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Sunday March 20, 2011

Day: March 20, 2011

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Special Effects and Moving Pictures: From Jason and the Argonauts to Argonautica

Matthew Gumpert
March 20, 2011
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    By Matthew Gumpert. “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” (Roger “Verbal” Kint, The Usual Suspects [1995])     The Oz Effect   The 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts (directed by Don Chaffey), a Hollywood version of the Hellenistic epic, […]

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