Magnum Cinema

by Alain Bergala

Book Overview

The photographers associated with Magnum have worked with movie-makers since its creation nearly 50 years ago. Robert Capa, one of the founders of Magnum, had many friends in the film business -... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714833754
• ISBN13: 9780714833750
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 4.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.2" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

The glamour of cinema as seen by our greatest photographers

From the late '40s, Robert Capa's Magnum agency became intimately involved in the world of cinema. His personal contacts with leading directors and producers allowed him exclusive (and lucrative) access to the sets, the movie-makers, and the stars.This book takes us from that time right up to recent days, but the climax of the book has to be its coverage of The Misfits, the final movie of Clark Gable and Marylin Monroe. The pictures of Monroe's public and private faces, along with commentary of the day, gives us an insight into her last big show - in a way only Magnum photographers can make.Featured photographers include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, and Capa himself. Watch out for Hitchcock, Sophia Loren, and Orson Welles. Brilliant.