Collection(s) : Photographie
Paru le 24/03/2011 | Broché sous jaquette 192 pages
Tout public
Eve Arnold, Cornell Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson et al.
Story of a shoot
This book tells the story of the making of the legendary film The Misfits (1961), directed by John Huston and starring Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.
As part of the promotional strategy for the film, the world-famous magnum photographic agency was given exclusive access to the production. Nine of its best-known photographers covered events both on and off the set.
Two hundred of their pictures are reproduced in The Misfits, providing both a fascinating documentary of the making of a movie and an intimate portrait of three of the most famous film stars of all time.
The photographs are accompanied by Serge Toubiana's essay recounting the tragic and triumphant story of the film, as well as a revealing interview with Arthur Miller, who, as writer of the screenplay and husband of Marilyn Monroe, was present throughout the shoot.
Arthur Miller was one of America's leading dramatists. His plays include Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View From the Bridge (1955). He is also the author of a novel, Focus (1945), and several non-fiction works. Miller adapted the screenplay for The Misfits from his own short story.
Serge Toubiana is director general of La Cinémathèque Français. He is also the co-author of several books about the cinema, including the biography Truffaut (1999).
