I was shooting all this time. And there was only one guy who helped to pull him. And I had to think whether I was going to keep shooting or help the guy. And so I kept shooting and then they put him in this little clinic, and I photographed through the window while they had to amputate his leg. And I felt very strange because I didn't - I felt I could have helped, but I didn't help. But then I also felt elated that I was getting a shot that would be important to the film.
When 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, y… - Haskell Wexler
When 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, y…
- Haskell Wexler
I've been in wars and in riots and hung out of many helicopters in the early days. And there's a detachment that happens when you look through the ca… - Haskell Wexler
I've been in wars and in riots and hung out of many helicopters in the early days. And there's a detachment that happens when you look through the ca…
Well, there is a contradiction in a sense. If you're making commercials which sell products which are unhealthy or which are unnecessary, I think tha… - Haskell Wexler
Well, there is a contradiction in a sense. If you're making commercials which sell products which are unhealthy or which are unnecessary, I think tha…
My mother let me know that we're all connected. If some of us become more affluent it's not because we're better or even smarter people - we have a r… - Haskell Wexler
My mother let me know that we're all connected. If some of us become more affluent it's not because we're better or even smarter people - we have a r…
Most 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… - Haskell Wexler
Most 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…
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 Wexler
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.
I am part of a system which encourages people to buy things and do things which are not to their best interest. - Haskell Wexler
I am part of a system which encourages people to buy things and do things which are not to their best interest.
When you hear the word tear gas you think, well, your eyes will burn and that's it. But that whole feeling of your whole skin burning, that you can't… - Haskell Wexler
When you hear the word tear gas you think, well, your eyes will burn and that's it. But that whole feeling of your whole skin burning, that you can't…
From my image of digging around in the mud like a grunt, I preferred fighting the war from ships. - Haskell Wexler
From my image of digging around in the mud like a grunt, I preferred fighting the war from ships.
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