
1902
Hollywood’s ability to manipulate millions is born when it is discovered that a bunch of absolute morons believe A Trip To The Moon is real
1982
Steven Spielberg achieves the iconic “flying bike” scene in E.T. by repeatedly launching 11-year-old Henry Thomas into the air and simply playing the sequence in slow motion
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1999
The Matrix’s elaborate slow-tracking shot captures the closest thing to emotion the public will ever see on Keanu Reeves’ face
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2008
Few crews have been able to induce headaches in audiences as fast as the effects team on Speed Racer was able to
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2013
Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi thriller Gravity shows that with state-of-the-art special effects, any script can be overlooked
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