Respuesta: American Graffiti
en los extras de La calavera de cristal dice que él no quería hacerla.
en los extras de La calavera de cristal dice que él no quería hacerla.
QUESTION: I was wondering why you were credited as Visual Consultant and not Director of Photography on AMERICAN GRAFFITI?
WEXLER: I chose to be credited that way. I sort of helped George Lucas get started in film. I used to race cars, and George was interested in car racing, and I met him there and encouraged him to go to film school. On AMERICAN GRAFFITI they had shot one or two nights, and George felt insecure - unjustifiably - about the direction as much as the filming of it. When he asked me, I told him I would come up and shoot the film for him, but it was to be his film. So I did; I was there except for the first two nights. He had two very competent newsreel guys who were working with him, and I think they could have made the film. Maybe it would not have looked the same way, but they would have done a good job. But he just didn't feel secure. I did help him some with the actors - mostly holding Richard Dreyfuss down from overacting. You understand that the decision about credits was made before it was a big, successful hit picture. When it was finished we thought we had made another fast "B" picture. So I said, "George, just put me down as Visual Consultant." I didn't want to have anything on the screen that might take away from him, just because of our relationship. He said, "Fine, " and then he gave me three-and-a-half percent of the picture - which I did not ask for - and he was very generous with everyone who worked on the film. He gave Verna Fields a new BMW. When the film started to make money he didn't forget the people who had helped him, and he was very generous.
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