The police-lock rig and Mario's technical grounding in lighting

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texture · JOI's shoots

When: During JOI's shoots (final years).
What: To stand upright and still on sets, Mario is buttressed by a police-lock — a.7-meter steel pole from a Velcroed vest down to a lead block. So braced, he helped erect, furnish, and light JOI's sets, getting "a thorough technical grounding" in a craft he never imagined pursuing himself.