Author : Christopher Challis
Publisher : Janus Publishing Company Lim
ISBN 13 : 9781857561937
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (619 download)
Book Synopsis Are They Really So Awful? by : Christopher Challis
Download or read book Are They Really So Awful? written by Christopher Challis and published by Janus Publishing Company Lim. This book was released on 1995 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Challis, a distinguished Director of Photography, worked in the British Film Industry for almost fifty years and now looks back on a career that involved him with such giants as Alexander Korda, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger and Stanley Donen. Among the many films he photographed are: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, the Tales of Hoffman and - perhaps the most famous of them all - Genevieve. His compulsively readable memoirs reveal his joy in the madness of it all and tell of the vanity of Cary Grant; the warmth of Audrey Hepburn; the wit of Robert Morley; the professionalism of Sophia Loren; and the long lunches of Richard Burton. Are they Really So Awful? was a question directed at Christopher Challis when he was a young man, and referred to everyone involved in the making of films. In retirement his answer to the question is 'Yes' - but his delightful memoir shows that he loved every moment of it.