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| Ray Harryhausen poses one of the many skeleton warriors from 1963’s Jason and the Argonauts. |
For no reason that I can determine at all, late last night I found myself thinking about Ray Harryhausen. Maybe it was because I caught the original Clash of the Titans a week or so ago and not for the first or last time, found myself marveling at the stop-motion magic that this man wrought over the course of his long, long career.
It occurred to me that if and when he passed, I was going to have an awful hard time choosing one photo that best conveyed Harryhausen’s spirit, his ingenuity and his passion. But that hopefully, Lord willing, that day was going to be a long, long time to come. Instead here it is less than twelve hours later and I’m having to do just that.
Clash of the Titans is what ...