She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

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On March 2, 1933, the premiere of the film "King Kong" took place in New York - a picture about how a giant gorilla brought from a tropical island falls in love with a blonde, destroys everything in its path and tragically dies, falling from a skyscraper. Thus, one of the most popular characters of mass culture of the 20th century was born.

King Kong is one of a series of films from the 1930s that tried to replicate the success of the silent film The Lost World based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel by showing both humans and prehistoric monsters on the screen (in addition to the gigantic ape, the film also featured prehistoric lizards and pterodactyl). According to a popular hypothesis, director Merian Cooper was inspired to create the image of Kong by a monkey from the poem "Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky: the future director was captured during the Soviet-Polish war and began to understand Russian a little there - supposedly there was only one book for the whole camp, exactly this one.

And on Tavricheskaya Street, Mommy Lyalechka is waiting: - Where is my dear Lyalechka? Why doesn't she go?

A wild gorilla dragged Lyalya And ran along the sidewalk at a gallop.

Higher, higher, higher, Here she is on the roof, On the seventh floor Jumping like a ball.

It is also curious that the former military pilot Merian Cooper himself starred as the pilot who ultimately shot King Kong.

The film featured a half-meter model, a life-size bust of Kong with controlled facial expressions, and a hand with movable fingers to portray the image of the giant gorilla in the film. Special effects also played a big role - the imposition of game and animation fragments. Effects were handled by Willis O'Brien, who previously worked on the set of The Lost World.

After the sensation that "King Kong" made, the studio released a sequel - "Son of Kong", but this tape did not repeat the success of the first film. In the 50s, with the filing of the Japanese film "Godzilla", the theme of giant monsters received a new birth, and in 1962, the film "King Kong vs. Godzilla" was released in Japan - the first color film about Kong. In 1967, a sequel called King Kong's Escape was released. In 1976, a remake of "King Kong" was released, and the action of the film there was moved to the 70s, and in 1986 - a sequel to this tape, "King Kong Lives". In December 2005, the premiere of a new remake directed by Peter Jackson took place - using the latest technology, the film conveyed the atmosphere of the 1933 tape.

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She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"
She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

1. "King Kong" (1933), poster.

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

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She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

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She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

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She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

5. Actors Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong.

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

6. The film crew of "King Kong", including actors Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and directors Merian Cooper and Ernest Shodsak.

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

7. Faye Wray is the female lead actress.

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

8. Premiere of "King Kong" at the Fox Pomona Theater.

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

9. Poster for the film "Son of Kong" (1933).

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

10. "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962)

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

11. King Kong Escape (1967)

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

12. "New King Kong" (1976) - South Korean film.

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

13. King Kong (1976)

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

14. King Kong Lives (1986)

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

15. "King Kong" (2005).

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

16. "King of the Lost World" (2005) - a fantasy adventure film based on the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, the so-called mockbuster (low-budget version of the blockbuster) to the film by Peter Jackson.

She smeared Lyalya, sat on the ledge: 82 years since the premiere of "King Kong"

17. Cartoon "Kong: King of Atlantis" (2005).

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