Golden Flicker

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We explore the hidden history of 20th-century cinema, where sets were real, stunts were dangerous, and special effects were built by hand. At Golden Flicker,...

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How A Complete Lie Created The 1971 Sci-Fi Masterpiece The Andromeda Strain

Why The Original Wicker Man (1973) Was Intentionally Erased

Why This $1000 Student Film Changed Sci-Fi Forever Dark Star (1974)

Why is the Original THX 1138 Still Forbidden

How They Made a Science-Based Space Film in 1950 Destination Moon

The Tragic Betrayal in the Editing Room of Demon Seed (1977)

The Lethal 1,000,000-Volt Secret of The War of the Worlds (1953)

Why The Logan's Run TV Series Was Doomed to Fail

The Lifelong Obsession That Changed Epics Forever The Ten Commandments (1956)

Why The Ending Was Saved By a Random Child Time Bandits (1981)

How A Deleted Subplot Broke The Apes Timeline Battle For The Planet Of The Apes (1973)

The 20-Minute Cut That Sabotaged The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

How They Made a Film Without the Rights The Return of the King (1980)

The Film That Was Profitable Before Anyone Watched Colossus The Forbin Project (1970)

How They Filmed the Unfilmable The Production of Altered States (1980)

The Blasphemous Scene They Had to Change The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Why They Hid The Ending For 38 Years Phase IV (1974)

Why They Hid The Ending For 36 Years - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

The One Line That Made The Author Hate His Own Movie A Boy and His Dog (1975)

The Lawless Playground for the Rich That Westworld (1973) Predicted

Why 77 Minutes Beat 9 Hours The Hobbit (1977)

Why The Original Ending Was Killed by Fog Repo Man (1984)

The Movie Fox Bet On INSTEAD of Star Wars Damnation Alley (1977)

The Ending They Couldn't Afford to Film The Time Machine (1960)

Why They Never Finished the 1978 Lord of the Rings Cartoon Trilogy

Why They Revived The Franchise - Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Why Rollerball’s Chaotic Production Destroyed Its Own Warning (1975)

The I Am Legend Curse That The Omega Man Couldn't Break (1971)

The Last-Minute Scene That Changed Zardoz (1974) Forever

Why They Nuked The Franchise - Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)