Publisher's Synopsis
Hiro Narita is a cinematographer with a chameleonic style. During fifty years of his career in American cinema, he has photographed documentaries, television films, commercials, and major Hollywood productions. Narita has been able to work on films that are very different from each other in content and visual style, collaborating with established directors.
From filming street riots for Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point, operating camera for Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz and capturing additional images for David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Narita began his cinematographic ventures in diverse milieu.
His belief that each story motivates its own visual expression was central to his cinematic endeavor. Never Cry Wolf directed by Carroll Ballard was the film that made his reputation as a top Hollywood cinematographer. In this book Narita tells of his extraordinary artistic and human life spent alongside his wife Barbara and great cultural personalities.
Lightness of Being, Always and The Time Machine. Gerry Guida is an Italian film critic and expert in cinematography. His publications for Artdigiland are: Luce su Alberto Sordi! Alberto Sordi nei ricordi dell'autore della fotografia Sergio D'Offizi (2020), Cafè Express. Viaggio in treno al termine della notte (2021), Pane e cioccolata. Brusati, Manfredi e l'odissea della migrazione (2021) and Il sorpasso. Viaggio nell'Italia del boom (2022). Numerous English interviews with directors, cinematographers, camera and Steadicam operators, visual effects supervisors, editors, photohraphers and performers are available on Artdigiland's blog.
