{"product_id":"9780571192748-magic-hour-a-life-in-movies","title":"Magic Hour: A Life in Movies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new paperback edition of the story of Jack Cardiff's life in films, first as a camerman and then as a director, including his early use of the new Technicolour film camera and recreating his days on the music hall circuit during the 1920s and 30s with anecdotes about his experiences photographing the world's beautiful actresses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most celebrated director of colour photography tells the story of his adventures in celluloid. The 'Magic Hour' is the special light that occurs just at twilight, and a very special light is what cameraman Jack Cardiff brought to films such as \u003cb\u003eThe Red Shoes\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe African Queen\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eBlack Narcissus\u003c\/b\u003e for which he won an Oscar. In \u003cb\u003eMagic Hour\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Cardiff details the adventures of his life: on tour on the music-hall circuit with his parents; acting in silent films; being chosen by Technicolor as the first British cameraman to be trained in colour photography; filming with British convoys in the Atlantic during World War II; his big break when Michael Powell asked him to photograph \u003cb\u003eA Matter of Life and Death\u003c\/b\u003e; his rambunctious expolits with Errol Flynn; and his triumph at the Cannes Film Festival as the director of \u003cb\u003eSons and Lovers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a master of light, Cardiff came to photograph some of the most beautiful women in cinema history: Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn and Ava Gardner, to name but a few.Cardiff's bold and imaginative photography enhanced not only the work of Powell and Pressburger, but also that of Alfred Hitchcock and John Huston. Told with modesty and charm, \u003cb\u003eMagic Hour\u003c\/b\u003e is the personal journey of an extraordinary craftsman of cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31568485056609,"sku":"9780571192748","price":12.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36408244_685d7133-d98c-4877-9529-3c92b9c64faf.jpg?v=1759483819","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571192748-magic-hour-a-life-in-movies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}