Temples of India (1938)
1938 · Short film · 10 min · dir. Hans Nieter
- Documentary
Synopsis
Someone had the bright idea of sending Technicolor cameraman Jack Cardiff to India to film a series of travelogues. He came back with a series of images that have defined color cinematography to this day. More than eighty years later THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL still uses that brilliant white light and splashes of strong-chroma color, an effect like paintings on a whitewashed wall -- and completely different from the light he used for his British films. Cardiff was always the most painterly…
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Details
- Director
- Hans Nieter
- Cinematography
- Jack Cardiff
- Studio
- World Window
- Released
- 1938-02-05
- Running time
- 10 minutes
Cast & crew
- Hans Nieter Director
Frank Gallop
