What amazes me about Ralph Baskshi movies is that in every scene I can see both incredibly artistry and animation, as well as clear signs of every single financial corner being cut.
He really was working with shoestring budgets, but its weird how clear it rings out in every single scene.
Like – part of this scene is clearly just the negative that they made the rotoscope with, with some color changes and flashing lights over it.
biglyorbigleague on
I like Night Moves fine, but it never struck me as a “get the boss on the phone right now, this kid’s gonna be a star” level of song. Like, Bob Seger did not become famous off the strength of this song, he wrote it after he’d already had a ton of hits. But it was the one they could get, I guess.
Mr8BitX on
I remember seeing the cover at blockbuster but never picked it up. Might give this a chance now. Was that rotoscope animation?
bstring777 on
That studio scene is the one thing I remember from this movie and have thought about it randomly for years. Thanks for posting it so I could see it once more. Cheers!
I remembered the song was pretty killer but didnt recognize it at the time. Only later did Night Moves become a song familiar to me. I must have been 15 or so, and only knew the movie due to getting the poster for it for free from a movie rental chain sale. It wasnt until later that I would get far more into music and start to enjoy the classics like this.
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This animation is so captivating
What amazes me about Ralph Baskshi movies is that in every scene I can see both incredibly artistry and animation, as well as clear signs of every single financial corner being cut.
He really was working with shoestring budgets, but its weird how clear it rings out in every single scene.
Like – part of this scene is clearly just the negative that they made the rotoscope with, with some color changes and flashing lights over it.
I like Night Moves fine, but it never struck me as a “get the boss on the phone right now, this kid’s gonna be a star” level of song. Like, Bob Seger did not become famous off the strength of this song, he wrote it after he’d already had a ton of hits. But it was the one they could get, I guess.
I remember seeing the cover at blockbuster but never picked it up. Might give this a chance now. Was that rotoscope animation?
That studio scene is the one thing I remember from this movie and have thought about it randomly for years. Thanks for posting it so I could see it once more. Cheers!
I remembered the song was pretty killer but didnt recognize it at the time. Only later did Night Moves become a song familiar to me. I must have been 15 or so, and only knew the movie due to getting the poster for it for free from a movie rental chain sale. It wasnt until later that I would get far more into music and start to enjoy the classics like this.