that was omar mehtab. at the visual effects behind some of the awards contenders. this week, it is the epic crime drama that's made made robert de niro young again — these are the secrets behind the irishman. frank, i want you to meet my cousin, russell bufalino. better watch this, there's a lot of tough guys around here. did he tell you? you're not afraid of tough guys, are you? i did not think so. the movie starts with robert de niro let's say at, i don't know, 28 or 30, then he goes 36, then he goes 42, then a7, then 55, then 62, then he moves on. marty said to me, "be careful what you wish for because these actors are not going to want markers and helmet cams or any kind of little cameras in front of them. they also are going to want to be on set, with theatrical lighting, and we are not going to go somewhere else." when we started developing this new way of capturing performances, there was nothing available for us. i mean, the only way to capture performances were through a marker system, so we had t