Hello friends! I hope the summer is treating you well (or the winter, if you’re reading this from the Southern Hemisphere!). I enjoy the sunshine, but 90 degree temperatures work best when you have air conditioning to accompany them. But in the UK where I live, you’re hard pressed to find air conditioning. You won’t find it in most homes (including mine) or in restaurants and shops.
Beth, great post! It has just reminded me that when I travelled in Belize in 2008 we visited some beautiful Mayan Ruins. As we sat at the top looking out over the jungle canopy we heard the crazed screeching of the howler monkeys. The guide asked what it reminded us of - the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park! He then told us the story of how the film makers recorded the howler monkeys to use in the film. Many more people have seen Jurassic Park than have heard howler monkeys in real life, so the sound is now more attributed to dinosaurs!
This is great! I interviewed two filmmakers a few months ago for FIELD GUIDE and one worked next door to the set of Jurassic Park. One of the fun facts that have stuck with me is that it was all (well the T-Rex scenes) filmed indoors! He said the animatronic Dino was massssive and the set had to be too!
Weirdly I also saw the first Jurassic Park in London, Streatham High Street to be exact, and it felt weird to cram into an Air-conditioned place with a bunch of Londoners for full-on American pop culture, and it was a very welcome break from the English-Lit readings. This took me right back!
Loved that piece Beth👌...Who didn’t love that film...and what effort & discovery made for all those dinosaurs to run around & terrify me at the time! 🤣 but I loved it 🥳 🦖 Thsnks for sharing all this 🙏🌟
Certainly realistic enough to have me shaking in my boots when this came out!
Beth, great post! It has just reminded me that when I travelled in Belize in 2008 we visited some beautiful Mayan Ruins. As we sat at the top looking out over the jungle canopy we heard the crazed screeching of the howler monkeys. The guide asked what it reminded us of - the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park! He then told us the story of how the film makers recorded the howler monkeys to use in the film. Many more people have seen Jurassic Park than have heard howler monkeys in real life, so the sound is now more attributed to dinosaurs!
This is great! I interviewed two filmmakers a few months ago for FIELD GUIDE and one worked next door to the set of Jurassic Park. One of the fun facts that have stuck with me is that it was all (well the T-Rex scenes) filmed indoors! He said the animatronic Dino was massssive and the set had to be too!
Weirdly I also saw the first Jurassic Park in London, Streatham High Street to be exact, and it felt weird to cram into an Air-conditioned place with a bunch of Londoners for full-on American pop culture, and it was a very welcome break from the English-Lit readings. This took me right back!
Loved that piece Beth👌...Who didn’t love that film...and what effort & discovery made for all those dinosaurs to run around & terrify me at the time! 🤣 but I loved it 🥳 🦖 Thsnks for sharing all this 🙏🌟