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Remember that @SpaceX was full of #TRW_Inc rocket scientists early on, such as @lrocket. You ever wonder where all the Operation Paperclip Nazi scientists who didn't go to @wsmisslerange in New Mexico or @NASA wound up? Well that would be at TRW Aerospace in Ohio ... 
@peterthiel's grandfather is the great Nazi rocket scientist Adolf Karl Thiel: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Thi…. He had two sons, Chris or "Klaus" Thiel, and Michael Thiel. Klaus is indeed the real name of Peter Thiel's father.
Adolf Thiel, Walter Thiel (Adolf's older brother who would die during the massive RAF bombardment known as "Operation Hydra" in August of 1943), and others all worked closely with Werner Von Braun during the war and later in US. This is likely why Von Braun would dedicate
Anton Furst was a cinematic visionary.
Thirty years ago today, the production designer tragically took his own life at the age of 47.
He’s one of my greatest influences, so I thought I’d write a brief history about him alongside some photos, drawings, and interview excerpts.
Thirty years ago today, the production designer tragically took his own life at the age of 47.
He’s one of my greatest influences, so I thought I’d write a brief history about him alongside some photos, drawings, and interview excerpts.
His production design for Tim Burton's Gotham City made an early and indelible impact on me.
"It was as if hell had erupted through the pavements and kept growing."
– Anton Furst
"It was as if hell had erupted through the pavements and kept growing."
– Anton Furst
As a 10-year-old sitting in a suburban cinema, #Batman89 was my first introduction to the dark beauty of gothic, futurist, and brutalist architecture. Gotham was scarier than the Joker, more mysterious than Bruce Wayne, and more beguiling than Vicki Vale. I wanted to live there.
