THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (film comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)

[Philip De Parto]

The following commentary is reprinted with permission from:

THE MT VOID
03/13/26 -- Vol. 44, No. 37, Whole Number 2423

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THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1974)  (film comments by Evelyn

C. Leeper):

The temples in this are not
Arabian (in spite of what DuckDuckGo's "SearchAssist" claims), but
a mix of Indian (Kali), Cambodian (four-facing spires), Tibetan
(grinning demon masks), and Buddhist (statues of Buddha).

Kali is yet another example of the multi-armed creatures
Harryhausen has done several times before: the snake-woman in THE
7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, the hydra and the multiple skeletons in
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, and so on. But the one-eyed centaur
creature is a step down (although there was a hint of the decline
in THE VALLEY OF GWANGI). Harryhausen does metallic and rock
creatures well, and also reptilian creatures (such as dinosaurs
and lizards), and the motions of the eohippus and the centaur are
fine, but the exteriors are, well, awful. The eohippus head looked
too smooth, like a sculpture only partially formed, and the
centaur's head looks like something just stuck together. And the
fur on both looks quite artificial. (And again, the bare skin area
on the centaur is purple--what's with that?) The griffin looks
slightly more realistic.

Released theatrically 05 April 1974.

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