Episode 10- Cinestrange Festival

The Ray Harryhausen Podcast

Episode 10 sees us reminisce on our time at the Cinestrange Festival in Braunschweig, Germany, where we celebrated the 60th anniversary of 'Earth vs the Flying Saucers' by presenting the European premiere of the colourized version of the film. Guest of honour at the event was legendary director John Landis, who was a close friend of Ray Harryhausen's. During our time in Germany, we were able to catch up with friends of the Foundation, old and new. We chatted to 'Starcrash' director Luigi Cozzi about Ray's influence on his science fiction work, and spoke with German cinema expert Professor Rolf Giesen. We then chatted with actresses Caroline Munro and Martine Beswick, who were celebrated at the festival for their roles in classic Harryhausen, Hammer and James Bond movies. We were then lucky enough to catch up with #Harryhausen100 logo competition Lars Seiffert, who gave us an insight into his logo design. 'Commando' and 'Class of 1984' director Mark L Lester then shared his Harryhausen memories with us. The episode is capped off with unique clips taken from the previously unreleased commentary for 'Mighty Joe Young' with the festival's special guest, John Landis!