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Video Interview with Richard Edlund, Visual Effects Artist and Founder of Boss Film Studios


Richard Edlund
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Retro Injection is thrilled to feature this video interview with visual effects legend Richard Edlund, a founding member of Industrial Light and Magic. Mr. Edlund also founded the famed Boss Film Studios, which from 1983 to 1997 delivered the visual effects for more than thirty major motion pictures. A winner of industry accolades including four Academy Awards, Mr. Edlund has made an indelible impact on the lives of movie lovers.


Join contributing Retro Injection writer Luke Worle on the Zoom call of a lifetime, as Mr. Edlund dishes out insider backstories about films such as the Star Wars trilogy; Poltergeist; Fright Night; Ghostbusters; The Monster Squad and more! Does Die Hard qualify as a Christmas movie? Major thanks go out to Mr. Edlund and his agent Shelley Finance. Enjoy the interview!






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Dave Fife is the driving force behind retroinjection.com, a nostalgia blog focusing on the pop culture of the '80s and '90s. Retro Injection places an emphasis on movie reviews, classic video games and vintage toys. 

An authority on the 1980s and a member of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, Dave is the creator of the acclaimed documentary, Time-Out: History of a Small-Town Arcade. He wrote the forward to the breakdance movie book, There's No Stopping Us: Untold Story of Breakin' from Australia to Venice Beach by Tony and Doug Pichaloff. Mr. Fife has appeared in several low-budget horror flicks

 

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