{"id":475304,"date":"2022-07-18T19:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/light-and-magic-is-an-essential-celebration-for-all-film-geeks\/"},"modified":"2022-07-18T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T16:00:09","slug":"light-and-magic-is-an-essential-celebration-for-all-film-geeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/light-and-magic-is-an-essential-celebration-for-all-film-geeks\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Light and Magic&#8217; is an Essential Celebration for All Film Geeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccb7b4d0c1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccb7b4d0c1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/light-and-magic-is-an-essential-celebration-for-all-film-geeks\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Light_and_Magic_is_an_Essential_Celebration_for_All_Film_Geeks%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Light and Magic&#8217; is an Essential Celebration for All Film Geeks&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Light_and_Magic_is_an_Essential_Celebration_for_All_Film_Geeks%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Light and Magic&#8217; is an Essential Celebration for All Film Geeks&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;The new Disney+ docu<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> will have you demanding trading cards of all the ILM hotshots.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LightandMagic_Digital_KeyArt_v6_LG-2.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Light and Magic Lucasfilm\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LightandMagic_Digital_KeyArt_v6_LG-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LightandMagic_Digital_KeyArt_v6_LG-2-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Lucasfilm&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on July 18th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;i&gt;Star Wars Explained&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; is our ongoing series where we delve into the latest Star Wars shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry reviews the new six-part docuseries Light and Magic from director Lawrence Kasdan.&lt;\/i&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>What the hell is that blue guy on the piano thing called? <strong>Phil Tippett<\/strong> doesn\u2019t remember, but we do (Max Rebo, baby!). What the <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em> visual effects supervisor does recall like crystal is the transformative experience of wearing the Max Rebo suit. He remembers how his body and limbs came alive, how a rhythm rippled through him as he tested the costume, and how his wife could not believe that it was him within Rebo when she walked into the Lucasfilm creature department. Tippett remains in awe of what a little foam rubber and latex can do when manipulated by certain artists, and his awe is infectious.<\/p>\n<p>Coursing throughout <em><strong>Light and Magic<\/strong><\/em>, the new Disney+ documentary series celebrating Lucasfilm\u2019s special visual effects division, Industrial Light and Magic, are interviews with legendary filmmakers peeling back the curtain on numerous cinematic touchstones. As an insider and movie maker himself, director <strong>Lawrence Kasdan<\/strong> achieves unfettered access, and his interviews deliver several previously unknown or shallowly excavated gems.<\/p>\n<p>Told over the course of six episodes, the show begins with ILM\u2019s purposeful-yet-serendipitous creation. <strong>George Lucas<\/strong> needed a team to pull off the impossible with <em><strong>Star Wars<\/strong><\/em>, and that crew assembled through various forms of chance and friendship. If <strong>John Dykstra<\/strong> had a different last name, he wouldn\u2019t have been assigned a counselor from California State University\u2019s\u00a0industrial design department. That galaxy, far, far away, may never have h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened. Or, at the very least, it wouldn\u2019t look the way it does.<\/p>\n<p><em>Light and Magic<\/em> lays almost as much success at John Dykstra\u2019s feet as it does Lucas\u2019. While <em>Star Wars<\/em>\u2018 creator was off in England struggling to bring Obi-Wan Kenobi and Han Solo to life on rickety stages, Dykstra was struggling equally to realize cosmic dogfights and Death Star trenches.\u00a0The hot-tempered wildman is seen as the Mirror Universe version of the director who hired him (please forgive the <em>Star Trek<\/em> reference). Where Lucas is quiet and contemplative, Dykstra is loud and bombastic.<\/p>\n<p>Creators like Phil Tippett, <strong>Dennis Muren<\/strong>, and <strong>Richard Edlund<\/strong>\u00a0rallied around Dykstra, and while their initial work came together very slowly, they radically altered cinema. Such a feat would be hard to argue before watching the docuseries and virtually unfeasible afterward. Standing on the shoulders of Douglas Trumbull and <em>2001<\/em>: <em>A Space Odyssey<\/em>, they forever enhanced cinematic spectacle. There was no going back.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Light and Magic<\/em>, Kasdan doesn\u2019t avoid the tensions that bubbled during ILM\u2019s history. They get into the blow-up between Dykstra and Lucas; why the special photographic effects supervisor was not invited back for <em>Empire Strikes Back<\/em>. Both men are polite about it and necessarily withhold the details, but others who were there are more than willing to spill the tea. The same is true for other moments like Pixar\u2019s creation and the incoming CGI onslaught.<\/p>\n<p><em>Light and Magic<\/em>\u2018s first half is utterly engrossing. However, the docuseries becomes addictively juicy once <strong>James Cameron<\/strong> comes calling with <em>Terminator 2<\/em>: <em>Judgement Day<\/em> and <strong>Steven Spielberg<\/strong> demands realistic dinosaurs for <em>Jurassic Park<\/em>. It almost feels cruel for Phil Tippett to relive the catastrophic transition from stop-motion dinos to computer-rendered beasties. He seems to have undergone tremendous healing and growth since that moment, but the pain still registers on his face. We feel for him, but we also appreciate how his misery resulted in one of the best lines in <em>Jurassic Park<\/em>, \u201cDon\u2019t you mean extinct?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar to the case regarding the battle between Dykstra and Lucas, it\u2019s the folks on the sidelines who provide the emotional narrative for this critical juncture. Co-visual effects supervisor\u00a0<strong>Mark Dipp\u00e9<\/strong> recognizes the hurt his digital work did to Tippett\u2019s soul, but evolution is evolution. The Homo sapien feels no sorrow for leaving Homo erectus in the dust, just as the talkies don\u2019t regret surpassing the silents.<\/p>\n<p>With <em>Star Wars<\/em>, George Lucas looked backward narratively and forward creatively. His original <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> fiction adventure stemmed from his desire to transplant <em>2001<\/em>: <em>A Space Odyssey<\/em>\u2018s astonishing effects to the swashbuckling serials of his youth. Spaceships are cool when they\u2019re fast, not when they\u2019re twirling to classical music. Lucas\u2019 desire to witness a calamity in the cosmos demanded impossible <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, so he found the folks who could make the impossible possible. ILM accomplished wonders by making the future their mission, frequently requiring them to ditch processes they mastered and adored.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence Kasdan earns his runtime. <em>Light and Magic<\/em> never drags. ILM has touched too many movies and impacted culture in too many ways to allow one dull episode in the bunch. When one episode ends, you feel a pang of disappointment, but the moment a new one starts, you\u2019re emitting, \u201cOoooooooooo.\u201d Those who already love the creators within will come away with their love further solidified. Those who\u2019ve never encountered a Phil Tippett or a John Dykstra will add them to their roster of favorite filmmakers.<\/p>\n<p><em>Light and Magic<\/em> is a doc about love that also fosters love. It inspires, sending creative shivers through your system. As a young Dennis Muren once made monster movies in his backyard, you\u2019re ready to make monster movies on your laptop. Or backyard! Stop-motion may no longer be the dominant creature artform, but Phil Tippett would surely be disappointed if I didn\u2019t highlight his favorite discipline\u2019s current renaissance in films like his own <em>Mad God<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After completing the series, I went to my own journals and notes. I looked over the various ideas splayed across them and contemplated the excuses that prevented them from actualizing. The only thing that separates me from those kids who made <em>Star Wars<\/em> is belief: in self, in possibility. Fear is the mind-killer. And <em>Life and Magic<\/em> should kill fear.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>All six episodes of <em>Light and Magic<\/em>\u00a0will premier <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/disneyplusoriginals.disney.com\/show\/light-and-magic\">on Disney+<\/a> on 7\/27<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Star Wars, Star Wars Explained\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. 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