COSSBYSWEATER's Rob Bottin Tribute: Special Affect
Allie Goertz and Ariana Lenarsky are COSSBYSWEATER—a comic folk band specializing in nerdy love songs.
Charmed by their tribute to the elusive, legendary special effects master, Rob Bottin (The Thing, The Fog, The Howling, Total Recall), we invited them to our studio so we could share the love.
Their dulcet tones extolling the virtues of practical creature effects and character makeups seem especially relevant as contemporary film directors, from Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino, continue to embrace and elevate in-camera photographic effects.
Rob Bottin, where are you? We want our nightmares back. Please.
- David Sanger
Special Affect (Rob Bottin Love Song) Lyrics
There's something special about you
No one affects me like you do
when you do that certain thing
I can't help from howling
I can Totally Recall
What it feels like to fall for you
when I first saw your name
on the screen
Oh Rob Bottin
There's no graphics team
That can compete with your technique
That's too unique to repeat
While our fingers interlace
We can put on innerspace
We'll pretend to be Explorers
Of scifi gore and horror
Darkness won't get in our way
The fog can't stop us today
When you call me on the phone
To watch Twilight zone
I'll say
Oh Rob Bottin
There's no graphics team
That can compete with your technique
That's too unique to repeat
My basic instinct says decry
The icy touch of CGI
Please come back Rob Bottin
We're tired of green screens
You've changed the lives of teens
We need you Rob Bottin
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