Weegee takes a flash photo of Tracy Reed on the Dr. Strangelove set. The presence of a brash street photographer probably helped Reed & George C. Scott develop their performances & contributed to Dr. Strangelove's special style.
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Weegee was hired as a "special effects advisor" for Dr. Strangelove. Kubrick probably got some visual inspiration from some of the shots he took. Here is Peter Sellers as Group Captain Mandrake, in Weegee's patented distorted view.
The Dr. Strangelove set was full of superb artists & technicians, plus two outright geniuses: Peter Sellers & Stanley Kubrick. Both knew a great deal about photography, & Weegee treated the two as colleagues & icons.
"Two of the best portraits Weegee ever made, of the columnists Hedda Hopper & Louella Parsons, appear in Naked Hollywood."
- Christopher Bonanos
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The quote is from Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous. Naked Hollywood by Weegee is from 1953.
"Through it all, he was a profound humanist & a compassionate observer of human beings, portraying them as innately tough, with the strength not only to survive but to flourish."
- Louis Stettner
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The future director did some film set work himself. Here's something from Weegee's wheelhouse: a shot from the TV series Paddy Wagon, 1948
- Christopher Bonanos
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The quote is from Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous. Naked Hollywood by Weegee is from 1953.
Both books highly recommended!
Winchell's blurb for Weegee's 1953 book Naked in Hollywood: "The candids of Louella and Hedda are belt-busters..."
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"Through it all, he was a profound humanist & a compassionate observer of human beings, portraying them as innately tough, with the strength not only to survive but to flourish."
- Louis Stettner