"Escape from New York" didn't have the budget for digital effects, so the "futuristic" computer rendering of the city skyline we see when Plissken is gliding into Manhattan was created using painted black model buildings and reflective white tape created by James Cameron, the DP for visual effects.

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Submitted August 29, 2016 at 07:21PM by Meunderwears http://ift.tt/2buRVAh