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Director: Frank Marshall When an army of Graboids - giant, carnivorous underground worms - threaten the Petromaya oil refinery in Mexico, its owners call on Earl Bassett, who once helped kill four of the creatures ... See full summary » Director: S.S. Wilson A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved. Director: Paul Verhoeven During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, Remco's life takes a turn for the worse. His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him out and his former mistress shows up pregnant. Director: Paul Verhoeven Nomi, a young drifter, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls. Director: Paul Verhoeven Edit Storyline Having discovered they could turn animals invisible, a group of scientists test the subject on a human. Head of research, Dr. Sebastian Caine decides to use himself as the subject.

After the experiment can't be reversed, it takes a toll on Caine's personality, causing him to hunt down and kill his colleagues Open your eyes See more » Genres: Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 4 August 2000 (USA) See more » Also Known As: El hombre sin sombra See more » Filming Locations: $26,414,386 (USA) (4 August 2000) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia Director Paul Verhoeven was dissatisfied with the film. In 2013, he remarked to The Hollywood Reporter: "I decided after Hollow Man, this is a movie, the first movie that I made that I thought I should not have made. It made money and this and that, but it really is not me anymore. I think many other people could have done that. I don't think many people could have made RoboCop that way, or either Starship Troopers. But Hollow Man, I thought there might have been 20 directors in Hollywood who could have done that.

I felt depressed with myself after 2002." In earlier interviews, Verhoeven explained that the job was offered in a period where many of his proposed movie projects had fallen through, and he accepted to stay in business. See more » Goofs The type of fire extinguishes used towards the end to spot Sebastian are type B, meaning they use carbon dioxide to take away the oxygen and release a heavy cold. This meant Sebastian (as well as the others nearby) would have passed out from lack of oxygen, and breathing in noxious gases. Much more of problem is when a flame thrower was used against him. His clothes and latex skin would not have protected from even one burst of flame like that. In fact, they would have fused with his skin and left full-thickness burns. If that did not kill him instantly, he would have been in way too much pain to do anything.

See more » Quotes For fans of the sci fi and slasher genres, and fans of Kevin Bacon 6 November 2005 | by lemon_magic (Wavy Wheat, Nebraska) – See all my reviews "Hollow Man" has enough strong performances, nice moments, and interesting plot turns to make for an mildly enjoyable film, as long as you don't think too hard about the plot. Visually, it is quite appealing and effective, and the soundtrack (especially the opening themes played over some effective and atmospheric opening credits) does a great job of adding some "oomph" to the action of screen. Keven Bacon is his usual on-screen self, and carries the film effectively, which is no small feat when consider that half the time he is either invisible or covered up in latex, which deprives him of most of an actor's most effective tools (his eyes and his mouth).In the scenes where he is covered in bandages, he has to get the character's emotions and presence out with body language and vocal cues, and even this is filtered through SFX. So I give him kudos for a professional, effective job in a difficult environment. So why only a score of 5 out of 10?

Having admitted that the film is enjoyable if you don't think too critically about it, I am now going to think critically about it for a minute. Problem number one is Elizabeth Shue. Don't get me wrong, I think she is a very attractive woman, and she can hold her own as an actress in most movies. But she is horribly miscast here as a "top level research scientist" (just as she was in "The Saint"). She may come across as more than a typical "dumb blonde", but she's a clothes-horse, pure and simple, and I can't believe for a moment that she could get a PhD in the physical sciences. She's far more believable fending off Bacon's advances than she is playing "Pentagon Barbie". (The other two supporting actresses, who are by no means ugly or haggard, but still have considerably less "Vogue" cover potential, are quite believable in their roles). Problem number two is a certain weakness in the script regarding how and why Bacon's character goes around the bend.

The movie implies and foreshadows all kinds of reasons: Bacon is already a creep with a God-complex; the serum which turns him invisible is affecting his brain's neurochemistry; being invisible confers addictive power and opportunity he doesn't want to give up; invisibility creates an alienation and isolation from society...etc. But the script doesn't really drive any of these points home, and just flits from idea to idea without doing real justice to any of them. A line of dialog or two is meant to imply a whole series of attitudes and moral values changing, ("It's easier to sin when you don't have to look at yourself in the mirror", etc.), and even a pro like Bacon can't manage it in the space he is given. Problem number three is (are) the escalating misogyny and graphic completeness of the voyeurism, molestation, and finally rape scenes included in the movie to convince the viewer that the Hollow Man is becoming a human monster. The first two scenes were bad enough (especially the CGI of a sleeping woman's bare breast being fondled), but perhaps necessary, but the final full blown rape scene was way too mean and misogynistic for my sensibilities.

That scene didn't need to be there, and its inclusion makes it hard for me to recommend it to my more conservative friends...they would be angry at me if they watched this on my say-so and came upon these scenes unprepared, and they wouldn't buy or rent this movie if they knew these scenes were in it. Problem number four is that the movie producers overreached themselves a bit with the invisible SFX...some of them, especially the transformation scenes, don't quite work. The figure struggling on the table is very plastic and inorganic-looking and doesn't convince. (Ironically, the first transformation scene, with the gorilla, works much better, possibly because our human eyes aren't as familiar with the textures and shapes of the simian physique). And here and there the articulation of the shoulders isn't quite right, or the swing of the hips. These deficiencies seem to be a common problem for 3D computer graphics of the human form, and they dog the animators here. Sometimes the animators get it, but sometimes they don't. I know it wasn't easy, but if they couldn't pull it off, they shouldn't have used it.

The last major problem was that the movie should have ended when Shue does her wonderful "base-stealing" slide into the elevator and hoses Bacon's character down with her home made flame thrower. That was a great moment, and should have been the climactic payoff for the film. Instead the movie staggered on for another 10-15 minutes in "Friday the 13th" territory with the Hollow Man popping back up from what should be mortal injuries again and again - who knew that naked invisible men could be so resilient? So that's why only 5 out of 10. Too many problems and weakness to score this as a classic. But I do own this movie (bought it used) on VHS, and will buy it (used) on DVD if I find it cheap enough. Enjoy the eye candy and strong supporting performances and the many nice little touches here and there...if you are into that sort of thing. 27 of 41 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Hollow Man (Screenshot) - Science fiction Screenshot Hollow Man (Screenshot) - Science fiction Screenshot favorite it?

enlarge^ 1280x720 28123 KB Hollow Man (Screenshot) Screenshot from "Hollow Man". "Hollow Man" is a 2000 American science fiction thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, and Josh Brolin. It is inspired by H. G. Wells' "The Invisible Man". Source: extratorrent.com Keys: america, american, elisabeth shue, film, h. g. wells, hollow man, invisibility, josh brolin, kevin bacon, movie, paul verhoeven, sci-fi, screenshot, screenshots, the invisible man, science fiction Submitted by MikkelHH 4 years ago Reporting this image If you feel this image is in violation of our Terms of Service, please use the following form to have it manually reviewed by a staff member. Whats wrong with this image? ‎Hollow Man (2000) directed by Paul Verhoeven • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd Review by filmusicinemike ★★★½ Oh man did I enjoy the hell out of this movie. Hollow Man is actually insane. Is it a good movie?

I don't know, but man this was crazy fun. Some scenes were unflinching, and it gets unexpectedly dark pretty quickly. On the premise, it seems like a cute little harmless movie-but it gets going. Kevin Bacon and Josh Brolin were both great, the other performances were good but not as memorable. Worth the watch if you're looking for entertainment, and not something to study and critique. Thanks for the recommendation, Sigfred! Review by SylvainL ★★★½ Dans un autre film, Kevin Bacon serait le héros, celui qui tente de conserver sa liberté malgré l'atteinte à l'intégrité de son corps. C'est peut-être à cause de cette inversion que Verhoeven a répudié le film, même si on trouve sa patte partout (il faut dire que ça donne quelque chose de franchement malsain).

Cela dit, il y a quand même l'idée géniale de transposer Rear Window à l'ère du numérique: de spectateur-voyeur, tenu à distance d'un monde sur lequel on n'a aucun contrôle, nous voici acteur-violeur, on veut agir sur le monde, le contrôler, tout en restant "invisible", sans avoir de conséquence (superbe utilisation de la caméra subjective). Normalement on agit par derrière un écran, mais ça fait de nous, justement, une présence invisible. Et pis, c'est aussi, assez évidemment, une prédiction de la disparition de l'acteur dans la fabrique du film. On peut faire un film avec Kevin Bacon sans Kevin Bacon. Hollow Man drinking game: Drink every time the boom mic appears onscreen. (Don't do this. You'd probably die.) 35mm Theatrical Cut @ Walter Reade President Trump's favorite film. Review by Traie Payne ★★★½ An underrated classic of the era, first rewatch since seeing and disliking it when it was released and thanks to the Film Junk guys recommendation glad I did.

Nasty, mean but alot of fun and a great reminder of what studios used to do with blockbusters. Review by Kathy Miller ★★★★★ #Shocktober People say "if only I were a fly on the wall". This film lets you know what that would be like. Just think of all you could do and see and no one would know. Lots of action, interesting experiments that could possibly go wrong. Good bit of action. Hollow Man (2000) Review | Horror Movie Hollow Man Review Synopsis: Scientists discover how to make people invisible, but their test subject becomes an insane killer who stalks them. Hollow Man (2000) is an American-German science fiction horror film that is 112 - 119 (directors cut) minutes long and was shot in Los Angeles, California, USA; Sony Pictures Studios - Culver City, California, USA and Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall (1990), Starship Troopers (1997), RoboCop (1987), Basic Instinct (1992)) did wonder with this movie, but he could have done better because it had a lot of potential with Kevin Bacon ‘s invisibility. The movie had an estimated budget of $95 million and grossed over $190.2 million at the box office and was inspired by H. G. Wells’ novel, The Invisible Man. The movie revolves around Kevin Bacon playing Sebastian Caine, who is a scientist that goes on a killing spree after rendering himself invisible. The film contains nudity, sexual language and content, extreme violence, drug use, bad language, suspense, thrills, and horror. Scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon - Apollo 13 (1995), Footloose (1984), Mystic River (2003), X-Men: First Class (2011)) is one heck of a scientist who made a serum that can make people/things invisible. Sebastian team consisting of his ex-girlfriend Dr. Linda McKay and Dr.

Matt Kensington test the serum on a female gorilla, and it worked so they restore her back to visibility. Sebastian started to have feelings for Linda (Elisabeth Shue - Back to the Future Part II (1989), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Back to the Future Part III (1990)) again and does not know that Linda and Matt are a couple. Sebastian used the serum on himself and became completely invisible. He started to play innocent pranks on his co-workers but there is one major problem, and that is he cannot revert to back and restore his visibility after being invisible for three days. Sebastian soon after began disobeying orders, raped his neighbor, drowned one of his superiors and started to do other horrible things to his co-workers after his colleagues threatened him that they will go public with his problem. Hollow Man had some pretty good intriguing special effects and astonishing excellent visual effects with Kevin Bacon’s invisibility which could have been escalated because it had potential too but it was not escalated. They basically wasted an invisible man by not doing much with his skills except for killing and causing harm to people when they could have shown us how it feels to be invisible.

The movie had an intriguing story but it failed from receiving my entire attention throughout the film, and it was mainly due to the ending being weak. The movie could have received an eight if the ending was stronger. With all said, the movie was an excellent watch, and I would recommend it to fellow sci-fi fans. About Hollow Man (2000) Hollow Man Hollow Man Hollow Man is a 2000 American science fiction thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, and Josh Brolin. The film is about a scientist who renders himself invisible, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 Hollow Man Movie wallpaper Sarah and Frank find the barely conscious and severely injured Carter. Despite Frank's warnings, Sarah runs to the freezer to get blood for a transfusion, and is killed by Sebastian. After Carter has bled to death, Linda, Matt, and Frank go after Sarah, finding her dead in the walk-in freezer. Frank sprays a fire extinguisher to expose Sebastian, but Sebastian comes from behind and impales Frank with a crowbar. He then stabs Matt with the hook end, locks Linda and Matt in the freezer, and leaves them to freeze to death.

Sebastian puts on his latex mask and clothing, spending time to ensure he looks near-human. Meanwhile, Linda covers up Matt's wound with duct tape. She constructs an electromagnet using a defibrillator and other lab equipment, and uses it to open the freezer door. She lights a fire to warm Matt and gathers the parts needed for a flamethrower. Sebastian goes to the lab and creates nitroglycerin to blow everything up. He puts the nitroglycerin in a centrifuge, starts a timer and destroys the keyboard, so it can't be stopped. Just as he is entering the elevator to leave, Linda appears and fires a crude blowtorch at him. His latex and clothes burning away, Sebastian barely manages to escape the flames. Linda uses the flamethrower to start the ceiling sprinklers, partially revealing him. The two fight; just as she is about to lose, Matt appears and hits Sebastian with the crowbar. Sebastian recovers and approaches Matt and Linda from behind with the crowbar. Just as he swings it down on them, Matt turns and deflects the blow, throwing a wet Sebastian into a nearby circuit box, and he is electrocuted.

As the electricity courses through his body, Sebastian is rendered partially visible: his muscles, bones, and organs can be seen, but his skin and what's left of his hair remain invisible. Hollow Man Movie wallpaper Posted by Hollow Man Movie Trailer The disappointed Kramer fires them. After they leave, Kramer attempts to warn the military, but Sebastian, who followed Linda and Matt to the house, drowns him in his own swimming pool. The next day, Sebastian waits until all of the team is in the lab and then disables the phones and all of the elevator codes except for his own. He removes his clothing and latex mask and, invisible, begins to hunt them all down. Janice falls behind while the team searches for Sebastian and he strangles her with an IV line. Linda, Matt, Sarah, Carter, and Frank learn what Sebastian is up to, realizing that they are the only ones who know what he has become, and therefore he is planning to kill them all. Linda, Sarah, and Frank hide in the lab while Matt and Carter take tranquilizer guns to hunt for Sebastian using thermographic imaging goggles. Matt shoots at a heat signature that turns out to be from a steam vent.

When Matt turns around, Carter has been yanked into the air by Sebastian, who is on top of a pipe. Matt tries to shoot him, but Sebastian throws Carter down toward a steel bar, which hits his carotid artery, causing massive blood loss. Sebastian almost kills Matt, but Linda drags him to safety. Sarah and Frank find the barely conscious and severely injured Carter. Despite Frank's warnings, Sarah runs to the freezer to get blood for a transfusion, and is killed by Sebastian. After Carter has bled to death, Linda, Matt, and Frank go after Sarah, finding her dead in the walk-in freezer. Frank sprays a fire extinguisher to expose Sebastian, but Sebastian comes from behind watch more Posted by Hollow Man Movie wallpaper he researchers construct a latex mask for Sebastian to wear around the lab. Matt discovers a promising way to make Sebastian visible again. A computer simulation, however, fails. Sebastian heads back to his apartment for things to take back to the lab. There, he spies on his neighbor (Rhona Mitra) and rapes her while fully invisible. Linda warns him that if he leaves again, she and Matt will tell Dr. Kramer what they did.

Sebastian has a dream of Linda being raped by an invisible man. Ignoring their threat, he assembles a device that runs a video loop of his heat signature in his quarters; Sebastian is out spying on Linda and Matt, becoming enraged when he sees them having sex. Seeing Matt and Linda together, Sebastian smashes their bedroom window. The two call Frank, who tells them that Sebastian is still in bed. Meanwhile, an enraged Sebastian returns to the lab. Unable to stand the barking of an invisible dog, Sebastian kills it by brutally smashing it against the cage wall. The team soon discover that they have been watching a recording and that Sebastian has been getting out without their knowledge. Linda and Matt go to Dr. Kramer's house and confess their experiments. Hollow Man Movie wallpaper Posted by Hollow Man Movie Poster Hollow Man is a 2000 American science fiction thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, and Josh Brolin. The film is about a scientist who renders himself invisible, a story inspired by H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects in 2001, but lost to Gladiator.

A direct-to-video sequel called Hollow Man 2 starring Christian Slater and Peter Facinelli was released in 2006.Scientist Sebastian Caine (Kevin Bacon) has developed a serum that can make a subject invisible. Working late one night he restores a test gorilla to visibility and immediately reports his success to the top members of his staff. Sebastian becomes obsessed with his ex-girlfriend Dr. Linda McKay (Elisabeth Shue). Unbeknownst to him, she has become involved with Dr. Matt Kensington (Josh Brolin). Sebastian and veterinarians Sarah Kennedy (Kim Dickens) and Carter Abbey (Greg Grunberg), and technicians Frank Chase (Joey Slotnick) and Janice Walton (Mary Randle) – eventually enable the serum to work on the gorilla. To Sebastian, it feels like the end, as reversion was the last big breakthrough. Posted by Hollow Man (Film) - TV Tropes Hollow Man You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share "You know what, Matt? It's amazing what you can do...

when you don't have to look at yourself in the mirror any more." — Sebastian Caine Hollow Man (2000) is a science fiction thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven , inspired by H. G. Wells ' The Invisible Man . It stars Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon , and Josh Brolin as a team of scientists trying to perfect the formula for an invisibility serum for the military. Initially, the only remaining snag is reversing the invisibility effect, but when Dr. Sebastian Caine (Bacon) discovers the key, the team eagerly anticipates gaining clearance for human trials. Caine, however, has other ideas. Concealing their success from the military oversight committee, Caine uses himself as a test subject for the formula... but discovers the antidote doesn't work on humans. Already unstable from the start, Caine's sanity starts to fray further as the team struggles to find a cure for his invisibility, until it becomes clear that their invisible test subject is turning sociopathic... The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects in 2000. The direct-to-video sequel, Hollow Man 2, was released in 2006.

Not to be mistaken with John Dickson Carr 's Dr Gideon Fell novel The Hollow Man, also known as Three Coffins, or with Dan Simmons ' novel also called The Hollow Man. Or the T. S. Eliot poem "The Hollow Men". Hollow Man contains examples of: And Some Other Stuff : Caine mixes nitroglycerine in the matter of five minutes or so without blowing himself to kingdom come - and apparently without using nitric acid. Ankle Drag : Caine grabs Linda by the ankle in the elevator shaft. Antagonist Title : The title refers to Caine , the turned-invisible man who became evil. It refers to him both literally (he became invisible) and figuratively (his soul is hollow). Artistic License ï¿½ Biology : After the serum injected on the gorilla, it goes to the heart and from there on to the body... while in fact after the heart the blood goes to the lungs to oxygenate, after that return to the heart and finally distribute through the body. Ax-Crazy : Caine becomes this when his megalomaniac tendencies begin to emerge.

Sebastian: How come when you say "Yes, Sir" it kinda sounds like "Fuck you!" Sarah: Practice! What Happened to the Mouse? : Of the "most likely intentional for the sake of horror" variety-the woman who Caine raped is never seen or really mentioned again. The remainder of Caine's descent into madness can be viewed in different ways, based on whether or not he killed her (there's little evidence either way). Although, a draft of the script reveals that the woman was only raped. White Shirt of Death : Sarah wears a bright blouse when meeting her destiny in a pool of blood. With Great Power Comes Great Insanity : Caine was a bit off-kilter to start, but when his visibility went, so did his inhibitions. X-Ray Sparks : When Caine accidentally touches some live wires in the corridor, his skeleton is flashing for a short moment as he convulses in pain. Alternative Title(s): Hollow Man 2 :: Indexes :: WHAT THE FILM?! – “Hollow Man” | Under the Gun Review WHAT THE FILM?! – “Hollow Man” April 9th, 2012 Dane Sager What The Film?!

is a weekly column exclusive to Under The Gun Review that brings to light the plot holes Hollywood hoped you’d never notice. Written by comedy writer Dane Sager , this column shows no mercy to films that try and pull the proverbial wool over our eyes. If you know a film with major plot holes that you feel needs to be exposed, tell us! Email utgjames@gmail.com with the subject “What The Film” and we’ll try to get your suggestion featured on the site. This Week’s Movie: 2000’s Hollow Man Lets get this out of the way: I love Paul Verhoeven. For those of you who don’t know who he is, Paul Verhoeven is a Dutch film maker who makes the type of movies that Roger Corman or the SyFy channel would make if they could receive a budget above seventeen dollars. He has made several incredibly violent and graphic science fiction movies including 1987’s RoboCop, 1990’s Total Recall, and 1997’s Starship Troopers.

I used to argue that Paul Verhoeven uses the incredibly sexually explicit, graphically violent, and one dimensional stories/characters as a satire, that it wasn’t glorifying what it was showing, but he rather was making a joke out of it. Used to. “So the robot will like mount the woman and rip her shirt of like this and boobies everywhere, man!” Hollow Man is one of the many films that comprise a list of movies that would be significantly better if Nicolas Cage were in them. This list includes every movie that Nicolas Cage isn’t in. Hollow Man caters to his sensibilities almost perfectly, having the title character go insane over the course of the movie (something Nicolas Cage can do in his sleep). The movie opens with Kevin Bacon watching his neighbor change her clothes through her window. It immediately opens up with making us dislike the lead character. At work the next day, Brandon from The Goonies ends up letting out an invisible gorilla who is having anger issues loose in their underground laboratory. This is one of the worst things to discover when you arrive at work, placed on the list between Mandatory Nickelback Concert and Someone Pooped In The Urinal. "Yeah, clean it up, buddy.

I made quite a mess" It’s soon revealed that Kevin Bacon works on a super secret government project to turn people invisible and to safely bring them back to being visible, something he’s been having problems with. Kevin Bacon discovers the formula and hides it from the government so he can be the first human test subject. They inject the invisible serum into Kevin Bacon, and the tube hooked to his vein is filled with bubbles. It’s very possible that this could not be a mistake, it could be because the coworkers were trying to give him a heart attack. He was kind of a dick (on a related note, you do see his penis in this scene). The serum kicks in, slowly making his skin invisible, revealing his organs and circulatory system. It looks as if his body is slowing being eaten away, the CGI is actually fantastic in this sequence and is cringe worthily graphic. You also see his penis again. After the procedure, he walks around the room and magically doesn’t pick up any dirt whatsoever on his body, remaining invisible. You then see his invisible penis through a thermal camera. Here’s something to think about: someone’s job on this movie was to make a CGI penis.

There had to be concept art, drawings, clay sculpting, rough drafts. Paul Verhoeven had to go through these penis drawings and select which was the best penis for his movie. This is one of the less glamorous things about being a director that you never hear about. He foolishly chose this over the much cooler title “Digital Wang Sculptor” As it turns out, Kevin Bacon didn’t quite cure the invisibility like they assumed and he’s stuck being invisible till he discovers a cure. He continually complains about his inability to sleep since light passes right through his invisible eyelids. This scientist that we’re constantly being reminded of his genius never considers blind folds, eye patches, or even the simple concept of turning off the lights. Kevin Bacon decides to leave the compound to get some stress of being forced to stay in the compound to fix the cure. He stops by his apartment to grab some CDs, books, just anything to keep him busy in the compound. He then rapes his neighbor he was peeping at from the beginning of the movie, because the serum and lack of sleep made him go completely insane (also he was a dick).

“So then the invisible man will like mount the woman and rip her robe off and boobies everywhere, man!” At this point in the movie, Kevin Bacon has become the raping, puppy murdering, evil antagonist which is not at all shocking since every line he’s ever had has made us like him less. He breaks out of the compound again, murdering his old boss in a swimming pool in a scene where you again see Kevin Bacon’s CGI penis. When he returns to the compound, he then starts murdering everyone there. Despite everyone at the compound being covered in blood, dirt, and assorted messes, Kevin Bacon still remains 100% invisible, not getting anything on him despite being in such dirty situations. There’s even a shot where you can see his footsteps walk through blood, none of which stick to his feet. Kevin Bacon is eventually killed when he’s thrown down an elevator shaft. You also see his penis in this scene. In one scene, they use a defibrillator on a gorilla, despite it not being able to work through its thick fur. In another scene, a character is locked in a -40 freezer. She has a lone tear go down her cheek, freezing in the process.

If it were that cold, all the blood splashed on her would be frozen, and the fluid coating her eyes would be frozen as well. Why was there a lock on the freezer to begin with? What other uses could one have besides locking someone in it to kill someone? Later, the same woman is thrown into a puddle, soaking her shirt, but in the next shot, it’s completely dry. This is the level of detail and precision that gets you a 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. It received so many bad reviews that Sony actually invented a fake movie critic to give it good reviews . Sony actually settled in court to refund anyone their money who paid to see it. Paul Verhoeven’s next movie is a period piece taking place in the Dutch East Indies 200 years ago. You don’t have to wait long to see how many Kevin Bacon penises he fits into it, it comes out next year. "It's done with complete respect towards my ancestor's history and there will be boobies everywhere, man!" Dane is totally visible. He’s not right behind you right now!!! You can follow him on Twitter and Tumblr !

Technology In Invisible Man And Hollow Man Film Studies Essay Technology In Invisible Man And Hollow Man Film Studies Essay Published: Last Edited: 23rd March, 2015 This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. The classic 1933 film 'The Invisible Man' based on a science fiction novel by H G Wells of the same name is a story which follows the life and demise of Dr. Jack Griffin as he battles psychological and physical effect of an invisibility drug while trying to find a cure to return him to normal visibility. The film was directed by James Whale and starring Claude Rains and is considered to be one of the greatest of a series of films called the Universal horror films produced in the 'Golden Era' 1930's of the Universal Studios. The Invisible Man was a phenomenal success, despite being realised during the Great Depression, and produced several sequels. The success of the film also launched the career of leading actor Claude Rains. 'Hollow Man' released in the year 2000, Director by Paul Verhoeven and starting Elisabeth Shue & Kevin Bacon is the modern day equivalent also inspired by H. G.

Wells 'The Invisible Man' A scientist develops a serum which renders the flesh of any living life form invisible. After testing the serum on a variety of different animals he decides to inflict it upon himself but after efforts to return him to permanent visibility fail he and his colleagues struggle to find a cure before the mental repercussions take their toll. Despite being inspired and based on H.G Wells original novel, although based in different eras, both films contain many paralleling sequences depicting the various elements of the invisible characters different states. Some key examples of this can be seen when the character turns from totally visible to invisible or visa versa. Sometimes an invisible character is wearing visible clothes and face masks which interact with other cast members and the environment in shot. Both films helped push the boundaries of the special effects available in their respective eras and presented new and exciting challenges to the special effects artist in charge of producing them and it is these effect with can be credit to the susses of both films. John P. Fulton and Frank D. Williams are the men directly responsible for creating the ground breaking effects seen in the 'The Invisible Man' film. On the 23th of July 1916 F. D.

Williams filed a US patent entitled 'Method of Taking Motion Pictures' which detailed a method of "taking motion pictures, and is especially adapted to produce a picture showing two or more objects in relative positions in which they have not actually been placed" (F. D. Williams, 1916. Method of taking motion pictures. U.S. Pat.1,273,435) This process was used and adapted as a base to create the majority of effects which illustrated a partly clothed or bandaged invisible character in the film. To achieve these effect sequences Rains or a double wore a tight fitting black velvet suit underneath any clothes which were to remain visible moving around the scene. The actor's performance was then filmed on a black velvet backdrop; a second background plate was filmed and a double exposure was then used to seamlessly combine the two shoots together, this resulted in the black elements from the first shot, the valet suit and backdrop being replaced by the background film in the second shoot.

This is a very early version of an effect today know as 'green screen', in modern times an array of different colours, most commonly green, blue and black are used depending on the backdrop and the colour of other elements in the scene for example if the screen is green heavy or an actor's costume includes green, a blue backdrop can be used. After the film was finished Fulton admitted the most difficult shot to achieve of the entire film was when the invisible man is seen to unwrap the bandages from around his head in front of a mirror. To create this sequences four different takes where used of the actor removing the bandages but with different parts of the set masked in black velvet. The first take was used to captor the surrounding walls and mirror's frame but the mirror glass was masked out so it could be captured separately in the second take, the third was of the actors back unwrapping the bandages and the fourth of the actor performing the same unwrapping action but from the front. Each take needed to match in perceptive and viewpoint to enable them to be merged together into a single shoot. (Now you see him:The Invisible man revealed, 2004. DVD.

USA: Universal Studios) A parallel can be draw to this sequence in 'Hollow Man' when efforts to restore the invisible scientist 'Sebastian Caine' played by 'Kevin Bacon' fail. His colleges make the decision to create Sebastian a synthetic face mask by pouring liquid latex over his head to help give him a visible presents. "There was a lot of discussion about what had been done before in invisible man movies and Paul was very concerned we did not repeat all been done before" - Alec Gillis (Fleshing out the hollow man, 2007. DVD. London: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) In the Hollow Man special features 'The Mask', Tom Woodruff, Jr. from Amalgamated says 'our main drive was coming up with something that looked like Kevin Bacon but also looked like some crudely constructed mask' (Fleshing out the hollow man, 2007. DVD. London: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) The choice to use a latex mask molded to the actors face did indeed make bacon more recognisable to the audience which dose help further ground the entire effect.

Unlike 'The Invisible Man' where bandages are wrapped around Rains head, disguising his characteristic features to the point where it could be anyone and inevitably allowing the director to cast doubles in some shots which is noticeable due to the double being taller than rains. To a achieve the effect of liquid latex being poured and conforming around the actors face which would seemingly to appear out of thin air, The actors face was covered in green body paint which was later digital removed from the plate leaving only the latex. According to Alec Gills from Amalgamated Dynamics and Jonathan Erland of Composite Components, experts in green screen technology, a new type of body paint was developed which was used to actively turn Bacon into a walking green screen which in its self was a major development to allow the actor to be painted out of many scenes in the film. Many safety guidelines had to be followed in its creation, the paint had to be durable as well as being safe for actor Bacon to wear during the busy filming schedule.

Green vacuum formed pieces of plastic were placed over the actors eyes to help protect them from scissors while eye holes were cut into the mask they also helped in the masking out of Bacon's actual to allow the integrate of a 3D generated model of the inside of the latex mask to aid the illusion of a hollow interior. (Now you see him:The Invisible man revealed, 2004. DVD. USA: Universal Studios) Turning Bacon into his 'walking green screen state' meant he was able to physically act out all of his scenes even if he was in a fully indivisible state in the film because of high tech digital camera used in the filming were able to record their own movements, after a take was filmed the camera was able to automatically re-film the empty background set precisely based on the pre-recorded tilt pitch and pan data, because this generated an exact duplicate plate made the job of digital removal of Bacon far easier, this in turn allowed the cinematographer to create much more dynamic and interesting camera moves. This also provided bacons fellow actors a precise focus point in a scene which as something just not possible in 'The Invisible Man' as camera had to remain static and Rain was filmed on at black ground and composited back into the sequence later.

Filming Bacon in the scene also supplied the special effects team with a great animatic and lighting reference to match any CG elements to. A second paralleling sequence between the two films can be seen when the main character passes between the states of visible to invisible. In 'Hollow Man' after developing and successfully testing an invisibility serum on animal subjects, Sebastian decides to take his experiments to the next level, a human trail by inject himself with the serum which triggers the dramatic transformation to invisibility, although in reverse this effect sequence is also used in the last scene of 'The Invisible Man' when of Dr. Jack Griffin dies the invisibility which has plaged him thought out the film final wears off and his body becomes visible throw death. As Griffin fiancée Flora sits down beside his bed the camera changes to an Answering Shoot, a technique used to show dialogue between two characters. The camera is moved to look over Flora's left shoulder, although we the audience start to hear Griffins voice speak his last words we can see Flora is still in fact looking at a hollow night shirt tucked up in bed and an impression in the pillow where Griffin's head ought to be.

In this shoot the night shirt is seen subtly rising and falling to indicate breathing but this has not been animated in keeping with the words we can hear Griffin speaking. After a brief close-up shot of Flora, the camera cuts back to a close up of Griffins imprint in the bed. Almost immediately the transformation takes place and this is the first time in the film the audience see Rains face and after a slow plan back the film ends. "This was done directly in the camera, the pillow, the indentation and all was made of plaster and the blankets and sheets of papier-mâché, a slow long lap dissolve revealed a skeleton, a real by the way another lap dissolve replaced the skeleton with a roughly sculpted dummy which suggested the contours of the actor and a further series of dissolves each time using a slightly more finished dummy brought us to the real actor himself" - John P Fulton DVD commentary. (The Invisible man, DVD 2004. DVD. USA: Universal Studios) The potential problem with using this technique of layering full frames is if any other supposedly static object moves thought out any of frames the in the scene this will becomes very obvious. This is most notable when the corner of the bed sheet moves between the skull and full face transition.

In contrast Hollow man is able to utilise many modern techniques for this transformation from visible to invisibility, most notably computer graphics. In the equivalent scene actor Kevin Bacon character seemingly dissolve away; multiple different layers of human anatomy effectively dissolve from one layer to the next. His skin gives way to the layers of muscles, tendons, internal organs and eventually only an animated skeleton left thrashing around on the table for a short period before it too disappears. A scene only made possible by today standards by continually pushing the boundaries of computer graphics. "Another thing that made it more difficult for us was the actual amount of data and amount of geometry we had to push though are system, we had to buy better and faster computers to actually handle it" - Scott Stokdyk, Digital Effects Supervisor (Fleshing out the hollow man, 2007. DVD. London: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) This was a necessary step in the case of Hollow Man as unlike other CG characters generated for feature films which only require modelling the outer skin of a character, the team at Sony had to go to great lengths to produce all the different individual internal elements of the human body to achieve this effect sequence.

Before work on the CG character could begin preliminary research into human anatomy was carried out by the team who looked out medical journals and the work of Dr.Gunther von Hagens who painted a technique for preserving human tissue with polymer which is used in the Body Works exhibitions. The team then started R&D testing ways of adding animated controls to models of the human body capable of simulating not only the overall human body movements but also controlling all the individual elements that comprise of the human body. After Kevin Bacon was selected to play the lead role full body cyber scans were generated to match the 3D representation which allowed modelling supervisor Wayne Kennedy and the team to match his likeness as close as possible as . But While modelling techniques were still being developed the arising problems meant a separate department, pushing software development and plug-in creation. Modern films produced with digital technology aren't as restrictive as in the analogue period, new software can be custom written for a specific task. The production team worked with Maya to accomplish the majority of 3D work used in the film as another advantage of the digital workflow, meant custom tools built for the studios pervious film 'Stuart Little' were adapted and applied where needed to Hollow man. (Shay,E., 2000.

Hollow Man: Disappearing Act.Cinefex,83, 111) (more pictures to be added) (conclusion be rewritten) Although there have only been two scenes discussed, many parallels can be drawn between the two films, in the way the audiences react to them, and the effects used. Although due mostly to technological and creative advancement, there are also many differences in how the effects were achieved. One thing can be said for both films though, at the time of their release both films were at the cutting of technology. Keeping the audiences at the edge of their seats in true horror fashion. 'The Invisible Man' used many of the original techniques, which became the basis for modern cinema and would evolve and go on to be used in 'Hollow Man' almost seven decades later. Techniques such as 'the Williams process' or travelling mattes as they are also known. These processes would go on to become green and blue screen techniques used in today's film industry. Like many of the horror classics from the analogue period, 'The Invisible Man' has become very dated. The effects were believable at its time of release they have become less so as the years have gone by.

In some scenes the effects are quiet comical in execution by today's standards. The techniques used were also not fool proof, even at the time of production. The use of different lighting set ups used to achieve some composited effects, caused instances of ghosting where the set was visible through the character. These factors have lead to the film becoming less convincing as the years have passed. The same advancement in technologies, has also meant that films such as 'Hollow Man' could be produced reaching new levels of realism. Firmly putting audiences back in the grasps of fear. It took the team at Sony Picture Imageworks over 2 years to create the visual effects used in 'Hollow Man' with the vast development of computers, plugin's and software advancements. The finished result keeps 'Hollow Man' on par with films being released a decade later. With further developments in technology and computer generated imagery, it can only mean bigger, better things to come. Keeping audiences on the edge of their seats. Sussce of film made 7 more Refs (The Invisible man, DVD 2004. DVD. USA: Universal Studios) (Now you see him:The Invisible man revealed, 2004. DVD.

USA: Universal Studios) (Shay,E., 2000. Hollow Man: Disappearing Act.Cinefex,83, 111) (Fleshing out the hollow man, 2007. DVD. London: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) (F. D. Williams, 1916. Method of taking motion pictures. U.S. Pat.1,273,435) Rickitt, R., 2000. Special Effects the history and technique. London: Virgin Books

Question: In which 2000 science fiction film did Kevin Bacon become invisible?
Answer: Hollow Man.