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Physical description; 258 pages. Subjects; Tom McDonough. Cinematographer. life reflections. Genre; Autobiography.
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From Publishers Weekly
McDonough laments that cinematography is an invisible profession, its craft and contribution largely unsung. But this shapeless autobiographical narrative, consisting mostly of self-consciously hip, on-site vignettes with titles like "Tender Is the Light" and "Deep Wrist," could have been much more illuminating about the cinematographer's art. McDonough, who photographed the movies Best Boy and The Day After Trinity, writes about the energy transfer between cameraman and subject and the artistic standards that such perfectionists as Gordon Willis, Nestor Almendros and James Wong Howe bring to their work. He also sets down his thoughts on video, 3-D, fishing and the relationship between American painting and Hollywood films. The action shuttles from a political demonstration in New Delhi to the shooting of The Muppets Take Manhattan in Central Park.
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From Library Journal
Cinematographer McDonough's book is chiefly an evocation of the art, craft, and drudgery of his profession (and of moviemaking in general). It is also part picaresque, confessional adventure (set on several continents where McDonough is working), with borderline-obscene tall tales (featuring fictionalized real-life characters, including himself); and part overview of cinematography and profiles of its practitioners, most favorably the great Gordon Willis. This last section is possibly the briefest. The book's jumble of styles and jump-cut narratives read almost like a novel. McDonough's powers of observation and thought are acute, and, even if it is overwritten, Light Years is entertaining, interesting reading. David Bartholomew, NYPL
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- PublisherGrove Press
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0802100147
- ISBN 13 9780802100146
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages258
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