▁ultimately ▁v eto ed ▁by ▁Spiel berg : ▁" Al though ▁the ▁first ▁ste ak ▁did ▁not ▁represent ▁a ▁killing ▁amount ▁of ▁work , ▁it ▁had ▁consum ed ▁enough ▁time ▁and ▁effort — none ▁of ▁which ▁I ▁could ▁afford ▁to ▁waste — that ▁I ▁determined ▁in ▁the ▁future ▁to ▁make ▁certain ▁whatever ▁I ▁pre pped ▁would ▁be ▁approved ▁in ▁advance ▁by ▁Spiel berg ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Ho oper ." ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁completion ▁of ▁principal ▁phot ography ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁week ▁of ▁August ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁Ho oper ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁spend ▁ten ▁weeks ▁in ▁the ▁editing ▁room ▁putting ▁together ▁the ▁first ▁cut ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Spiel berg ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁this ▁time ▁super vis ing ▁the ▁S FX ▁phot ography ▁being ▁held ▁at ▁Indust rial ▁Light ▁& ▁Magic ▁( IL M ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Bl um house ▁Produ ctions ▁website , ▁Pol ter ge ist ▁ 1 st ▁assistant ▁camera ▁John ▁R . ▁Leon etti ▁reported ▁that ▁Spiel berg ▁directed ▁the ▁film ▁more ▁so ▁than ▁Ho oper , ▁stating , ▁" H o oper ▁was ▁so ▁nice ▁and ▁just ▁happy ▁to ▁be ▁there . ▁He ▁cre atively ▁had ▁input . ▁Steven ▁developed ▁the ▁movie , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁his ▁to ▁direct , ▁except ▁there ▁was ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁a ▁director ' s ▁strike , ▁so ▁he ▁was ▁' the ▁producer ' ▁but ▁really ▁he ▁directed ▁it ▁in ▁case ▁there ▁was ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁strike ▁and ▁T obe ▁was ▁cool ▁with ▁that . ▁It ▁wasn