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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.
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This new AI studio plans to make 30 films in the next four years.
14 places in L.A. that every Disney lover must visit at least once
14 places in L.A. that every Disney lover must visit at least once
From a skate shop in Los Feliz to a bakery in Burbank, these spots give Disney fans a glimpse into who Walt ...
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NEWS: Two Disney Imagineers Inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame
NEWS: Inventors of a Classic Disneyland Ride System Named to Hall of Fame
Two Disney Imagineers have been honored by the Inventors Hall of Fame.
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DO YOU REMEMBER Knott's Bear-y Tales? The long-lost dark ride at Knott's Berry Farm is back - and the subject of a huge new art book. MEET THE AUTHORS this Sunday at the Los Angeles Public Library.
With former Imagineers Kathy Rogers, Paul Osterhout, Eric Jacobson, and Chris Brown and hosted by Tom Corless. Explore the creation of Jim Henson’s final work with those who helped bring it to life!
First look: Disneyland's original Haunted Mansion returns with a heartbreaking new scene
The Mansion has been the subject of regular tinkering, its illusions evolving and changing as technology — and culture — advances. This time is no different.
Three Animation Guild negotiating committee members oppose studio deal over AI
So I splurged. I figured I had better lock one down before they all get used up and disappear.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
From the cover of Monsanto Magazine, Summer, 1967. My favorite photo of talented (and funny) Imagineer Ed Johnson, making miracles from molecules. Ed passed yesterday at the age of 79. This image is off the internet and I’d love to find a better version, if anyone has one.
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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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