Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)Are you looking to buy Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography? Here is the right place to find the great deals. we can offer discounts of up to 90% on Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography. Check out the link below:

>> Click Here to See Compare Prices and Get the Best Offers

Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography ReviewThe envelope please--best book by a cinematographer (or anyone else for that matter) about cinematography. Essential reading.
There are books of theory, there are books of anecdotes, and there are books on how-to. This has the best of all.
Andrew Laszlo, ASC is a wonderful storyteller, inspirational teacher, terrific writer as well as a distinguished cinematographer. His credits include Shogun, Owl and the Pussycat, One Potato-Two Potato, Newsies and many others.
The book is a wealth of film criticism, tricks of the trade, technical details, wonderful anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories.
For example, Laszlo discusses how he lit a scene from Rambo with one match, and then explains that a second one was hidden behind. He is funny and iconoclastic at times: "I hate dailies," or "Taking a stand in the film industry is not an everyday event." But behind every attention-grabbing statement is a complete and highly intelligent, articulate explanation.
The book covers five of his films: "Southern Comfort, The Warriors, First Blood, Streets of Fire, and Innerspace." There is insight into the politics, diplomacy and psychology of filmmaking--dealing with directors, producers, studios and crew members. Through the writing, we watch a truly masterful problem solver, consummate professional and talented artist at work and reflecting upon that work.
Interviews done by Andrew Quickie (Film and TV Professor at Regent Univ.) punctuate the chapters.
I eagerly await the sequel to this book, perhaps to be called "Son of Rembrandt," or "Every Frame a Laszlo." Certainly there would be enough anecdotes and information from his 42 or more other films to fill a dozen standard volumes.Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography OverviewThis book examines the art and craft of motion picture photography through a veteran professional cinematographer's personal experiences on five major motion pictures, each selected to illustrate a particular series of challenges for the photographer."Every Frame a Rembrandt" is an expression heard on sound stages and locations the world over.While in most cases the expression is used lightly and not infrequently with a certain amount of sarcasm, its true meaning speaks highly of most cinematographers' commitment to producing the best, most interesting, unusual and memorable images for the screen.Through the five films he selected for this book Laszlo is able to show the broad range of complexity in motion picture photography, from the relatively simple "point and shoot" in the typcal western to complex in-camera effects.In recounting his "war stories" Laszlo is able to show the day to day activities of a cinematographer before, during and after filming the project, discussing equipment, film stocks, testing, labs, unions, agents, budget requirements, and working with the director and producer. The five films discussed are Southern Comfort, The Warriors, Rambo: First Blood, Streets of Fire, and Innerspace.The book is illustrated throughout with production stills from Laszlo's extensive collection (12 in a color insert).The "war stories" of a seasoned Hollywood professional cinematographerExplains how specific problems and challenges were overcome for each filmIllustrated with production stills from the author's personal collection

Want to learn more information about Every Frame a Rembrandt: Art and Practice of Cinematography?

>> Click Here to See All Customer Reviews & Ratings Now