If you’re a fan of the Bimbo Babe B-Movies of the past decade or so, you may have seen Don Glut’s work in films titled The Mummy’s Kiss, Countess Dracula, and Blood Scarab. If you’re a product of the 1980’s you may have seen Don Glut in action writing for popular cartoons like Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and the list goes on. Don is also an accomplished author with his most famous work (in my opinion) being the adaption of The Empire Strikes back in novel form. Now if you’re a deep-seated appreciator of all that is fan film like my sickness suggests you can follow Don Glut even farther back to the 1950s and ’60s where he made dozens of them.
For the younger people of today, these films could easily be dismissed as silly. You really need to understand the context of these films before that opinion is formed. We’re talking productions over fifty years old put together on a shoestring budget just like the fan films of today with zero help from any kind of video equipment or computer. There was no textbook on how to go about carrying out a special effects shot. Every film was made with a film camera, ingenuity, and a few friends.
WEBSITE: http://www.donaldfglut.com
We had Don Glut on our Fan Film Podcast a couple of years ago. You can listen to both parts below:
Part 1
[podcast]http://www.mymediahelper.com/fanfilmfollies/fanfilmpodcast/fanfilmpodcast_012.mp3[/podcast]
Part 2
[podcast]http://www.mymediahelper.com/fanfilmfollies/fanfilmpodcast/fanfilmpodcast_012.mp3[/podcast]
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