From 'E.T.' to 'Blade Runner,' how the summer of 1982 changed cinema forever; NPR, Fresh Air, July 31, 2024

Tonya Mosley , NPR, Fresh Air; From 'E.T.' to 'Blade Runner,' how the summer of 1982 changed cinema forever

"MOSLEY: Well, a couple of years later, then, there's "Tron"...

NASHAWATY: Yeah.

MOSLEY: ...Which is about a computer hacker who is abducted into the digital world. What did Disney learn from "The Black Hole" that then maybe helped them with the success of "Tron?"

NASHAWATY: Yeah. I mean, I think it learned that it has to gamble in order to stay alive, and, yes, "Black Hole" had been sort of an unsuccessful gamble, or at least a push, but they knew that this is the way they had to go in order to stay relevant and to stay in business."