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King of New York
and make whatever idea we had work. If there was a problem you couldn’t solve, he’d come to the set in the middle of the night.” Like many camera houses, General Camera bred cameramen from its rosters of technicians and clients. Veteran camera assistant Gary Muller spent a couple of summers on the General Camera prep floor in the mid1960s. He recalls, “I was a young kid amongst all these adults, but Dick took me under his wing and showed me the importance of having a good technical foundation. His knowledge was our guiding light.” Some of the best-known films in the American New Wave were shot in New York during General Camera’s reign, among them Klute (1971), The French Connection (1971),The Godfather (1972), Taxi Driver (1976) and Annie Hall (1977). DiBona might be too humble to admit it, but if it wasn’t for General Camera, many of these classics

DiBona (left) and a colleague service equipment in the camera shop at Camera Equipment Co. (known as CECO) in Manhattan. “It was the biggest camera company in New York,” DiBona notes.

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American Cinematographer - October 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Woolite “Torture”
Production Slate: The Skin I Live In • Margin Call
Road Warriors
Man of Action
Home Invasion
King of New York
Post Focus: Restoring A Trip to the Moon
Filmmakers’ Forum: Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam: Takuo “Tak” Miyagishima
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Xavier Grobet
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - October 2011 - In Memoriam: Takuo “Tak” Miyagishima
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