1990 (Release)

1990 (Academy Award)
1990 (Copyright year)

English (Original)

Interviewee: Mary Davenport
Interviewee: Jerome Hellman
Interviewee: James Leo Herlihy

Waldo Salt (Name as subject)

Feature

United States

Authors
Blacklisting of entertainers
Screenwriters

Traces the personal and career journey of this screenwriter from his beginnings as a young writer, through the blacklist period and into the creative time of MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969), SERPICO (1973), THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1975) and COMING HOME (1979). Using film clips (MIDNIGHT COWBOY, in particular), interspersed with interviews with Jon Voight, John Schlesinger, Jerome Hellman, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford and Waldo Salt himself, the film probes the subtle art of his writing and the joy he found in the collaborative process of filmmaking.

WALDO SALT: A SCREENWRITER'S JOURNEY profiles Waldo Salt through a series of interviews with Salt, his family and colleagues. The documentary also features excerpts from his features in addition to stills and footage of world events impacting his life as well as his personal life.

The interview footage forms the bulk of the production material and was shot on 16mm Eastman color negative stock. Sound was recorded on ¼" audio tape. The camera negative was printed to 16mm color workprint stock and sound was transferred to 16mm full coat magnetic track for the editing process.

The following individuals were interviewed:
- Karen Black (note: this interview was not used in the finished film)
- Jean Butler
- Mary Davenport
- Jerome Hellman
- James Herlihy
- Dustin Hoffman
- Ian Hunter
- Paul Jarrico
- Ring Lardner Jr.
- George Litto
- Marika Lumi
- Joseph Mankiewicz
- Eve Merriam
- Robert Redford
- Deborah Salt
- Jennifer Salt
- Waldo Salt (several interviews took place at various locations in addition to general coverage of Salt)
- John Schlesinger
- Roger Steffans
- Jon Voight (also included is Voight's screen test for MIDNIGHT COWBOY - Manifestation M64760)

Manifestation M27499: The deposited elements representing the completed production include the following:
- Item I452073: color composite print
- Item I514686: the cut work print
- Item I514721: A/B/C rolls of original negative
- Item I513490: 1" video master
- Item I513739: magnetic track master of the finished mix
- Item I515128: MOS color interpositive

The film production elements consist of unused footage not included in the finished film and exist in the form of negative outs, daily rolls or trims and outs:
- Individual interview Manifestations (Karen Black's interview remained intact and complete)
- Manifestation M65273: Waldo Salt interviewed at the Mill Valley Film Festival (Complete interview exists on a 1" video master.)
- Manifestation M65289: Waldo Salt Video Interview (Only the film elements were deposited. The original video element was not included.)
- Manifestation M65324: Sundance Institute and Waldo Salt with students
- Manifestation M64677: Still photos of Waldo Salt's artwork, Waldo Salt, and his family
- Manifestation M64603: Excerpts from Salt's feature films (16mm reduction elements were duplicated from 35mm print.)
- Manifestation M64770: Stock footage consisting of newsreel footage of the HUAC hearings, a WWII Nazi rally, Depression era breadlines, etc.
- Manifestation M65248: Various footage of the Sundance Institute used to create the documentary
- Manifestation M64709: Trims and outs of various footage, including interviews, & narration
- Manifestation M65256: Film production elements of stock footage, film clips & some footage of Waldo Salt that appears to have been filmed off of a video monitor, possibly for use as place holders, before actual negative of this material was obtained to make the documentary, none of this was used in the finished documentary.

The audio production elements consist of:
- magnetic track matching the unused footage of the interviews and film clips (represented in individual interview Manifestations)
- Manifestation M64865: ¼" audio tape for production sound and for some (but not all) of the interviews
- Manifestation M64567: audio mix elements on 16mm magnetic track for dialogue, music, Peter Coyote's narration, sound effects, etc. & the audio cue sheets

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