Florin Mihăilescu Cuvintele umbrei

Colecție: Film

ISBN: 978-606-082-033-8

An apariție: 2024
Tip ediție: broșată
Format:
Pagini: 124

Florin Mihăilescu

 

The words of the shadow

Director of photography Florin Mihăilescu, known among others for his fundamental contribution to the works of Dan Pița, Alexandru Tatos and Mircea Daneliuc, begins his book by commenting on its hybridity: "it is not a technical book, it is not a fiction book, it is not a book of essays" (p.5). Indeed, the reader quickly identifies the unusual and all the more exciting nature of Mihăilescu's proposal, his text being at the intersection of the analysis of the technical and aesthetic conception of Pintilie's film Carnival Scenes/De ce tragi clopotele, Mitică?, the self-reflexive meditation on the art of the cinematographer, with its double dimension of craftsmanship and ineffability, and the personal diary. The book has two major structural principles: firstly, it follows chronologically the plot of Pintilie's film - which Mihăilescu choses to single out form his vast filmography for its exemplary value - and pauses minutely over each important space in the economy of the narrative: the barbershop, the public bath, the ballroom, etc. In these chapters, Mihăilescu reveals his highly developed architectural sense and extreme attention to light, which he understands both in its technical components and in the perpetual dialogue it enters into with other elements of film grammar, such as acting. The second organizing principle of the book is the insertion into the text of passages from A Man with a Camera/Un homme à la caméra, the professional autobiography of Nestor Almendros, a legendary cinematographer who worked with Truffaut, Rohmer, Pakula and Malick among many others. Mihăilescu enters into conversation with Almendros' reflections, enriching them with examples from his own professional experience and thus creating a bridge between the national cinematic space where he evolved and the canonical films Almendros discusses. 

Colecție: Film

ISBN: 978-606-082-033-8

An apariție: 2024
Tip ediție: broșată
Format:
Pagini: 124

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