Zeven onbekende feiten van Ghostbusters

RDJ134 25 oktober 2012 om 20:15 uur

In 1984 verscheen de inmiddels cult film Ghostbusters en in de bioscopen en weet zelfs de nerd en geeks van nu nog steeds te boeien. Het derde deel begin ik maar niet over, maar wel dat de website Tor.com nu deze lijst met zeven onbekende feiten van de film heeft gepost. Als film buff wist ik er slechts twee van de lijst, dus als je fan van de Ghostbusters franchise bent is dit een must read.


6.) Ghostbusters Relied on Many Low-Budget, Practical Effects

Discussions of awesome movies frequently incorporate the phrase "special effects" which is really a misnomer. "Special effects" in the olden days referred to what is now called "practical effects," which really happened on the set. Wires to make things fly, actual pyrotechnics, etc. Early in the commentary, Reitman asserts that most people might assume things like the floating books at the beginning of the film were done "optically" when in fact they were simply books suspended on wires. Further, when the card catalogue drawers start popping out on their own and swirling around the poor librarian, Ramis lets us know that there were just some technicians behind a wall blowing air through copper tubing in order to make the cards swirl around so creepily. Harold Ramis says "picking up the cards after every take" got a little old.

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