Word: lightness
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...early, successful and final conclusion. Only this will ensure security and stability for each and every country in the Middle East, including Israel. No progress was achieved with regard to the road map. The two-state vision declared by President Bush did not move an inch. There is no light at the end of the tunnel...
...McCarthy notes, Alton liked to throw whatever light he needed on a back wall, leaving the actors as foreground shadows. Sometimes the only thing visible in a closeup is the white of a man's eyes, or the moisture in a woman's. The enveloping shadows reduce the visual information, isolate elements to which the audience's attention can be directed. In Raw Deal, Alton's closeups of Claire Trevor and Marsha Hunt manage to catch a cross of light in the left eye of each actress, and another glistening cross in their earrings. Later, to show that time...
...Actors in closeup shout their speeches out of the darkness, their faces caged by the tight frame. Or they'll be grouped, at sardine density, to form a cacophonous crowd. The only actors granted a little light, and thus a bit of traditional movie glamour, are Cummings and the heroine, Arlene Dahl, whose gown Alton lends a silky luster. The angles are, of course, lower than low, giving the viewers the impression they are the masses staring up at these puffed-up figures of power, these gargantuan gargoyles...
...than-pristine prints that exist today, The Black Book is an shining, or rather murky, example of monochromatic camera artistry. It makes a sympathetic viewer rue Hollywood's decision, in the mid-'60s, to make all movies in color. Something was lost: the cinematographer's ability to paint with light in black-and-white...
...Clementine,” which carries Burt Bacharach’s spirit if not his name, counters the “packing up of summer clothes” and musings on “if the sun doesn’t shine” with a series of light major-key arpeggios...