‘Twister’ OG Director Says Practical Effects “Ultimately” Got The Movie Made: “They Really Fall From The Sky”
deadline.comAs Twisters rips through theaters and updates a nearly 30-year-old franchise, the original movie’s creator is reflecting on how the movie got made.
Director Jan de Bont recalled the “goddamned real” effects that went into 1996’s Twister and “ultimately decided whether the movie was made” as the sequel premieres in theaters. “We weren’t sure at the time if we could even make the movie, because of the difficulty of the effects,” he told Vulture. “And it took a long time — the hardware and the software had to be designed for the movie.
It was like two steps forward and one step backward, but it was exciting. “One of the scenes we did as a test, to see if we could make it believable, was the opening with the farm and the family going into the shelter.
Another test we did was a shot from the inside of a car, because there would be so many images [like that] — seeing something come at you from the storm and hit the windshield, all while you’re moving forward in a real car.
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