King Kong And Split Screen

[Eli Grey]

I'm watching King Kong (1933) for the first time after having seen the dreadful Kong: Skull Island and the magnificent King Kong (2005), the latter I've seen nearly a dozen times. However, Peter Jackson's King Kong has been ridiculed for the less than impressive split screen with the dinosaurs. The original also had split screen in its dinosaur scene. Did Peter Jackson intentionally make the split screen with the dinosaurs as unconvincing as he did as an homage to the scene in the original? Probably not, but the rest of the film looked great, so why hold out on that one scene?

 

[Foxbat]

Here's the pioneering Willis H. O'Brien (I don't think he gets the credit he deserves) who pioneered such things as split screen and miniature rear projection on King Kong. He also took a young apprentice under his wing. The apprentice's name was Ray Harryhausen

Willis H. O'Brien - Wikipedia

 

[Eli Grey]

Here's the pioneering Willis H. O'Brien (I don't think he gets the credit he deserves) who pioneered such things as split screen and miniature rear projection on King Kong. He also took a young apprentice under his wing. The apprentice's name was Ray Harryhausen

Willis H. O'Brien - Wikipedia

Thanks for the link.