Look out Haskell, it's real!

Fact & Fiction: A clip from Haskell Wexler's "Medium Cool" filmed at the 1968 DNC.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• medium cool
• haskell wexler
• 1968
• democratic
• national
• convention
• dnc
• medium
• cool
• haskell
• wexler
• look
• out
• it's
• real

[sittle]

This clip is interesting because Wexler wasn't recording sync sound, so the "it's real" was actually dubbed in post.

[prfit]

@sittle Yea, I heard this too. It kind of ruins the clip to some extent. I definitely remember seeing someone say this on film but can't remember in what. Was it in 'Tell Them Who You Are'?

[Doinghisbest]

hiverhythm - I just don't understand why people view clips from films on You Tube and then start bleating "I don't know what this is!" It's like me glancing at a random page in a book, reading three words, and complaining that I can't follow the story.

You have a computer. You have internet access. Type into google "medium cool haskell wexler" and everything you need to know will be right there.

[AnoukaKC]

Was it really 40 years ago? It feels like yesterday. (Followed the link from TVTrope: Reality Subtext. )

[p1nkAcid]

@AnoukaKC i got it from tv tropes too but from enforced method acting. that page is great

[ottoskidoo]

@Doinghisbest Best answer ever;]

[rasputinslovechild1]

A must see movie. One of the great American masterpieces captures America live at one of it's lowest moments, the 1968 Democratic national convention in Chicago. It was the beginning of the revolution most feared but never really materialized.

[hiverhythm]

WHAT IS THIS

I DON'T EVEN