Hollywood FX legend and stop-motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen passed away today. He was 92.
The closest Harryhausen came to a music video was the 2008 Bloc Party clip "One Month Off," which took footage from his late '40s and early '50s Fairy Tale and Mother Goose short films and gave them an anti-war overhaul. (see below for the video embed and a quote from the directors about the video)
Otherwise, there are lots of music video tributes to the master, most notably The Killers "Bones" directed by Tim Burton.
D.A.D.D.Y., directors [speaking with Video Static back in '08 about the video]: "We acquired a number of the [Harryhousen] fairy tale stories and re-edited them to the track, so we had a strange narrative set in this animated fairytale world. A place inhabited by all the classic characters from Little Miss Muffet to Red Riding Hood.Taking the re-edited vintage animations, we then reanimated over these beautiful old stop-motion films, adding some 'reality,' so they lost that innocent feeling and meaning they once had. We have no idea what Mr. Harryhausen will think if he sees them, but some of the new cartoon violence makes parts of the video darkly funny, which he might like."
Rest In Peace, Ray Harryhausen...
