John Dykstra

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Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Three-time Oscar winner John Dykstra may go down in history as the man who devised the Light Saber for Star Wars, but that’s just one achievement in a lengthy career in visual effects. In fact, he helped usher in the modern era of fx and has adapted to digital sleight-of-hand…but he misses the scrappy days when he built actual models and then blew them up! His credits range from Spider-man and Stuart Little to Quentin Tarantino’s last four films. Best of all, from Leonard and Jessie’s point of view, he has retained his youthful enthusiasm and is exceptionally articulate about his work.

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1:01.4	Hi, I'm Leonard Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton. And you're listening to Malton on movies.
1:05.6	And our guest today is a man who, if you don't know personally or by sight, you know his work. You've just got to know
1:14.2	his work because he's the guy who did the visual effects for Star Wars. You remember that one?
1:22.1	A couple of Batman movies, a couple of Spider-Man movies, so much more.
1:28.1	But more importantly, John Dykstra is one of the creators of the modern era of visual effects.
1:35.1	And it's a real privilege to have you here, John.
1:37.5	Oh, it's a pleasure to be here. I like my intro. It's great.
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