Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead

2006
1h 47m

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9.0/10

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Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006)

Enter a world which reminds you of something you have never seen before...

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Enter the world of Syd Mead, legendary 'Visual Futurist' behind such films as 'Blade Runner', 'TRON', 'Aliens', '2010', and experience his Art like never before. Explore his life and career ... Read allEnter the world of Syd Mead, legendary 'Visual Futurist' behind such films as 'Blade Runner', 'TRON', 'Aliens', '2010', and experience his Art like never before. Explore his life and career spanning the entire design spectrum from his early beginnings at Ford, and designing consu... Read allEnter the world of Syd Mead, legendary 'Visual Futurist' behind such films as 'Blade Runner', 'TRON', 'Aliens', '2010', and experience his Art like never before. Explore his life and career spanning the entire design spectrum from his early beginnings at Ford, and designing consumer products for Philips, to 747 interiors in the Middle East, including a yacht for Donal... Read all

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The Director approached Syd Mead via e-mail through his own website about the possibility of doing a documentary on his life and career. It happened to be on one of the days that the site's e-mails were checked, and the Director received an immediately favorable response from Syd Mead's business manager, Roger Servick. The Director and Syd Mead met exactly one week later, and the rest is history.

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10/10

Captivating

Extremely interesting and very visual. This was an eye opening film about not only Syd Mead's background and experience but also his inner most thought processes and approach to the artistic challenges he has conquered.

His credibility as a powerhouse of creativity, imagination, concept and final design is reinforced by the testimonials from some of the biggest names in the film industry.

It is visually stimulating, educational, and would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of sci-fi, and to anyone interested in getting into the industrial design or motion picture industry.