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Craft guide / 2 tracks

Making the impossible feel physical

Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman examine how Douglas Trumbull gives an ecological space fable weight through models, performers, practical technology, and found industrial space, while Joe Lynch, Chuck Russell, Mark Irwin, and Tony Gardner reveal how storyboards, creature materials, lighting, compositing, and safety make The Blob's impossible threat tangible.

Reading order

Follow the production story.

  1. Silent Running poster

    Part 1 of 2

    Silent Running (1972)

    Barry Forshaw / Kim Newman

    Scholar / 1h 29m / 210 segments

  2. The Blob poster

    Part 2 of 2

    The Blob (1988)

    Joe Lynch / Chuck Russell / Mark Irwin / Tony Gardner

    Multi-voice / 1h 34m / 210 segments