Newt Arnold,
Richard Kooris (legit Cinematographer): “Oh yeah, Newt, the one-eyed wonder, oh yeah [laughs]. He had an eye patch — he was another old-style guy who thought he was God’s gift to movies..”
Excerpt From:
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion by Stefan Jaworzyn
…on Newt’s total buffoonery 2nd-unit mayhem (helmed) on Tobe Hopper’s 1986 Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel. Throughout early-, into the mid-80s, Newt Arnold’s career took a disastrous turn, repeatedly fired from big studio projects, he finally found shelter with Golan & Globas’ Cannon Pictures (as their go-to hatchet-cameraman). After cannon went bankrupt, Arnold finally cleaned up his act, rebounded with more commercial, prestigious studio, 2nd-Unit, gigs (into the early-90s).
