Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/014

We talk the making of Clint Eastwood’s Firefox with Russian speaker Mike Gower, and we marvel at John Dykstra and Apogee’s technical advances for the effects of the super-stealth fighter. до свидания!

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Features

• Firefox (1982)

• Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch.

Guests

• Mike Gower, designer of our ‘aperture’ logo, enjoys designing things, watching movies, flying supersonic jets, and speaking Russian.

Music

• All tracks by Digital Droo

Research Materials

• Cinefex 10 — September 1997, also available in the Cinefex iPad app

• Revisiting Cinefex (10): Poltergeist and Firefox by Graham Edwards

More Bits

• See http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/014 for complete show notes.

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• The Optical “aperture” logo by Mike Gower

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