“I really try to use retouching to a very minimum. I’m very analog in my process. And those scenes that you see really took place. They were standing on a cliff. Crawford and Canelo, that was eight feet off the ground. That was a really big set. All the light beams and everything you see in that photograph existed in time. ... You know, the clouds above Canelo and Crawford were cotton that we painted, and then we’re shining flashlights through them, shooting at a slow shutter to make it look like lightning. ... That was theatrical. That happened. I used to hate cameras shooting behind the scenes, and I used to ban them. I didn’t want to give away the magic. But now I insist on it. People get really excited now when they watch The Wizard of Oz in high definition, because they see the wires holding the monkeys flying to the castle. People get actually more excited about that than they do CGI or post-production sort of A.I. shit. People are really not into that at all. It’s very soulless.” EPIC STYLE
VERGIL ORTIZ: “He’s insane in the ring. He’s incredible as a fighter. But in person, he’s just the
most quiet sort of nice guy. Like there’s nothing aggressive about these guys at all.” TEOFIMO LOPEZ: “He is wild. He’s so funny. I love this guy. He was a trip. He was the funniest of everybody. He was just dancing, and he’s just a kid. He’s a big kid.” “Boxers are different. A lot of football players and basketball players do not get it. They don’t want it. They don’t give a shit. They’re difficult. And they have so many layers of people you have to get through. They’re like demigods. These guys were so humble. You go right up and talk to them. They were so, so, just normal. It was kind of mind- blowing, and I wasn’t expecting that. I really wasn’t. I was very, very surprised. They’re such cool guys. All of them. Every single one.”
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