{"id":27696,"date":"2014-05-22T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=27696"},"modified":"2018-06-28T02:56:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T09:56:52","slug":"watching-genius-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2014\/05\/22\/watching-genius-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching a genius at work &#8211; Geoffrey Unsworth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>American Art.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Purists and aesthetes would have you believe that Motherwell, Rothko and Pollock are what passes for American Art in the twentieth century.<\/p>\n<p>Utter rot.<\/p>\n<p>Where America&#8217;s genius lies in the world of art is in the movies.<\/p>\n<p>And while you could argue that a British cameraman making American movies flouts that rule, the reality is that Geoffrey Unsworth, British cinematographer <i>extraordinaire<\/i>, could only have worked his magic in the United States, the land of infinite opportunity and imagination.  And the land of abundant risk capital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2013\/05\/12\/essential-blu-ray-movies\/ target=_blank>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a> remains Unsworth&#8217;s masterpiece, but if you seek a perfect evocation of America between the wars, one of infinite hope and generosity, then <a href=http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078346\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3 target=_blank>Superman<\/a> is just the ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Just take a look at these images, then watch the original in Blu Ray set to John Williams&#8217;s music:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_01.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_02.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_03.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_04.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When Superman &#8211; the fabulous Christopher Reeve &#8211; takes Lois for the flight around Manhattan, the myth is complete:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_05.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_06.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Is this photography or what?<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_07.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Superman_08.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Technicolor?  But of course.  British genius?  Of course.  American capital?  Natch.  Made in Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire.<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078346\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 target=_blank>Superman<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Art. Purists and aesthetes would have you believe that Motherwell, Rothko and Pollock are what passes for American Art in the twentieth century. Utter rot. Where America&#8217;s genius lies in the world of art is in the movies. And while you could argue that a British cameraman making American movies flouts that rule, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2014\/05\/22\/watching-genius-work\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Watching a genius at work &#8211; Geoffrey Unsworth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies-photographers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32713,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27696\/revisions\/32713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}