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...conversation, from the topic to the manner, was full of deference and humility.“This may not be the truth for everyone,” Benton said, referring to his filmmaking philosophy, “but it’s the truth for me.” Benton??s approach is composed of equal parts rural Texas upbringing—straightforward and slightly off-kilter—and 1960s New York—uncompromising and envelope-pushing. Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, and lived his first years during the Great Depression. All he wanted...
Michael Klug, who worked with Benton for 12 years as his student and research scientist, notes Benton??s amazing intellect, but also his passions outside of holography...
...Holography has had one father, Denis Gabor, and three extremely gifted sons,” one of whom was Benton, said Ravikanth Pappu, another of Benton??s Media Lab colleagues...
Benton was known to have a wry sense of humor, said Klug, who recalled many times when Benton??s students would play pranks on him for a little entertainment...
...liked to hack Steve,” said Klug, who admitted to pranks such as switching Benton??s new Macintosh computer with an old PC and stitching fake fur to the underarms of his coat...