Filmmaker Jamie Benning is beloved around these parts for his excellent "Filmumentaries," projects that combine rarely-seen behind-the-scenes videos with interviews he's conducted himself and commentary tracks from Blu-ray and DVD releases of the films he's highlighting. If you've read this far and have no clue what I'm talking about, trust me: you're going to want to dive into these because they're amazing. Watch Filmumentary entries for Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, and Back to the Future.
I thought I'd seen every project Benning had made, but early this morning, he tweeted a link to one that's exactly one year old today that I somehow missed the first time around.
Do or do not. Yoda first uttered these words 37 years ago. Find out the unknown story of Yoda's puppeteer. https://t.co/YwNXieoqc0
— Filmumentaries (@jamieswb) May 22, 2017
It's called Do or Do Not, and it's a short, hyper-focused documentary about Dave Barclay,...
I thought I'd seen every project Benning had made, but early this morning, he tweeted a link to one that's exactly one year old today that I somehow missed the first time around.
Do or do not. Yoda first uttered these words 37 years ago. Find out the unknown story of Yoda's puppeteer. https://t.co/YwNXieoqc0
— Filmumentaries (@jamieswb) May 22, 2017
It's called Do or Do Not, and it's a short, hyper-focused documentary about Dave Barclay,...
- 5/22/2017
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
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In 1980, the idea of having a puppet as a supporting actor was still untested. Ryan looks back at The Empire Strikes Back's big gamble...
"You will go to the Dagobah system. There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi master who instructed me..."
George Lucas may have had a wider saga planned out in his head, but he couldn't have predicted just how much hunger there would be for more space adventures in the wake of Star Wars. But as audiences flocked to watch and rewatch the film through the summer of 1977, Lucas was already putting the groundwork in place for a sequel, with its title, The Empire Strikes Back, firmly in place by November that year.
Exhausted by the process of making Star Wars, Lucas decided to step back from the role of writer and director for its follow-up, assigning his old mentor Irvin Kershner...
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In 1980, the idea of having a puppet as a supporting actor was still untested. Ryan looks back at The Empire Strikes Back's big gamble...
"You will go to the Dagobah system. There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi master who instructed me..."
George Lucas may have had a wider saga planned out in his head, but he couldn't have predicted just how much hunger there would be for more space adventures in the wake of Star Wars. But as audiences flocked to watch and rewatch the film through the summer of 1977, Lucas was already putting the groundwork in place for a sequel, with its title, The Empire Strikes Back, firmly in place by November that year.
Exhausted by the process of making Star Wars, Lucas decided to step back from the role of writer and director for its follow-up, assigning his old mentor Irvin Kershner...
- 11/24/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Jamie Benning's Filmumentaries are some of the best behind-the-scenes documentaries I've ever seen. Benning combines rarely seen video with interviews he's conducted himself, commentary tracks from Blu-ray and DVD releases of the films in question, and just generally provides an amazing in-depth experience for film fans so they can learn more about some of their favorite movies. He's done excellent work on Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, and Back to the Future.
Now he's back with a 20-minute documentary about Toby Philpott and Dave Barclay, the puppeteers who operated Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi. It includes a new interview with Philpott, who goes into great detail about the design work, how it operates, and even speculates that George Lucas would have liked to create Jabba in CGI back then, but the technology wasn't available to him yet. Benning has created another fantastic piece of work here,...
Now he's back with a 20-minute documentary about Toby Philpott and Dave Barclay, the puppeteers who operated Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi. It includes a new interview with Philpott, who goes into great detail about the design work, how it operates, and even speculates that George Lucas would have liked to create Jabba in CGI back then, but the technology wasn't available to him yet. Benning has created another fantastic piece of work here,...
- 2/6/2015
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Labyrinth may be the most heinous crime committed against the human mind at the hand of muppeteers. It’s not awful, it’s not even bad – it’s just a total mind screw from the first Bowie appearance on out. Who’s the movie really for? I still say it should be shown to children. The images in Labyrinth were and remain some of the most bizarre things a muppet has ever done. Bird-things dancing on their heads, a fox riding saddleback on a dog or a tunnel full of faces made out of hands – suspend your disbelief indefinitely, otherwise there’s no hope for you enjoying this one.
Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wishes her parents would spend more time paying attention to her and not her infant brother Toby. Her fraternal resentment peaks when she’s left to babysit the runt as her parents go out for a night on...
Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) wishes her parents would spend more time paying attention to her and not her infant brother Toby. Her fraternal resentment peaks when she’s left to babysit the runt as her parents go out for a night on...
- 10/7/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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