Shanerjedi:
"That film is an excellent example of great matte work as are most of Hitch's films. He was using the digital backlot before there was one. Photochemical backlot? :p"
Well, not even photchemical, that matte painting was in camera, I believe, shot live.
How about this one. Sort of Hitchcock ;-) This is actually a travelling matte, which means, basically, that it had to actually work while the camera was tracking across from left to right as a car arrives and pulls up.
It's actually from Psycho II, in 1983, by the late, very great Albert Whitlock. The guy was an illusion genius. Yes, the hills behind the motel are not very well painted, but can you tell where the painting begins and ends?
