Title: <i>World of Plenty</i>: The Cinematography of Wolfgang Suschitzky
Abstract:This article provides a critical analysis of the work of the Austrian-born cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky. Suschitzky moved from Vienna to London in 1935, and, despite having no training or exper...This article provides a critical analysis of the work of the Austrian-born cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky. Suschitzky moved from Vienna to London in 1935, and, despite having no training or experience in filmmaking, forged a remarkably productive and creatively imaginative career in the British film industry. Following his early work alongside Paul Rotha in the thriving British Documentary Movement of the 1930s and '40s, Suschitzky went on to shoot a diverse range of feature films, including Ulysses (1967) and Get Carter (1971), as well as numerous shorts, documentaries, television programmes and commercials. While Suschitzky has often been described as a social realist, his cinematographic portfolio demonstrates his highly refined approach to film style, with expressive lighting techniques and formally innovative compositional devices frequently evident. Accordingly, the primary objectives of the article are: to provide a detailed analysis and contextualization of a wide range of Suschitzky's work, with particular focus on the nature and implications of his approach to film style; to examine the wider significance of émigré artists to British cinema, explicitly in relation to the Documentary Movement; and also to address a number of institutional issues pertaining to the history of inter-cultural exchange in the film industry.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-05-30
Language: en
Type: article
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