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Rambaldi and E.T., courtesy AICN,
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I first saw this sad news over at
Ain't It Cool News, and wanted to share. Carlo Rambaldi was one of those movie magic masters who helped create some of the most celebrated images from my childhood. In addition to his Oscar-winning design work on
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Rambaldi helped to design the sandworms in
Dune, the aliens from
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and helped to create the
Alien head.
As AICN aptly puts it, it was Rambaldi's work on
E.T. that we'll remember him most fondly for because, "E.T. is squat, ugly, and completely loveable, and that's due to Rambaldi's ability to make him as real as possible, not only to the audience, but even to the actors on set."
-Aaron Sagers
