{"id":42430,"date":"2024-01-21T09:25:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=42430"},"modified":"2024-01-21T09:27:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T14:27:42","slug":"invaluable-the-true-story-of-an-epic-artist-2014-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/21\/invaluable-the-true-story-of-an-epic-artist-2014-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist (2014) [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Now Available from Synapse Films.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Behind every good movie series there are the fans that help fuel it and Tom Sullivan is probably one of the biggest and best of them all. One of the biggest indie horror success stories is Sam Raimi\u2019s \u201cEvil Dead\u201d and how it rose from low budget feature to horror masterpiece. It wasn\u2019t an overnight success but one that was helped by the fervent love and passion by its creators Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Tom Sullivan. Sullivan was one of the FX artists that helped Sam Raimi engineer \u201cWithin the Woods\u201d in to \u201cThe Evil Dead\u201d and worked very hard on \u201cThe Evil Dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He discusses the evolution of \u201cThe Evil Dead,\u201d how it originally began its life, and there\u2019s a great focus on his relationship with the Raimi brothers and Campbell. Director Ryan Meade garners interesting insight from folks like Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel, Josh Becker, Ted Raimi, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York, and Ellen Sandweiss, respectively. While \u201cInvaluable\u201d can be considered a celebration of \u201cThe Evil Dead,\u201d it\u2019s more a heart felt look at Sullivan who a huge fan of \u201cThe Evil Dead\u201d and has spent a lot of his life curating a lot of the film\u2019s props and prosthetics. His discussion of these various nick nacks and props is a treasure trove for any respecting \u201cEvil Dead\u201d fan.<\/p>\n

Sullivan is, behind the fandom, a very interesting individual who held a lot of foresight with the success of \u201cThe Evil Dead\u201d and \u201cThe Evil Dead II.\u201d There\u2019s so much discussion about his love for filmmaking, his passion for horror, and his personal relationships along the way. There\u2019s also heartbreaking focus on the tragic story of the death of his wife, a terrible loss that still affects him to this day. Nevertheless, \u201cInvaluable\u201d is an entertaining and engaging documentary that should serve as a new peek behind the scenes of a beloved horror series.<\/p>\n

In bonus features, there\u2019s an embarrassment of riches for fans. Included is a second very interesting documentary about the life of filmmaker and Evil Dead<\/em><\/strong> sound recordist Josh Becker titled \u201cOther Men\u2019s Careers<\/em>,\u201d that clocks in at almost eighty minutes in length. There are also two trailers for the \u201cInvaluable\u201d documentary, and Rhan Meade\u2019s short films \u201cBong Fly,\u201d and \u201cCosmos Locos,\u201d as well as a Behind the Scenes for \u201cBong Fly\u201d and a trailer for \u201cMega Monster Bongfly.\u201d There\u2019s also a trailer for \u201cOther Men\u2019s Careers,\u201d as well as almost an hour of vintage interviews with Tom Sullivan. There are also extended interview segments with Josh Becker, and almost an hour of unedited interviews with Tim Philo. There\u2019s a Bonus Clip for \u201cTurkey or Chicken,\u201d as well as a Still Gallery of Snap Shots. Finally, there\u2019s a bonus clip for \u201cBoobie\u201d and a bonus clip for \u201cThe Cry of Cthulhu.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now Available from Synapse Films. Behind every good movie series there are the fans that help fuel it and Tom Sullivan is probably one of the biggest and best of them all. One of the biggest indie horror success stories is Sam Raimi\u2019s \u201cEvil Dead\u201d and how it rose from low budget feature to horror […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[138,292,359,477,888],"class_list":["post-42430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","category-movie-reviews","tag-biography","tag-documentary","tag-filmmaking","tag-horror","tag-sam-raimi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42433,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42430\/revisions\/42433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}