[…]chlesinger did, he told that child that he’d never see his mummy and daddy again and heburst into tears.That’s a director, isn’t it?Yes. He got it on camera.Yeah, that was a director.And I’m afraid I’d opt out of that scene. It’s a point beyond which I couldn’t go as adirector.No, I know, I agree.Fi[…]
Copyright it is vested in the BECTU History ProjectMonty Berman, lighting cameraman, director and producer. Interviewer Alan Lawson.Recorded on 2 I June 1995.SIDE 1, TAPE 1Alan Lawson: Where and when were you bornMonty Berman: I was born on August 16th, 1913 in WhitechapelAlan Lawson: And schoolingM[…]
[…]e work.C. D. Oh yes, that was in Canada.R. F. In theatres rather than cinemas.C. D. No not cinemas. Stage shows. It was in the days when they had two features. And I designed the stage show which went between the two films.R. F. Which was . . what... a very glitzy sort of enterprise was it. Show gir[…]
[…] a totally Indian unit.What was their reaction to you, the actual unit? Did they accept you just like that?The documentary cameraman did, but not the features, you know. I mean it was a very...I was very cut off, I mean I just had to get on with it as best I could. But it really was the reason that&[…]
behp0152t-john-halas-transcript [This transcript was kindly checked by John Halas’s daughter]NB: John Halas and Bob Godfrey were hamming it up a bit and having a laugh whilst conducting the interview. There is some license for exaggeration. DS 2021. The copyright of this recording is veste[…]
