- Lenny Lipton, 3D Filmmaking Pioneer, Dies.
In the Hollywood 3D community, Lipton is known for developing the ZScreen electro-optical modulator — a tool used in digital 3D projection — through his company, StereoGraphics. - George Lucas, Gene Youngblood and Expanded Cinema
I ran across this video a few years ago and found it very prescient of the landscape of today’s media technology . I forgot about it until I heard Gene Youngblood died. He and George talk about how hard it is to get into “Hollywood” and that technology will allow everybody to make films, with… Read more: George Lucas, Gene Youngblood and Expanded Cinema - Revisiting Gordon Parks
Recently TCM played two of the Gordon Parks films, Shaft (1971) and The Super Cops (1974). Both held up very well and you could see many creative influences they had on other early 70’s movies like Dog Day Afternoon and French Connection. Among his other talents he also wrote songs and poetry. Like Stanley Kubrick… Read more: Revisiting Gordon Parks - The 30th anniversary of Jim Henson and Muppet*Vision 3D
Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Jim Henson. I was working on Muppetvision 3D at Imagineering when he died. I was so excited that Disney was buying the Muppets. I think that Jim Henson was another Walt Disney - Here We Go Again: The Digital Cinema Revolution Begins
Happy Birthday to George Lucas! As we know George was a big proponent of the use of digital technology in cinema. When I worked at Sony in the 1990’s, we were on the cutting edge of using digital cameras for cinematography.
Legoland California is preparing to launch Lego Galaxy, a new space-themed land anchored by the park’s first-ever indoor coaster, Galactic Coaster.
Inside LEGO Galaxy: Home to Legoland’s first indoor coaster, robotic minifigure
Attention space cadets, it’s almost time for takeoff! Legoland California is preparing to launch Lego Galaxy, a ne...
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Better late than never. Next go repair the figures in Bayou Adventure.
Walt Disney once described Tomorrowland as “a vista into a world of wondrous ideas” and “a step into the future,” but, according to many Disneyland fans, present-day Tomorrowland is anything but that.
Proposals to revamp Disneyland’s Tomorrowland were rejected, report says
Disney fans who have long wished upon a star for a revamp of Disneyland’s Tomorrowland nearly got their wish, ...
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In Memory of Eddie Sotto: A Master of Experiential Design
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An obituary/remembrance for Eddie Sotto, a designer who shaped modern theme parks. Thank you to the former Walt Disney Imagineers who contributed.
Eddie Sotto, former Imagineer who shaped modern theme parks, dies at 67
Eddie Sotto, a former Imagineer whose work influenced several Disney theme parks, died in December in Orange Country...
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Eddie Sotto, Legendary Imagineer Behind Best Main Street Ever Made, Has Passed Away
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Former Imagineer Eddie Sotto, known for his work on Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland, has passed away.
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It is hard to believe that within 8 days two architects who were engulfed by American culture, who embraced that culture, and advanced it, have passed away. Frank Gehry has followed Bob Stern, two men operating on two different coasts in America.
Frank, very early, worked with
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After an accidental erasure in 1979, the song "The Second Arrangement" took on mythic status for fans of Steely Dan. Now a near-complete version has turned up on a worktape belonging to engineer Roger Nichols and we speak to Cimcie Nichols, Roger's daughter, about this incredible rediscovehttps://cscottrollins.blogspot.com/2023/01/…
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