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30 C I N E M O N T A G E F E A T U R E By Peter Tonguette Y ou don't have to be a rabid con- s u m e r o f 1 9 8 0 s - e r a p o p u l a r culture to work on the Netflix sci- ence-fiction series "Stranger Things." But it doesn't hurt. THE EDITING BEHIND NETFLIX'S SMASH SERIES 'STRANGER THINGS' How They Make 'Things' When editor Dean Zimmerman, ACE, was first offered the job of editing the popular series about the intersection of suburbia and the supernatural during the time of the Reagan Administration, he was reluctant to leave behind the career in feature films that he had been steadily developing. "Being a feature editor, and that being my world for so long … there were other options on the horizon that The 'Stranger Things' cast: Sadie Sink, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolard, Caleb McLaughlin. P H O T O : N E T F L I X