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His parents had been actors
in the theater at the turn of the century.
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As a young man,
he went out into Montana and Utah...
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at first as a camera loader,
and then an assistant cameraman...
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and he actually lived
with Westerners, cowboys...
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who still dated back to that period.
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He always had
a great feeling for the West.
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In his films,
he went to tremendous lengths...
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for authenticity.
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That the clothes looked real.
He never liked to call....
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They refer to the costume department.
He always called them clothes.
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If you look at James Dean, Jett Rink...
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the clothes he wears,
they're clothes he's lived in.
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The sweat and the band of the hat...
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and the dirt.
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Dad would always say
that a man like this only has two shirts.
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So those shirts would be worn...
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and stained, and look lived in.
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When you take a Hollywood company...
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into a town, a small town...
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they can be very put off by that company.
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Not Marfa.
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The first night, they said,
"Do you want to go see the rushes?"
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I said, "Sure."
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We went to the old theater.
It's no longer there. It burned down.
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This old theater.
They were running hours and hours...
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of the barbecue...
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and they used all these people
from Marfa in the barbecue as extras.
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It seemed forever.
So much footage of just cattle.
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Elizabeth and Rock sitting
on their horses watching cattle.
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It seemed to me
the entire town had turned out...
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and was sitting in that theater.
It was packed. You couldn't get a seat.
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That was so smart of George to do that.
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He made the town feel like they were
really in on the joke...