I felt that that experience, because of the responsible nature that I found I acted all during that traumatic time, that I felt that I was a man.
Haskell WexlerThere is a very particular feeling I get when I have the camera in my hand, looking at an actor talk, knowing that what Iām shooting will end up on the screen.
Haskell WexlerMost people, I believe, when they're asked profound questions about their own persona are not really able to enunciate it, because it's a combination of so many things.
Haskell WexlerWell, there is a contradiction in a sense. If you're making commercials which sell products which are unhealthy or which are unnecessary, I think that you are part of a system - I am part of a system which encourages people to buy things and do things which are not to their best interest. And to that extent you could say it was contradictory.
Haskell WexlerThe helicopter was a U.S. Navy helicopter. There were no civilian helicopters available to film companies, so they just made some stuff out of two-by-four wood. And I would straddle a two-by-four out from the helicopter with a camera and what we call a high hat, which is a low metal stand.
Haskell WexlerWhen I started, we had just the camera and the person, mostly. And if you wanted to do a dolly shot, particularly working in Chicago where I began, you'd get in the back trunk of a car, and you'd have a friend drive the car, or you'd get in some kid's little wagon that he plays with and have someone pull that for dolly shots.
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