A Road in India (1938) Video

A tribute to the great British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who sadly died on 22 April 2009 aged 94. For more information about Jack's life and work see www.screenonline.org.uk The sights of India as seen from the perspective of a dusty road. This portrait of 'the enigmatic and disturbing East' is big on exoticism and cliché, but Jack Cardiff's Technicolor cinematography makes for typically compelling viewing. Cardiff later won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the India-set - though filmed in the UK - 'Black Narcissus' (1947).You can watch over 1200 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank, London and at the new QUAD centre for art and film in Derby - www.bfi.org.uk www.derbyquad.co.uk