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ILM - Disney+ 6 part documentary series
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31-Jul-2022, 8:30 AM

Wish they considered this more of an ongoing series than a one time production. The early episodes seeing the home movies of each of the major players was fantastic, to understand their energy and passion from an early age. Would like to see more of that as they worked through the next few decades and new teams.

Having seen this version, would have capped Kasdan’s producing on the era he was a part of, the physical model stage. But for the transition to computers i’d have made a second series and find someone to produce who was more involved. The computer stuff all seemed rushed. Enjoyed that they did bring a bunch of new faces into the documentary, and these later episodes an ode to the transition which Dennis Muren had chosen and Phil Tippett was being forced into. This second series could expand on the digital tool development and these early projects, but then alluding to the sequel trilogy return of the understanding of when it was more efficient to go practical with the SFX as well as their TV production work. A third series could focus on how ILM stayed focused on the advancement of systems of computer technology while the home computer revolution gave them new competition, the problem of trying to always be one step ahead.