
The short has not been re-edited or re-cut, but the sound has been enhanced. But in the process of doing the conversion, he realized that 3-D “really enhances it, especially the dance” aspect of the video. Landis said at first he thought the new 3-D conversion would be merely a gimmick, and was keen about the project primarily because it would allow the negative to be restored. Onassis?’ I was, like, what? It was just the last person I expected!”

I knocked, and he said: ‘John, do you know Mrs. “We were shooting the cemetery scene in a meat-packing plant in a bad part of L.A….Mike asked to see me, so I stepped up to his Winnebago. He went on to recount the most surprising encounter he made on the “Thriller” shoot.

“He introduced me to Spanky Mc Farland and to Marlon Brando,” Landis said. Landis recalled that one of the most surreal things about making the zombie-ridden “Thriller” video was Jackson’s friends.
