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RIP Haskell Wexler

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:04 pm
by silverscreenselect
One of the best cinematographers of all time. He won two Oscars, for Virginia Woolf (when they gave separate categories for color and B&W cinematography) and Bound for Glory and had three other nominations, including Cuckoo's Nest.

Age 93.

http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries ... story.html

Re: RIP Haskell Wexler

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:46 pm
by ghostjmf
Replay the '93 interview Fresh Air served up as their tribute. From being adrift at sea as little more than a kid in WWII '42 in a tiny refuge boat that held 17 members of the Merchant Marine, having to confirm, with fellow sailors one of them as having died during the long time at sea & help throw him over, to hanging out of a helicopter on a wooden *swing* to get the shots for one of his movies. Amazing.