A true legend in his own time, Director of Photography Jack Cardiff has passed away at 95. He directed several pictures (SONS AND LOVERS, YOUNG CASSIDY, DARK OF THE SUN) but will be best remembered as a DP of such classics as THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, BLACK NARCISSUS, THE RED SHOES, UNDER CAPRICORN, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA, and WAR AND PEACE.In collaboration with directors Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, King Vidor and, perhaps most importantly, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Archers), Cardiff made color into a genuinely and dynamically expressive element in filmmaking. The flames shooting from the burning engine of David Niven's plane, Ava Gardner in a yellow dress against a midnight-blue sky, the red shoes themselves - they vibrate with color, and once seen, they're never forgotten.
