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Being in college, in California, in 1981, was like being in the front seat of an incredible roller coaster. Unlike how it was in New Orleans, where I would be lucky if I was able to get a hold of a genre magazine like Cinefantastique because it was not consistently available in news stands, now I felt like I was closer to “the hub” than ever. Magazines, trade papers, Hollywood poster stores, all were up to date with what was happening in motion pictures. There was also the benefit of being in one of the two (or three) “preview” cities for new films.
Altered States . Where, before, articles on Make Up Effects Artists were superficial interviews that either focused on one film or a survey of a career-in-progress, suddenly in-depth articles arose where the specifics of the construction and execution of a film illusion were discussed.
Exotic casting materials were introduced like Smooth-On Elastomer for creating the air bladders that rippled beneath foam latex appliances and DuPont’s Elvacite that Smith utilized to create the “bleeding” vessels for Scanners . So much information was becoming available that staying ahead of it was challenging.
It was during this time that I had the pleasure of being introduced to a former CalArts alumnus named James Cummins . James, a native Missourian, had attended the Disney school before he left to pursue his career in Make Up Effects, something he had loved since he was a boy. When I met him, he had just returned from Canada where he had been working on a Made-For-TV rip-off of the movie Alien , James had purchased ever drop of latex that CalArts normally kept on hand for students.
When James walked into our dorm room, he looked around and saw all of the movie posters that Steve Burg and I had put up and said, “Looks like I’m in the right place.” This first evening started a friendship between the three of us that would span decades.
I think that no matter what unique differences existed between Steve Burg , James Cummins, and myself, what we shared was a profound love of movies, especially genre pictures. Steve and I would see just about anything that featured some element of the fantastic in it, however, James would try to see everything. James’s ambition was to become a writer and director, not to remain a Make Up Effects artist. He was especially fond of the writings of Algernon Blackwood and had an ambition to adapt some of his horror stories into films, but for the time being, making monsters seemed like a great introduction to the motion picture field.
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PUNXSUTAWNEY Phil: Did the Groundhog See His Shadow 2011?
PUNXSUTAWNEY Phil of Pennsylvania, the country’s most well-known groundhog foretold an early spring. He also predicted that the country’s Puttsburgh Steelers is going to be in the superbowl but did not forecast whether they will win or not.
PUNXSUTAWNEY Phil arose after dawn on the Groundhog Day to make the yearly weather forecast in a small crown in rural Pennsylvania. Not minding the freezing conditions, the crowd bravely went just to hear the handler expose that Punxsutawney Phil hasn’t seen his shadow.
In the forecast, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle also told the crowd that Phil seen his shadow for only 98 times and hasn’t seen it for 16 times only since 1887. The group never failed even once to give a forecast.
The Goundhog Day celebration came from a German superstition which says if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2, winter will continue for another six weeks but if not, early spring would come early.
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