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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Special effects master Phil Tippett comments on commercial film industry

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Northern California during the 1970s served as a bastion of cinema with such enduring filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Philip Kaufman basing their projects in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Seen as a practical alternative to the established hierarchy of Los Angeles, Northern California attracted a multitude Read More…

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Ralph McQuarrie, Berkeley resident and artist behind Star Wars characters, dies at 82

Ralph McQuarrie, the conceptual artist who helped bring the “Star Wars” films to the silver screen, died in his Berkeley home Saturday. He was 82. His drawings are behind many of the first trilogy’s iconic characters, such as R2-D2, the Death Star and Darth Vader, and his minimalistic style influenced Read More…

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