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Painting with Light

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ISBN-10: 0520089499

ISBN-13: 9780520089495

Edition: 1995

Authors: John Alton

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Few cinematographers have had as decisive an impact on the cinematic medium as John Alton. Best known for his highly stylized film noir classicsT-Men,He Walked by Night, andThe Big Combo, Alton earned a reputation during the 1940s and 1950s as one of Hollywood's consummate craftsmen through his visual signature of crisp shadows and sculpted beams of light. No less renowned for his virtuoso color cinematography and deft appropriation of widescreen and Technicolor, he earned an Academy Award in 1951 for his work on the musicalAn American in Paris. First published in 1949, and long out of print since then,Painting With Lightremains one of the few truly canonical statements on the art of motion…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/18/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 191
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English