Effektlegende Rick Baker zieht sich aus dem Filmgeschäft zurück.
“First of all, the CG stuff definitely took away the animatronics part of what I do,” he told 89.3. “It’s also starting to take away the makeup part. The time is right, I am 64 years old, and the business is crazy right now. I like to do things right, and they wanted cheap and fast. That is not what I want to do, so I just decided it is basically time to get out. I would consider designing and consulting on something, but I don’t think I will have a huge working studio anymore.”
Zumindest erfreut er sich noch bester Gesundheit. Und er hinterlässt uns Meilensteine der Handwerkskunst, die wir uns immer wieder anschauen können, sei es in
American Werewolf, Videodrome oder Michael Jacksons
Thriller.
Genieße deinen Ruhestand, Rick. Du hast es dir verdient. Und uns immer wieder zum Staunen gebracht.