[DOC] Conversations with Jack Cardiff: Art; light and direction in cinema by Justin Bowyer; Mike Figgis in Arts-Photography

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The Woods; described by the Chicago Daily News as a “beautifully conceived love story;rdquo; is a modern dramatic parable in which a young man and woman who spend a night in his familyrsquo;s cabin experience passion; then disillusionment; but are in the end reconciled by mutual need.In Lakeboat; eight crew members aboard a merchant ship exchange their wild fantasies about sex; gambling; and violence.In Edmond; a man set morally adrift leaves an unfulfilling marriage to find sex; adventure; companionship; and; ultimately; the meaning of his existence.Of The Woods; Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote that Mametrsquo;s “language has never been so precise; pure; and affecting.rdquo;Michael Feingold in The Village Voice praised Lakeboat for its “richly overheard talk and its loopy; funny construction.rdquo;Jack Kroll of Newsweek called Edmond “a riveting theatrical experience that illuminates the heart of darkness.rdquo;