Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

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Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Woodyanders This 35-minute documentary offers an enjoyable and illuminating glimpse into the making of James Whale's horror classic "The Invisible Man." Among the people interviewed are Claude Rains's daughter Jessica, film historians David J. Skal and Paul M. Jensen, actor Ian McKellan, and Whale's director friend Curtis Harrington. Jessica Rains share a nice story about her father taking her to see the movie at a theater where Rains was recognized by the ticket counter man. Moreover, we also learn that Whale grew up in poverty, H.G. Wells was reluctant to have "The Invisible Man" adapted into a movie due to his dissatisfaction with "Island of Lost Souls," Boris Karloff and Colin Clive were both originally considered for the lead role, how various elements were combined together to create the invisibility effects, Whale loved casting distinctive character players in colorful supporting parts, and Whale eventually became a recluse because of his disillusionment with the meddlesome Hollywood studio system at the end of his career. In addition, there's a brief overview of the several sequels. Worth a watch for fans of the film.

SimonJack Rudy Behlmer hosts this 35-minute documentary. It's about Universal Studio's foray into the monster movie genre in the early 1930s. The studio was the leader in this field. It had two early smash hits in "Frankenstein" of 1931 and "The Invisible Man" of 1933. This film has interviews with a number of film historians, actors and others. This bonus featurette has interviews with a number of film historians, actors and others. It shows how the invisibility was achieved for the invisible man. The documentary is very interesting and well done. It makes a good addition for a film library. Universal made this documentary to go with the movie DVD that went on sale after 2000.The technology was masterful in its day and appears more real than CGI could make things today. Of course, that's because it was real. It was just done with the use of different camera shots, backgrounds, etc. Watch this documentary to see and learn how it was done.

utgard14 Nice featurette from the first Invisible Man DVD, as well as subsequent DVD releases. It covers the history of the Invisible Man films from Universal buying the rights from H.G. Wells through the 1940s films and even a mention for the Amazon Women on the Moon skit spoofing the film. Oddly, not much time is spent on the original Wells novel. Instead, a lot of time is spent discussing the life and career of director James Whale. Included are clips from "Gods and Monsters," as well as interviews with that film's director and star. So it would be fair to say this is a documentary short about James Whale as much as about the Invisible Man. There is also some focus on the great Claude Rains, whose daughter Jessica appears and shares some pleasant anecdotes. That was probably the highlight for me.It's a good featurette, as all of the original Universal horror DVD shorts were. It could have used more focus on the film than Whale but I understand why they chose to do that. The Frankenstein one just had too much stuff going on to fit it in. Also, "Gods and Monsters" was new at the time this was made. Ideally, there could have been a short devoted to Whale and one devoted to the film but, in the end, it doesn't matter much. All that matters is that this one is informative and entertaining.

FieCrier This was a pretty good documentary about Universal's Invisible Man series. It goes into the most detail about the first one, with looks at HG Well's novel, director James Whale, lead actor Claude Rains. It does cover the other Universal Invisible Man movies, but doesn't look at other adaptations of Wells' novel. It also goes into some of the tricks that were used to create the appearance of an invisible man.There are interviews with film historians, some of the living people involved with the films, or at least their friends or family members. They all have something interesting or funny to say. Claude Rains' daughter tells a tale of how her father took her to see the movie, and he was bundled up much like his character.Also interesting was how The Invisible Man followed Whale's Frankenstein with certain plot elements retried in similar ways, trying to get them better. It's also asserted that the film part draws from the novel The Murderer Invisible by Philip Wylie.