Walter Lassally - Working for Finos (99/266)
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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2017 · Film & Animation
To listen to more of Walter Lassally’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFyohoA7fblRacvxrYprvzfm Born in Germany, cinematographer Walter Lassally (1926-2017) was best known for his Oscar-winning work on 'Zorba the Greek'. He was associated with the Free Cinema movement in the 1950s, and the British New Wave in the early 1960s. [Listener: Peter Bowen; date recorded: 2004] TRANSCRIPT: The atmosphere at the Finos studio and at the Finos office was something quite unique. I've already said that Finos was... he was basically a gadgeteer and he was very knowledgeable of how... particularly about sound equipment, and anytime a new Nagra or something arrived, the first thing he did, he took it all to pieces and put it together again, maybe leaving certain things out. He'd say, 'No, that's not very good, I'll do it this way'. But he was a nice man, a reasonably generous employer. Not all that generous. They all cut corners with social security and stuff like that. And it was a one-man outfit. He, he... they made some 20 films a year.
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