June 4th, 2008
On the Move
Lobby card for Abel Gance’s Napoleon (1927)
“I found myself becoming bored with the stationary camera, and I wanted to be completely free. The cameramen never refused to do what I asked of them, but they were not particularly pleased at the idea of having to hold the camera. At that time there were no lightweight cameras, and hand-holding was very tiring. Eventually, we invented a sort of cuirasse which, strapped to the chest, supported the camera.”
– Abel Gance, interviewed by Kevin Brownlow for his book The Parade’s Gone By (1968)
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Julio says:
is a good blog…do not leave it.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:42 pm