Richard Edlund
American visual effects artist and inventorWikipedia
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Oct 27, 2026
Michael GiacchinoGUEST
Right.
Michael GiacchinoGUEST
And I wanted to understand who Richard Edlund was, who Phil Tippett was.
Michael GiacchinoGUEST
I wanted to understand everything about George Lucas and what they were making and all the crafts people like that's what I really wanted.
Michael GiacchinoGUEST
Right.
Tristan RiddellHOST
And he went on to shoot Back to the Future, Who Framed Rabbit and Jurassic Park.
Tristan RiddellHOST
But the visual effects by Richard Edlund and Boss Film Studios, he worked on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Tristan RiddellHOST
poltergeist and ghostbusters
John MillsHOST
yes that
23 MINS LATER
John MillsHOST
It is very difficult for me not to give this a five because I love it so much.
John MillsHOST
However, however, just because I adore a thing does not mean it's a perfect thing.
John MillsHOST
i i like things that are imperfect i like myself there's a classic example right there and so overall like i like i said several times darren i recognize what you're talking about is limitations and i think that um while i don't see a sense of rushing the movie and i think it's a beautiful movie and i think the effects are like i said better than it deserves like it blows my mind how good these effects are like Richard Edlund should have been carried like on one of those chairs that like has like you know people like with the the rods he's like four guys like he should have been carried into the Oscars it's like special litter
Tristan RiddellHOST
Yeah,
Rose DuignanGUEST
so smart.
Rose DuignanGUEST
And, um, I think Richard Edlund in Light & Magic said, "I think it was Rose that turned us around." Not true.
Jason SwankHOST
[laughs]
Rose DuignanGUEST
Not true.
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Rose DuignanGUEST
They had been on Star Wars.
Jason SwankHOST
No.
Rose DuignanGUEST
Richard Edlund-
Jason SwankHOST
Oh, right, right
Paul RustHOST
You mentioned Ghostbusters, uh, Matt.
Paul RustHOST
Um, I did a little digging, and, uh, Richard Edlund-
Matt GourleyHOST
Yeah
Paul RustHOST
... who did special effects at ILM before going and starting his own special effects house called Boss Films, last thing he worked on at ILM was Poltergeist.
Ian P. CauserHOST
Is it really? Wow.
Aaron LamGUEST
The, the difference between those two, um, Solar Cr- And the other thing is Solar Crisis has absolutely amazing visual effects by, uh, Richard Edlund, who-
Ian P. CauserHOST
Wow
Aaron LamGUEST
... um, did the effects for Ghostbusters-
Ian P. CauserHOST
Yeah.
Jeremy MajorHOST
Right.
Aaron LamGUEST
And, like, 15 years ago, uh, Richard Edlund, uh, just, uh, sold his entire archive.
Aaron LamGUEST
So I actually have binders of his pr- of Richard Edlund's production materials.
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The best advice I can give on learning how to do special effects is to check with a good library for books on filmmaking.
speaker_8NARRATOR
Richard Edlund, special effects director of photography on Star Wars, suggests two books in particular, Technique of Special Effects, Cinematography by Raymond Fielding, and Special Effects in Motion Pictures, produced by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
speaker_8NARRATOR
For information specifically on the special effects done for Star Wars, look up the July 1977 issue of American Cinematographer.
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Most of the issue is devoted to Star Wars.
Steven Ray MorrisHOST
Yes
Adam MurrayGUEST
... he's an I- he's one of, like, the original ILM guys for Star Wars with, like, John Dykstra, and Richard Edlund, uh, and Phil Tippett.
Steven Ray MorrisHOST
Yeah, it's almost like he... 'Cause you think about Phil Tippett, you think about, um, like Joe Letteri, like-
Adam MurrayGUEST
Yeah
SkyeHOST
And Cundey cites the work of production designer John Lloyd, who had worked on The Thing, whose amazing work on Big Trouble in Little China, he says, made his job that much easier in the way that Lloyd used old-school filmmaking techniques such as forced perspective hallways, et cetera- To extend and enhance the scope of the sets and then make the stuff that can, can be as, you know, photographing look that much more epic.
SkyeHOST
Another filmmaking creative legend, Richard Edlund, he worked on the film's makeup and visual effects.
SkyeHOST
He says that that flying eyeball monster alone cost at least $100,000 to make.
SkyeHOST
He had a 15-person prosthetic crew working on such things as the wild man and that dragon creature that comes out of the wall at one point and is literally only seen for a few frames, but apparently that cost tens of thousands to make.
John MathewsHOST
Audio commentary by actors Natasha Henshrith, Michael Madsen, and director Roger Donaldson.
John MathewsHOST
There's another commentary by director Ronald Donaldson, producer Frank Munsko Jr., visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund, And creature slash special effects makeup artist Steve Johnson.
John MathewsHOST
Aspect ratio 2.391.
John MathewsHOST
Audio DTS 5.1 surround plus LPCM 2.0 stereo.