The cinema as a graphic art : on a theory of representation in the cinema (1959)

Record Details:

Title:
The cinema as a graphic art : on a theory of representation in the cinema
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : Hill and Wang
Volume:
The cinema as a graphic art : on a theory of representation in the cinema
Leaf #:
000193
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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CREATIVE PROBLEMS OF THE ART OF THE CAMERA-MAN Fig. 114. — Shot from the film " Thunder over Mexico " (Eduard Tisse, cam.). hot. He almost always works ' inside the mise en scene ', finding internal justificaion for the chosen viewpoint of the object. His creative work is closely bound lp with that of Eisenstein. His striving towards unequivocal, laconic composiions, towards sharp exposition of the character of the object filmed, towards .hots saturated with ideas, is to a large extent determined by Eisenstein's theoretical conceptions. In collective collaboration with Eisenstein, Tisse found means of expression organic to the scenario and directorial requirements. To Tisse belongs the honourable role of being one of the founders of the poviet camera-man's art. His latest works " Women's Weal and Women's Woe " .independent production in Zurich in 1930), x and " Thunder over Mexico " (made ointly with Eisenstein and Alexandrov), have earned great praise even from Western critics. Concerning the camera work in " Thunder over Mexico " we ^•ead the following remarks in the American camera-men's professional journal : " Thunder over Mexico " is . . . the triumph of M. Tisse and the results that he has ichieved should give him unquestioned rank as one of the great cinematographers of the vorld . . . Tisse has achieved one of the most superbly beautiful examples of exterior inematography ever made.2 At the Ail-Union Story Conference of 1933, Professor A. F. Shorin, who saw the film " Storm over Mexico " in America, spoke of the camera-man's work 1 Produced by Wechsler (Praesens Film) and directed as well as shot by Tisse. — Ed. 2 The American Cinematographer, July 1933. — N J95 "