Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/018

We chat with animator and VFX artist Robert Swarthe about his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind — both the original and Special Edition, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and more!

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Features

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
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Guests

Robert Swarthe, animator and VFX artist

Music

All tracks by Digital Droo

Research Materials

Cinefex 11 — January 1983, also available in the Cinefex iPad app
Revisiting Cinefex (11): ET and Robert Swarthe by Graham Edwards

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