Sunday, November 29, 2009

SHUSTER/GRAY

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Cameraman, MATT SHUSTER, getting some work done in Cali waters with ALEX GRAY a week or so ago (my land angle and video frame grabs of Shuster's water angle are matched up in the following sequence):
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Shuster, relaxin'...
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Then gets a couple more clips...
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Dink marks the spot.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

"WHEN I SEE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO PUT MY WIRE, I CANNOT RESIST."

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In a 1974 clandestine operation, Frenchman, Phillipe Petit, with the help of a few close friends, set up a tightrope (steel cable) in the cover of night between the very tops of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers (1,350 ft high). A little after daybreak, Phillipe walked out onto the wire where he spent more than an hour mesmerizing people as he playfully taunted the cops from the wire before finally choosing to complete his crossing to the other side:
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The documentaty film, MAN ON A WIRE, is well worth seeing for the years of planning, training, friendships and committment that went into pulling it off... Especially when considering the challenge of secretly getting a 140 foot steel cable stretched between the Twin Towers with the hands of just a few men was an incredible feat in itself.
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