In this captivating memoir, Oscar®-winning cinematographer Oswald
("Ossie") Morris looks back over his 58-film career as Director of
Photography for such front rank directors as John Huston, Carol
Reed, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Stanley Kubrick, Ronald Neame, Vittorio
De Sica, Franco Zeffirelli, Norman Jewison and Sidney Lumet. Though
he eschews "kiss-and-tell," Ossie provides many personal and
amusing insights into the making of many films, including Moulin
Rouge, Moby Dick, The Guns of Navarone, Lolita, The Hill, Fiddler
on the Roof, The Man Who Would be King and Oliver! Morris
photographed many of the top stars—Elizabeth Taylor, Richard
Burton, Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck,
Robert Mitchum, James Mason, Paul Newman, Michael Caine, and Sean
Connery, among others—and relates a fund of intimate anecdotes
about them. He also recounts his run-ins with legendary producer,
David O. Selznick, who battered him with his infamous memos
throughout the making of Stazione Termini, Beat The Devil and A
Farewell to Arms. Morris also offers many technical revelations
about making films in the pre-digital era, including groundbreaking
innovations and camera tricks. For all those interested in the
history of film, both at a personal and technical level, this is a
rich and rewarding look into the world of cinema.
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