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I can confirm that its true.
Polaroid had stopped making film in 2009, and dismantled all but one of its factories.
(It has since gottenmuch better.)
Its not the first of its kind.
But that wasnt how it was going to go, not this time.
My son, who at the time was 5, could be one as well.
I didnt quite know what I thought of that idea.
Would my son be comfortable on camera?
What if he melted down or said something inappropriate and it ended up onscreen?
Did I want to put him in a position that could leave him looking foolish later in life?
(Triple, when you are trying to get a toehold in the world as an author.
Books dont have immense marketing budgets.)
In August 2016, he returned with his film crew.
He booked six days here, large portions of which were spent with my family.
I walked my kid to school summer camp, really and he filmed it.
One of my favorite Vulture neighbors,Jackson McHenry, also has a brief on-screen moment.
Most of the filming work, though, was done in the evenings.
And there were surprise gifts from the documentary gods.
Mind if I take your picture?
Though the whole Brooklyn interlude ended up on the cutting-room floor hey, thats showbiz it went uncannily well.
So did the party.
For some mysterious and generous reason, he said yes.
(Maybe he knew the Gore Vidal quote, too.
I was wiped out by the end of the six-day stretch.
Also, we were often working till 1 a.m. We invited my parents, too.
And also a polo shirt.
The kid is the best thing in the movie, of course.
