The Sound of the Crowd

Films to watch out for

The acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler (he’s shot films ranging from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest to The Best Man to Coming Home to Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip to The Man Who Loved Women) is the subject of a new documentary directed by his son, Mark.

This, from Ebert’s review:

What Haskell is sure of is that he knows more about making documentaries than Mark does. He tells Mark he should have employed a sound man for some scenes shot at a party, and he turns out to be right. The two men get into a heated argument when Mark tries to set up a shot with his father standing in front of a sunset, and Haskell thinks his son is valuing form over content; forget the sunset, he says, because “I desperately want to say something.” On the other hand, he criticizes Mark for having him “say everything” instead of using the technique of telling through showing.


Recently on Ink 19...

Incubus

Incubus

Screen Reviews

Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.

Garage Sale Vinyl: Loretta Lynn

Garage Sale Vinyl: Loretta Lynn

Garage Sale Vinyl

In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long is betrayed by his longtime GF when she swipes his copy of Loretta Lynn’s Greatest Hits Vol. II right out from under his nose while rummaging through a south Florida junk store.