Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 6, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted August 6, 2020 I watched a DVD of "Sons and Lovers" (1960), directed by Jack Cardiff and photographed by Freddie Francis. It won the b&w Oscar, nominated along with "The Apartment" (Joseph LaShelle), "The Facts of Life" (Charles Lang), "Inherit the Wind" (Ernest Laszlo) and "Psycho" (John Russell). The DVD transfer is on the mediocre side, region-free, but seems to have some odd PAL-to-NTSC conversion artifacts in motion. You see a lot of what Francis would later do on "The Elephant Man" in terms of recreating Industrial Era England in anamorphic, in this case, using CinemaScope lenses. Some wonderful lighting in small rooms, and great landscape shots. Fairly deep focus as in "The Innocents", which I'm sure helped improve the sharpness of CinemaScope lenses. The movie is classic D.H. Lawrence territory, so whether you enjoy it depends on how you feel about Lawrence (I incorrectly said Thomas Hardy originally.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted August 6, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted August 6, 2020 Beautiful! I’ve always been curious about this film after hearing about it in the Jack Cardiff documentary ‘Cameraman.’ After observing Bjorn’s CinemaScope lens restoration project from a few years ago, it’s amazing to me how big and heavy these lenses were back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 7 hours ago, David Mullen ASC said: Thomas Hardy territory, Er, it's D.H Lawrence........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mark Dunn said: Er, it's D.H Lawrence........... I slip with Far from the Madding Crowd maybe .. 1967.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 6, 2020 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 6, 2020 13 hours ago, Mark Dunn said: Er, it's D.H Lawrence........... Yes, sorry — I’ll fix that. Just seemed so “Jude the Obscure”-ish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Haven't seen this film yet. I'm going to buy the DVD. Thanks for letting us know about this film, it look glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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