[rollei_list] Re: Great movie based on WEEGEE...
- From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 09:12:15 -0500
On Dec 17, 2005, at 2:29 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
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Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Great movie based on WEEGEE...
Yes, The Public Eye is a GREAT movie based on Weegee. My favorite
scenes
are when Weegee dons a priests garb from the well-outfitted trunk of
his car to
gain access to photograph a murder, sneaking into an ambulance with
the body
and police. He moves his light meter in the sign of the cross over
the
body, then pulls his Graflex out from under his robes, gets his shot
and flees!
Another great shot is one he sets up, putting a rangefinder camera
on a
roller skate with string tied to it and a spring wound self timer to
safely pull
the camera through a hail of machine gun-fire in an italian restaurant
execution. Anything to get the shot! Great movie.
Bob Laubach
Manassas, VA
The movie _The Naked City_ was partly inspired by Weegee's work and
named for his book. For some reason it isn't shown on TV, at least not
very often. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City; this
has been one of them".
The story I heard from Weegee's ex was that the only thing the movie
studio wanted from him was the rights to the title of his book. It was
a lucky break for Weegee, who was no businessman and seldom able to
parlay his reputation into a decent income. He got a few thousand
dollars and a bit part in the film, some assignments resulting from his
elevated visibility, another book contract, and that was it. Weegee
died broke. It's tough to make a living in the arts, even for its
acknowledged talents.
Allen Zak
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