[…] sort of saying, "this is absolute madness, you know. This is a security break, everybody is gonna know what we're doing." I mean people in Freetown, Negroes in the bars, were just saying to us, "well, good luck in Dakar old boy" and this kind of thing. So it was obvious that security was broken and[…]
[…]diting the picture, the cutter who is credited.VG: He's right. He's absolutely right. He was a pompous old fart. That's for posterity.RF: Varnel is a neglected director, almost forgotten, but in the process of being rediscovered.VG: I learnt all my trade from Marcel. When I joined Marcel, I went on […]
[…]Bob Berrill who was asergeant in the cutting room and Bob Carrick who was a sergeant whowasn't in the cutting room and Alice White who was a civilian neg cutterwho stayed with us the whole time, even when we moved to Pinewood whichwas the beginning. After that we moved to Curzon St, after that we al[…]
[…] so the world depicted in this documentary no longer exists. Neg cutters have gone the same way as nineteenth-century handloom weavers […]
[…] editors, hair and makeup artists, actors, projectionists, matte artists, writers, neg. cutters, electricians, dubbing mixers, costume designers – every craft […]
[…] editors, hair and makeup artists, actors, projectionists, matte artists, writers, neg. cutters, electricians, dubbing mixers, costume designers – every craft […]
[…]nn (JM)Restoration (Pinewood Studios)BECTU No.603Interviewers: Joe Naud (JN)Date: 14/07/2010Video00:00:00 – 00:10:42 JM discusses his previous roles; neg-cutter at Mike Frasier’s; started as a runner, moved to sound syncing; freelanced for Technicolor, sound-syncing and video work; moved into video […]
