#harry lange

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Concept art by production designer Harry Lange for The Dark Crystal (1982), featuring the silhouette of a Skeksis. ✧

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So I’ve posted before about Harry Lange’s “dragonfly” design for 2001′s Discovery XD-1 (image 1), 

It’s my favourite alternate design of the ship. Kubrick must have liked it too, he went as far as to get a rough miniature built for lighting tests (image 2),

Most attempts to recreate the dragonfly Discovery assume that the engine sits behind the radiation shield at the end of the spine - like in this model by The Great Canadian Model Builder (image 3) 

But here’s what I think: I think the conical structure at the end of the spine in this iteration of the Discovery is a nuclear reactor based on the SNAP-10 design (image 4).

I think the engines are the four smaller cylinders at the rear of the main fuel tanks. The ship tows the nuclear reactor behind it to keep it at a safe distance from the crew. You can even see the exhaust plume from the engines in one piece of concept art (image 5).

Which means I should probably go back and rework my CGI dragonfly Discovery (image 6).

Thank you for listening, internet.

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Concept and storyboard drawings for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) by Harry Lange and Roy Carnon.

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2001: A Space Odyssey 

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

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The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson & Frank Oz, 1982).

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2001: a space odyssey had its world premiere at the Uptown Theatre in Washington, DC on 2 April 1968.

Stanley Kubrick attended the screening, and then re-edited the film, cutting 19 minutes from the 161-minute print, before its general release on 10 April.

Arthur C. Clarke wrote the screenplay with Kubrick, and wrote the novel of the same name during filming and post-production. The novel more closely adheres to early drafts of the story. It was published after the film’s release in June 1968.

While the film received mixed reviews on its release, and drew small audiences at first, it ended up being the highest-grossing film in North America for 1968.

2001 was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction (Ernie Archer, Harry Lange, Anthony Masters) - it lost the Best Art Direction award to Oliver! - and received an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. 

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These digital compositions by Paul Lloyd show how the film 2001: A Space Odyssey might have looked if things had turned out differently.  The Discovery is based on a concept sketch by Harry Lange.

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