Blackmoor Vituperative

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

I am still working my way through our DVD collection. I recently started with the “D”s. There are some truly great films that start with “D”. For example, last night I watched “Darby O’Gill and the Little People”, which is likely my all-time favorite Disney movie. It wasn’t until this morning that I realized that today is St. Patrick’s Day. “Darby O’Gill” features Albert Sharpe, Sean Connery, and Janet Munro. Janet Munro also starred in The Crawling Eye, which I saw just a few days ago (it was the second-to-last of our “C” DVDs), and which is also one of my favorite movies.

The mechanical effects in “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” are simply amazing. If you get the chance, watch the DVD special feature “Little People, Big Effects”. I am still astonished by what can be achieved with forced perspective and matte paintings.