{"product_id":"conversations-with-darius-khondji-copy","title":"OWEN ROIZMAN: LIFE BEHIND THE CAMERA","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"ct_50918284\" class=\"Block Type_Text\" style=\"left: 0px; top: 10px; width: 590px; height: 1170px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Block_Wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wsCtText\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eInside the career of the cinematographer who \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003ehelped create the look of modern cinema with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe French Connection, The Exorcist,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eNetwork, Three Days Of The Condor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eand many more classic films\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: roboto;\" face=\"roboto\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e___________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eIn the new biography \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eOWEN ROIZMAN: LIFE BEHIND THE\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eCAMERA,\u003c\/i\u003e one of the most respected cinematographers of the modern age discusses his career in comprehensive detail, diving deep into his Oscar-nominated work in \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe French Connection, The Exorcist, Network, Tootsie \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e Wyatt Earp\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe trendsetting artist explains how he helped revolutionize the look of Hollywood movies with his use of new lighting techniques and also documents his mentors and early influences while building his career in New York City, his visual approach to storytelling, his key collaborators, and his methodology to understanding ever-changing imaging technology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eIn 2017, Roizman was presented with an honorary Oscar for his contributions to the art of cinematography and the motion-picture community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eOWEN ROIZMAN: LIFE BEHIND THE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eCAMERA\u003c\/i\u003e offers insight based on his vast experience, using specific examples to illustrate his creative process. He also discusses his working relationships with directors including William Friedkin (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe French Connection, The Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e), Sidney Lumet (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eNetwork\u003c\/i\u003e), Sydney Pollack (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThree Days of the Condor, Tootsie, Havana\u003c\/i\u003e), John Huston (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eIndependence\u003c\/i\u003e), Lawrence Kasdan (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eI Love You to Death, Grand Canyon, Wyatt Earp\u003c\/i\u003e), Elaine May (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Heartbreak Kid\u003c\/i\u003e), Harold Becker (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Black Marble,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eTaps\u003c\/i\u003e) and Ulu Grosbard (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eStraight Time, True Confessions\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eOWEN ROIZMAN: LIFE BEHIND THE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eCAMERA\u003c\/i\u003e presents numerous never-before-published production photos from many of the cinematographer’s films, as well as exhaustive research that brings together a complete, candid portrait of his creative genius.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: roboto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e___________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eSAYS OWEN ROIZMAN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e“Cinematography is about problem solving, pure and simple. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eIf you are presented with a problem, you have to solve it. And every shot is a problem.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e“I became known as the ‘location guy,’ this ‘gritty New York street photographer.’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eI thought that was funny but so be it — I wasn’t going to tell them the truth.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e“I’ve always thought of myself as a mood maker. I try to feel the mood of a scene, of the set, of the film, and then try to translate that mood into the cinematography.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003eAuthor David E. Williams is a former editor and publisher at \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eAmerican Cinematographer\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and executive features editor of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e. For this in-depth survey of Owen Roizman’s career, he conducted numerous on-on-one interviews with the subject and was given unprecedented access to his personal photo archives. Accompanied by hundreds of film images illustrating Roizman’s innovative camerawork, the result is a detailed, insightful portrait of one of the century’s most influential visual artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: roboto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e___________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003ePublished by Life Behind the Camera Media, LLC\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eISBN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e979-8-90119-921-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #ee0000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e328 pages 12\" x 9\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e$99.95\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Life Behind the Camera media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48793246761201,"sku":"ROIZMAN","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0321\/4091\/8921\/files\/OwenRoizman.png?v=1789755232","url":"https:\/\/store.ascmag.com\/products\/conversations-with-darius-khondji-copy","provider":"ASC\/AC Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}