# Willis O’Brien

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Early Short Horror Graveyard Smash (1896-1918)

It’s a monster mash of early monster cinema this time! From Georges Méliès’ history as a political cartoonist and illusionist, to Willis O’Brien’s and Herbert M Dawley’s complex relationship over articulated dinosaur model patents, the formation of the movie and horror industry is Wild. Also discus…

Episode 39 - An Interview with Oscar Winning Visual Effects Supervisor, Phil Tippett.

Episode 39 of The Film ’89 Podcast is a very special one as Steve and Skye interview two-time Oscar winning visual effects supervisor, Phil Tippett. Phil is a true legend in the field of visual effects, having specialised in creature design and character animation as well as being a director and pr…

Episode 58: The Tourists vs. ‘Mighty Joe Young’ (1949)

Hello, kaiju lovers! “Ameri-kaiju” continues with three of the original MIFV Tourists—Nick Hayden, Joe Metter, and Joy Metter—returning to the Island to the “spiritual sequel” to King Kong (1933): Mighty Joe Young (1949). This classic features the special effects masters of the generations: Willis …

Episode 5: John LeMay Presents ‘King Kong vs. Frankenstein’ & ‘Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla’

(FYI: This was recorded before the news that 2020’s Godzilla vs. Kong would be delayed). Hello, kaiju lovers! In this special “side Kong Quest” (  ), Nathan is joined by author John LeMay (who is a gentleman and a scholar) to talk about two unmade King Kong films with connections to King Kong vs.…

Footnote #4 - Stop-Motion

In Footnote #4, Chris and Alex unpack the uncanny spectacle and affecting effects of stop-motion animation, from understanding the hands-on labour that crafts its illusions of life to the oneiric ‘stopped-motion’ worlds of Ladislas Starevich, Willis O’Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Jan Švankmajer, and the…

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) feat. Naomi Osborn & The Trivia That Challenged the World

A king-sized kaiju smackdown! Who will reign supreme? Who will eat their vegetables? Who will tell Kong to lay off the fruit juice?? Plus, behind-the-scenes drama with Willis O’Brien, the fabled alternate ending, and how Creature from the Black Lagoon figures into all this. Then, we welcome Nao…

Tea For Terror #46: King Kong (1933) with Richard Stanley

On this extra, extra special episode my guest, the brilliant RICHARD STANLEY (Hardware, Dust Devil, Color out of Space) talks about the greatest monster movie ever made KING KONG (1933). Expect chat about AI, H.P. Lovecraft, Willis O’Brien, Merian C. Cooper, Fay Wray, and Pre-code Movies. “It was b…

Ray Harryhausen's Film Legacy (with Gil, Tom & JJ)

The podcast gang sums up what makes Ray Harryhausen's crafted effects epics still eye-popping all of these years later in cinema history.   We also get to talk about Ray's mentor Willis OBrien & the man's influence on later stop-motion animators like Phil Tippett & Nick Park.    Come get animat…

It Came from the 50s

Grab your Geiger counter and join us after closing time as we travel back to the 1950s, when radiation could turn almost anything into a monster, visitors from outer space were rarely friendly, and the Army was always just a phone call away. We’re revisiting four classics from the golden age of sci…