Ray Harryhausen Collection
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Collection of movies using stop-motion model animation known as "Dynamation" created by Ray Harryhausen
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*** Unfortunately, due to the new non-VIP member politics (ridiculous 2 lists per user and 100 items per list), this list cannot be updated. Sorry. Track TV isn't the same anymore. :(
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<p><b>Surrealist cinema</b> is a modernist approach to film theory, criticism, and production with origins in Paris in the 1920s. Surrealist cinema is characterised by juxtapositions, the rejection of dramatic psychology, and a frequent use of shocking imagery.</p>
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<p>Once upon a time, there was no internet, no streaming, no infinite on-demand supply of content. There was the cinema and there was over-the-air tv and on that tv there were three major networks (via VHF) plus a few local stations (via UHF). Buried amidst the regular programming of news, sitcoms, dramas and reruns, movies came to us long after they’d vanished from theaters, sometimes years later. A few appeared often, others rarely, and all were edited for mature content. There were, of course, commercials - often in the worst possible places - but sometimes, every so often, they created cliffhangers, adding a weird, unintentional dramatic tension. </p><p>Later came cable, where cheaper movies ran again and again. Later still came VHS home video where movies you couldn’t see, sometimes shouldn’t see, were suddenly readily accessible. And because TVs were square and movie screens weren’t, only a portion of the frame could fit. Everything we saw was panned and scanned, meaning some network or studio editor chose which parts of the frame you most needed to see. </p><p>Growing up, this was how I saw the vast majority of feature films. Those listed here are ones that left an impression, however fleeting. Not all of them are “great.” Many I’ve seen only once. In some cases I recall only specific scenes, moments, concepts or shots. Most I’ve never seen projected and many I’ve never seen full-frame. Together they offer a glimpse into my post 70s, pre-streaming, channel-surfing, movie-manic adolescence. When I’m tempted to lament the future of cinema, considering the fractious way in which most movies are consumed in the internet era, I have to remind myself of the way in which many movies - including some of the greatest ever made - were introduced to me in the age of Edited for Television.</p><p>Where Tonight’s Recommended Viewing is meant to be a can’t-miss list for cinema snobs and neophytes alike, this list is filled with almosts, oddities, acquired tastes, triumphs and traumas alike, along with a handful of honorably mentioned crossovers. I cannot attest to their overall quality, only their indelible impact, however great or small.</p><p>Enjoy and, in a few cases, beware.</p><p>(Occasionally updated)</p>