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In words worth a thousand pictures, Light Years makes a palpable reality of an elusive and vivid way of seeing the world - and of a way of life equally intense and unpredictable. Unlike any other writer on the craft of film, Tom McDonough illuminates not only the mysterious alchemy that transmutes light into feelings, but also the passions of the movie industry's dreamers and the deft, sometimes daft, technicians who make the dreams come true. \Uniquely expert as both a cameraman and a writer, McDonough tells us how the masters leave their indelible mark on movies - Gordon Willis on Woody…
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11 editions- Paperback · English · 1994Grove Press · 96 pages · 9780802151001
- Hardcover · English · 1974Grove Press · 92 pages · 9780394492742
- Other · English · 2023Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802160812
- Other · English · 2013Faber & Faber, Limited · 9780571300860
- Other · English · 2011Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated · 9780802195388
- Other · English · 1996Faber and Faber · 87 pages · 9780571179831
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