Unsung Heroes
I received this from one of the folks who worked as an extra during the filming of Watchmen. I am humbled and grateful.
"I wanted to thank you for your comments made in your slashfilm.com interview where you mentioned the extras (you photographed for the book) as the unsung heroes of WATCHMEN. I was fortunate enough to work as an extra on the film for most of the New York street stuff and Dr. Manhattan's interview and can say that most (not all, but most) of the extras working on the film, myself included, were ecstatic to be there and were willing to do whatever we could to make every scene just that much better.
As one of the resident WATCHMEN experts, it fell to me to show folks back in the holding tent after a scene where that scene was in the novel. People were excited about working on the film - even those who knew nothing about the novel starting out. The enthusiasm spread like wildfire. And continued to spread. Extra were still talking about the experience weeks and months after the end of shooting.
So, again, thanks for mentioning us in relationship to your great photos. Like Zack, Debbie, the crew, and the actors, we worked hard to make the film as great as it had the potential to be. As we extras so often receive no thanks for our efforts, your comments are all the more appreciated."
The photo above is a random extra. Odds are he isn't who wrote this note to me.
Make Pictures.
"I wanted to thank you for your comments made in your slashfilm.com interview where you mentioned the extras (you photographed for the book) as the unsung heroes of WATCHMEN. I was fortunate enough to work as an extra on the film for most of the New York street stuff and Dr. Manhattan's interview and can say that most (not all, but most) of the extras working on the film, myself included, were ecstatic to be there and were willing to do whatever we could to make every scene just that much better.
As one of the resident WATCHMEN experts, it fell to me to show folks back in the holding tent after a scene where that scene was in the novel. People were excited about working on the film - even those who knew nothing about the novel starting out. The enthusiasm spread like wildfire. And continued to spread. Extra were still talking about the experience weeks and months after the end of shooting.
So, again, thanks for mentioning us in relationship to your great photos. Like Zack, Debbie, the crew, and the actors, we worked hard to make the film as great as it had the potential to be. As we extras so often receive no thanks for our efforts, your comments are all the more appreciated."
The photo above is a random extra. Odds are he isn't who wrote this note to me.
Make Pictures.
1 comments:
No, that's not me in the photo. Hey, I would have gladly posed for you!
Thanks again for mentioning us. The "New York Group" as we came to be called got pretty close during the filming of WATCHMEN and I've seen many of them on other productions. We love trading "WATCHMEN war stories" and are all anxious to see the film!
Can't wait to flip through your book and look for familiar faces!
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