▁re actions ▁to ▁the ▁performance ▁art ▁he ▁st aged ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁at ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁Modern ▁Art . ▁Yet ▁Walter ' s ▁words ▁were ▁suddenly ▁synchron istic ▁and ▁eer ily ▁proph etic : ▁" You ▁could ▁tell ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁gu y ▁who ▁sees ▁a ▁train ▁w reck , ▁or ▁a ▁sk ys cra per ▁collapse , ▁and ▁he ' s ▁never ▁got ▁his ▁camera ▁when ▁he ▁needs ▁it ." ▁ ▁Jonathan ▁Y ard ley ▁review ed ▁Mil king ▁the ▁Moon ▁in ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post : ▁To ▁K atherine ▁Clark , ▁who ▁sat ▁with ▁Walter ▁for ▁four ▁months ▁in ▁the ▁spring ▁and ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁while ▁he ▁talked ▁into ▁her ▁t ape ▁rec order , ▁we ▁o we ▁an ▁in calcul able ▁deb t . ▁Not ▁merely ▁has ▁she ▁res cu ed ▁him ▁from ▁manifest ly ▁unw arr anted ▁ob liv ion , ▁but ▁she ▁has ▁edited ▁his ▁or al ▁history ▁into ▁a ▁book ▁as ▁amaz ing ▁as ▁the ▁man ▁itself ... ▁ ▁Of ▁all ▁the ▁characters ▁whom ▁we ▁meet ▁in ▁these ▁pages , ▁by ▁far ▁the ▁most ▁interesting ▁and ▁ende aring ▁is ▁Walter ▁himself . ▁He ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁minor ▁figure ▁in ▁literary ▁and ▁cin ematic ▁circles , ▁but ▁he ▁never ▁had ▁any ▁ill us ions ▁about ▁his ▁own ▁grande ur , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁grateful ▁for ▁everything ▁his ▁work ▁and ▁friend ships ▁brought ▁him . ▁His ▁curiosity ▁was ▁bottom less , ▁and ▁he ▁followed ▁wherever ▁it ▁led : ▁" I