Friday, September 3, 2010

The Ghost Of Slumber Mountain!


The Ghost Of Slumber Mountain is Willis O'Brien's test film for the silent classic The Lost World. It's short, running under twenty minutes and the stop-motion action is limited. But it establishes the concept of stop-motion animation blending with live action and being apprehended by the viewer as one experience. That was the key to what made King Kong such a phenomenon, and you can see that formula getting a workout here.

The characters and action are quaint today, perhaps they were even quaint by the standards of the day, but the line from this short movie to King Kong is easy to see.




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