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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Sci-Fi Cityscapes #4: The Fifth Element (1997); circa the 23rd Century
award-winning creator of the web series Abnormal Fixation (2024), the audio drama Enter the House Between (2023) and author of 35 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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I have always loved the imagination captured in science-fiction production designs from the cityscapes created[CG, matte, miniatures] to the sets built to the costumes and props. It is truly art.
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I had the immense good fortune to work on The Fifth Element in my first film job, specifically matte painting. The frame at bottom was one of them.
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