The technology did not develop soon enough, but maybe that's a good thing: Landis created his werewolf with make-up artist Rick Baker, who went on to win an Oscar for his work. The answer was, "Potentially." By the time he began making the movie in 1981, Whitney had passed away, so Landis asked John Whitney Jr. When he was in the process of writing his seminal monster movie An American Werewolf in London in 1970, he asked computer-generated graphics pioneer John Whitney if it would be possible for his werewolf's transformation to be done with CG.
It's a transformation the director has witnessed first-hand. "In terms of CG, it's an amazing technology and like all new technologies, completely overused immediately." "Technology in movies is always changing," Landis told. Scanning through the book, it's hard not to be taken by the evolution of how Hollywood monsters are created, from rudimentary make-up tricks to really slick technical feats. In his new book Monsters in the Movies, out Monday, Landis explores a century of cinematic creatures, from the currently hot vampires and zombies to apes, genetic mutants, mad scientists, psychos and scary children.
In the decades since then, he's seen monsters evolve from elaborate works of costume and make-up magic to elaborate works of CGI. John Landis has been a horror movie luminary ever since he directed An American Werewolf in London in 1981.
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