight into his creativity through an examination of his unrealized story ideas. Part Three looks at his collaborators and protgs, with brief career outlines and film credits. Supporting this section are interviews with Ray Harryhausen, Jim Danforth, Darlyne O"Brien and Phil Kellison.
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"a wealth of illustrations" -- SciFi Entertainment
"a worthy book...the detailed filmography is useful...unusually interesting" -- Filmfax --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"a worthy book...the detailed filmography is useful...unusually interesting" -- Filmfax --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This review is from: Willis O'Brien: Special Effects Genius (McFarland classics) (Paperback)
If I have any criticism of this work it is that it is not long enough... I thoroughly enjoyed it, and use it as a reference work frequently. I feel that Archer captures Willis O'Brien's unique personality. He was a multitalented person indeed. The interviews with his widow Darlyne O'Brien were very interesting and very valuable since I suspect that few researchers ever took the time to interview her about her husband and his marvelous inventions that improved motion picture technology substantially. He won an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement; this book by McFarland includes storyboards and synopses of television programs and films "Obie" would have loved to have made, if only he could have found the right producers. any one of them would have been a classic. O'Brien was grievously mistreated and neglected by the motion picture industry and his work ripped off too often; a case in this book is the King Kong Versus Godzilla film that was stolen from a treatment he had submitted and later made into a film by Toho.
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