Joseph Losey was orchestrating a deeply personal project that brought artists and professionals together who lived through what they were showing.
Joseph Losey was orchestrating a deeply personal project that brought artists and professionals together who lived through what they were showing.
Joseph Losey transformed from promising American filmaker to one of Europes most celebrated auteurs.
When Joseph Losey set out to make M Klein in 1976, he turned to one of Europe’s most celebrated art directors, Alexandre Trauner, to help bring wartime Paris to life. Their collaboration on this film was not just a meeting of two accomplished professionals, but a convergence of personal histories and artistic philosophies that shaped the film’s haunting atmosphere and visual authenticity.
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Reginald Beck (1902-1992) edited eighteen films of Losey’s, beginning in 1958 and stretching to Losey’s last, in 1985.
▲ Though a creature of the studio system, Fisher still chafed at waiting for his union crew to catch up. Losey liked that about him. Here he is quietly eyeing a studio setup while two electricians stand behind him. The man squatting on the right is Victor Rodrigue, the stills photographer for the film.…
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