when special effects were fun
at the very least the effects in something like Silent Running required some ingenuity and creativity, especially with the $1M budget. Knowing there were no computer effects made me wonder how Trumbull did the tricks he pulled off. Lots of photography tricks and lighting tricks I think. I watched the making of material and it was very interesting, whereas if you watch the making of a modern effects-driven movie, it's a snoozer because it's always the same answer: computers.
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