Talking Pictures

#44 – “I was always competing with TRON”: Director Steven Lisberger about his sci-fi adventure SLIPSTREAM

October 11, 2025
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Today’s conversation was a hugely thrilling and exciting occasion for me, because the man I spoke to is a true pioneer and a legend of sci-fi cinema, and the movie which he’s most famous for is one which really resonated with me when I first saw it as a teenager, and it’s continued to hold that fascination throughout the years. I’ve had the immense pleasure of talking to Steven Lisberger, the writer and director of TRON, an immensely influential 1982 movie in which Jeff Bridges travels into the virtual world inside the computer, which to a young kid interested in The post #44 – “I was always competing with TRON”: Director Steven Lisberger about his sci-fi adventure SLIPSTREAM appeared first on Talking Pictures.

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