Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

[McCrutchy]

Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff Blu-ray

Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff Blu-ray Review

Strand will release Craig McCall's acclaimed documentary Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) on Blu-ray on August 9th.

[KubrickFan]

Wow, I need to check this out. Cardiff was an absolutely brilliant cinematographer, and he deserves a documentary devoted to himself.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

Wow, I need to check this out. Cardiff was an absolutely brilliant cinematographer, and he deserves a documentary devoted to himself.

+1 when you look at the list of movies he worked on you are left , incredible cinematography on all of them

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

+1 when you look at the list of movies he worked on you are left , incredible cinematography on all of them

Oh, absolutely. I can't say I've seen all of them, but the ones I did see, blew me away in terms of cinematography alone.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by KubrickFan

Wow, I need to check this out. Cardiff was an absolutely brilliant cinematographer, and he deserves a documentary devoted to himself.

Indeed, I held off on the UK DVD because I had hoped to see a BD release. You would think a documrntary about a cinematographer would be a natural candidate, and I'm glad to see it will be out here, though as it is from Strand, I will await reviews.

[biglou114]

I'm dying to see this, and will be glad to add this to my collection.

[manicsounds]

Agree. Strand? Skeptical.

I was really hoping for Criterion to step in, as they did have the title mentioned on their site.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by manicsounds

Agree. Strand? Skeptical.

Why?

Their SDVD output should not be indicative of their (future) Blu-ray output.

Por-B

[Aerodude73]

Looks to be a superb documentary, but at MSRP of $34.99, that still will leave this at a +$24.99 mark, roughly.
At 90 mins., I hope it goes down quite a bit, say near $20 or so.

[RipleyLV426]

$18.99 at FamilyVideo.com!! Tell Amazon!

[PowellPressburger]

Looks like this title sold out really fast on amazon earlier in the week. Seems to be back in stock now. It isn't the cheapest price at all, but I really want to see it this weekend so I ordered it on my prime account.

anyone else already watch it? (If so does the release come with a slipcover?)

[BluBonnet]

I watched this tonight. It's a great documentary about a superb cameraman - and let's not forget he directed some movies, too.

The doc looks great, and the clips range from crystal clear to adequate. The best clips seemed to me the ones from the Powell-Pressburger films, which perhaps shouldn't be a surprise. Some of the other ones, notably The Vikings and War and Peace, looked a bit hazy - those movies have yet to receive a HD transfer, to the best of my knowledge, so perhaps the filmmakers were limited in the clip availability?

Haven't seen the extras yet, but will do so soon.

[Deciazulado]

Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff Blu-ray Review

[manicsounds]

Again, Strand with their MPEG2....

[PowellPressburger]

I thought the film was decent however I have seen many of the interviews already! I was shocked I was watching interviews that were included on other releases etc. For someone who has NOT seen any of them the DOC is a lot more interesting, some felt like a retread to me. I am not bashing it because it is a decent release. I just wish there was a little bit more.

[The Driver]

Yes, a wonderful documentary about Jack. It was on UK TV a few months back but I did pick the DVD up for £3:




Shame Optimum UK never bothered with a Blu-ray (maybe their calculations that it had been on TV made it worth-less). The original ($35) US price for the Blu-ray is rather over-priced though.

Jacks's mouth watered when he talked about Audrey Hepburn

http://www.jackcardiff.com

[The Driver]

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff.flv - YouTube