{"product_id":"magic-hour-a-life-in-movies","title":"Magic Hour A Life In Movies","description":"\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318961086846,"sku":"NW9780571192748","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571192748.jpg?v=1778656953","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/magic-hour-a-life-in-movies","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}