Tag: george pal
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When Worlds Collide (a plodding movie deserves a plodding blog, I guess)
The credits to “When Worlds Collide” are backed by flames, lots of flames, then smoke, blue streams of it against black, looking suspiciously like lurking under the bottom of the screen are positioned a number of special effects techs puffing away on packs of Camels. And for some reason, don’t ask me why, I wonder…
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George Pal’s "Tom Thumb"
[clear] Been watching the 1958 “Tom Thumb”, directed by Puppetoons’ animator, George Pal. Arrived today from Netflix. I’d assumed I’d probably seen it on television as a child but none of it strikes me as familiar. It’s not the traditional story. The movie is a combo of Puppetoons, slapstick, Hollywood Saturday matinée adventure…and a vehicle…
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Those glorious glories of war
I do mean it when I said in the previous post that I’m surrounded by the nuts and bolts of it all as H.o.p. has watched Pal’s “Tulips Shall Grow” about 100,000 times in the past week and has been constructing potential film stars out of his erector set. In the meanwhile, I try to…