Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/017

We chat with matte painter Jesse Silver about his work on Tron, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Labyrinth, moving from real paint to digital for Super Mario Bros., and one high-pressure effects house that had phones in the toilet stalls.

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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
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Guests

Brian Covey, Friend of the Podcast

Music

All tracks by Digital Droo

Research Materials

Cinefex 12 — April 1983, also available in the Cinefex iPad app
Revisiting Cinefex (12): Something Wicked, Stop-Motion and Dream Quest by Graham Edwards

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