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VISUAL FUTURIST in Ann Arbor

The Syd Mead Documentary VISUAL FUTURIST: the art & life of syd mead will be screening at the Historic Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 18th & 19th at 7:00 pm.
As part of this screening, director Joaquin Montalvan, have created a new trailer for the documentary which he call the “Blade Runner” version, [...]

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Interview with “Visual Futurist” director

Artist Interviews has published an interview with Joaquin Montalvan, the creator and director of the award winning documentary “Visual Futurist: The Art and Life of Syd Mead.”. The interview gives an insight to the creation of the documentary, e.g. how Joaquin found out through BladeZone that he and Syd Mead lived in the same neighborhood. [...]

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

VISUAL FUTURIST gets the audience award

The documentary on Syd Mead I mentioned eariler has won the Audience Award for best documentary at the Dances With Films festival. The festival founders indicated that the average audience rating for the film, out of a possible 5, was a 4.97…the highest rating in the festivals 9 year history! On behalf of the fan [...]

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Feature length documentary on Syd Mead

A feature length documentary called VISUAL FUTURIST: the art & life of Syd Mead, covering the life and career of the legendary conceptual designer behind films like Blade Runner, TRON, Aliens, 2010, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, will have its world premiere at the Dances With Films festival on Sunday, July 23rd 2006. The [...]

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Special 25th-anniversary DVD edition of Blade Runner

Finally! This is the news we’ve long been waiting for; the BR:SE DVD (as it has been referred to by the fans). Reuters reported on May 30th that “Blade Runner,” one of the first movies to appear on DVD in 1997, is being restored and remastered for a brief reissue in September. The DVD, featuring [...]

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006