For episode 17 I spoke to the wonderfully talented industrial designer, illustrator, concept artist and producer Nilo Rodis-Jamero. I’ve been pretty much obsessed with Nilo’s work since I was four or five years old, after looking at The Empire Strikes Back Sketchbook and later, The Art of Return of the Jedi. Two books that I still own to this day.
Nilo worked on The Empire Strikes Back, Poltergeist, Return of the Jedi and several Star Trek films coming up with amazing concepts thanks to his talent and skill in industrial design. He also worked on costumer design for RoTJ. This impact of which still resonates today in the Disney+ series, The Mandalorian. 

I enjoyed talking to Nilo immensely. He was intelligent, warm, kind, funny and wise. Just as you'd want him to be! Better in fact.

Take a listen. Trust me. You're in for a real treat.

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Do check out the following books: 
- The Empire Strikes Back Sketchbook
- Return of the Jedi Sketchbook
- The Art of The Empire Strikes Back
- The Art of Return of the Jedi

Also check out Mark Burman's wonderful Empire 40th radio doco https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j7h8

17 - Nilo Rodis-Jamero - Industrial Designer,

For Episode 18 I spoke again to the director of Dangerous Days (the amazing Blade Runner documentary), Charles de Lauzirika and also Bruce Wright who works for Disney Animation. But more importantly for this episode, Bruce was at the legendary Workprint screening of Blade Runner at the Fairfax Theatre in May 1990.

The Workprint is important in Blade Runner Lore because it was that very screening that snowballed to the extent that the true Directors' Cut got released, ultimately culminating in the release of the The Final Cut in 2007. Which is considered the definitive cut of the movie.

Really this is a conversation about how releasing the multiple versions of a movie really gives us a wonderful, iterative history of filmmaking, through the films we love.

Ivor Powell documentary - https://vimeo.com/410802693

18 - The Blade Runner Workprint Chat - With Charles de Lauzirika and Bruce Wright

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