Following last weekend’s general release of Christopher Nolan’s Inception, those of us who’ve seen it (and perhaps many who haven’t yet) are contemplating cinema’s ability to capture and partially emulate the dream state, as well as that film’s commentary on the structures of consciousness and our inherently subjective experience of reality. This week’s new Criterion releases may not be the first films that come to mind when we think of works that influenced or remind us of Inception, but they both have plenty to say about disoriented psyches functioning as best they can under mind-bending pressure, using vivid color and evocative compositional schemes to masterful effect in the process.
Yes, I’m talking about Powell & Pressburger’s signature works from the late 1940s, The Red Shoes (read James’ review of the Blu-ray) and Black Narcissus. Both films have been available on Criterion Laserdisc...
Yes, I’m talking about Powell & Pressburger’s signature works from the late 1940s, The Red Shoes (read James’ review of the Blu-ray) and Black Narcissus. Both films have been available on Criterion Laserdisc...
- 7/20/2010
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
The BFI recently screened the Craig McCall film Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, a timely look at a body of work whose influence and invention cannot be understated, and we were fortunate to get to speak with director Craig McCall about his film and the wider implications of the work of Jack Cardiff,
Brendon Connelly conducted the interview for HeyUGuys.
In 2001, Jack Cardiff was the first cinematographer to win an honorary Oscar. This was over half a decade on from his first Academy win for the astonishing photography in Black Narcissus and by then, Cardiff’s reputation had blossomed.
Fans of that Black Narcissus may well have seen Painting With Light, a DVD supplement on Cardiff’s cinematography for the film that was issued on various DVD releases of the picture. What these fans may not have known was that the documentary was built from the footage...
Brendon Connelly conducted the interview for HeyUGuys.
In 2001, Jack Cardiff was the first cinematographer to win an honorary Oscar. This was over half a decade on from his first Academy win for the astonishing photography in Black Narcissus and by then, Cardiff’s reputation had blossomed.
Fans of that Black Narcissus may well have seen Painting With Light, a DVD supplement on Cardiff’s cinematography for the film that was issued on various DVD releases of the picture. What these fans may not have known was that the documentary was built from the footage...
- 6/4/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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