(PART 2 OF INTERVIEW WITH KSCJ’S NEWS DIRECTOR WOODY GOTTBURG)
A DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE LIFE OF SIOUX CITY’S BEST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER WILL HAVE ITS WORLD PREMIERE ON OCTOBER 1ST AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER.
LINDBLADE: CUTTING EDGE FEATURES THE STORY OF GEORGE LINDBLADE.
LINDBLADE IS KNOWN FOR MORE THAN JUST TAKING STILL PICTURES AND SHOOTING TV VIDEO.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN HELPING GATEWAY COMPUTERS BECOME A HUGE SUCCESS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE TECHNOLOGY BOOM.
GEORGE SAYS IT STARTED WITH GATEWAY FOUNDER TED WAITT WANTING TO USE A PHOTO OF CATTLE LINDBLADE TOOK FOR NORM WAITT SR, A CATTLEMAN WHO WAS TED’S FATHER:
LINDBLADE4 OC……IT TOOK OFF. :25
SOME PEOPLE SCOFFED AT THE AD…..FOR A SHORT TIME:
LINDBLADE5 OC……..OFF THE WALL WE WERE. :21
LINDBLADE IS ALSO CREDITED WITH DEVELOPING GATEWAY’S ICONIC COWHIDE BOX LOGO THAT HE SHOWED TED WAITT ONE DAY OVER LUNCH:
LINDBLADE6 OC….. HADN’T BEEN FOR YOU. :35
THE DOCUMEMNTARY ON LINDBLADE’S LIFE WILL KICKOFF THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL SIOUX CITY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
LINDBLADE: CUTTING EDGE WILL BE SHOWN FOR FREE ON OCTOBER 1ST AT 7PM AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER.
KSCJ file photo
