The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
The Odyssey and The Return might have been lacking when it came to mythological sorcery but the same could not be said for the classic The 7th Voyage of Sinbad from 1958. Best known for Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation, this is a peak old fashioned Hollywood adventure which we don't see today and is something I had not seen until just recently. The story is adapted from part of a Middle Eastern folktale, One Thousand and One Nights, and follows a prince's journey with a treacherous wizard to save his lover but must undertake a treacherous journey in order to restore peace. It's a simple story and directed very well by Nathan Juran with an entertaining cast but the real star here is Harryhausen's work behind the scenes. It took the artist 11 months to complete the stop motion animation sequences and this was the first time such a technique would be seen in colour. While it is easy to take this for granted today when AI is making anything possible, there is...
