Painting with Light

by John Alton

Book Overview

Few cinematographers have had as decisive an impact on the cinematic medium as John Alton. Best known for his highly stylized film noir classics T-Men, He Walked by Night , and The Big Combo , Alton earned a reputation during the 1940s and 1950s as one of Hollywood's consummate craftsmen through his visual signature of crisp shadows and sculpted beams of light. No less renowned for his virtuoso color cinematography and deft appropriation of widescreen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520275845
• ISBN13: 9780520275843
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.9"