![]() The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance is currently streaming on Netflix. Thirty-seven years on, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance mixes old-school puppetry with a new way of filming to bring new dynamism to the genre. It was wonderful to watch Toby and Brian working together to solve design problems and costume details. He brought so much energy and an amazing skill set to the project. ![]() The Gelfling puppets have three fingers and one thumb on each hand. “Brian and I felt amazingly lucky to have Toby working on the Dark Crystal with us. The Dark Crystal: Directed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz. ![]() “Each of the three of us tends to bring a different skill to the mix, but together we love coming up with new ideas, new creatures and new directions to go in.” The new Netflix-produced prequel to The Dark Crystal promises a return to old-school puppet techniques, but theres some sleight of hand to that claim. “When we’re together at home, which isn’t very often now, we tend to spend our time working on or developing projects together,” Wendy Froud says. ![]() Just as it is for Jim Henson’s children, who collectively keep their parents’ legacy alive through various projects, for the Frouds, collaboration is a natural part of their family dynamic. Brian Frouds now internationally known style weaves together nature and fantasy creating an extraordinary world that could very well exist right outside. While their toddler’s cinematic debut could have inspired him to become a musician like his co-star, Toby soon became interested in joining his parents in the family business.įor a family whose work still holds a special place in the hearts of families worldwide, it begs the question - what movies have a special place in their hearts? “When Toby was younger, The Princess Bride was one of our favorite films to watch together.” Brian Froud met his future wife, puppet designer Wendy Midener, while in production on The Dark Crystal when she was hired to sculpt 3-D versions of Brian’s Gelfling designs for the movie. Their DNA is so entwined in their work that even their then two-year-old son Toby got into the family act, donning red and white striped pajamas to play the baby kidnapped by David Bowie in 1986’s Labyrinth, another film rich in the Frouds’ unique worldbuilding aesthetic. When dollmaker Wendy Midener met illustrator Brian Froud during the pre-production period for Jim Henson’s then-unnamed departure from The Muppets, the two couldn’t have imagined the twists and turns their lives would take together. But only two people can say they fell in love while working on The Dark Crystal in a Manhattan loft studio surrounded by foam, liquid latex, and prototype versions of some of the most magnificent puppets ever to be realized on screen. And part is opening up some of the goblin-like or elfin puppets to show their intricate mechanisms.In 1982, lovers of fantasy adventures around the world fell in love with Jim Henson’s cinematic masterpiece The Dark Crystal, which just returned on August 30 as a ten-episode Netflix prequel series. Part is explaining the scope of a series that took more than 170 puppets and over 80 puppeteers to create. The Dark Crystal has had a long life as a cult favorite, and this Friday, the fourth annual Puppets on Film festival, sponsored by BAMcinmatek and the Jim Henson Foundation at BAM in New York. ![]() That character is a nod to Yoda of the “Star Wars” films, who was performed by puppeteer Frank Oz, a longtime partner of Henson and co-director of the original “Dark Crystal.”īesides the new special exhibit, the museum also has a new director: Sarah Dylla, who most recently worked at the Atlanta History Center, where she curated the recent revamp of the exhibit about the 1996 Summer Olympics.Īt a June 17 preview event, Dylla told the crowd that the exhibit’s behind-the-scenes approach is intended to engage people who aren’t familiar with the cult-hit “Dark Crystal” world as well as hardcore fans. The breakout star of Disney’s blockbuster series “The Mandalorian” is the so-called Baby Yoda, an alien creature primarily portrayed by a puppet. It stars the voices of Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Percy Edwards, and Barry Dennen. The Dark Crystal has had a long life as a cult favorite, and this Friday, the fourth annual Puppets on Film festival, sponsored by BAMcinmatek and the Jim Henson Foundation at BAM in New. The series was part of something of a resurgence of puppetry in the now fully computer-animated genres of fantasy and sci-fi. The Dark Crystal is a 1982 dark fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. One of the puppets showcased in the new “Dark Crystal” exhibit. ![]()
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