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	Guardian \| Erwin Hillier
		Erwin Hillier, who has died aged 93, directed the celebrated fl and white photography of two major films in the canon of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
		Hillier, who was involved in the pre-production, was about to leave for the South Seas with the crew when his father forbade him to go, because he had heard rumours of Murnau's promiscuous homosexuality.
		Hillier returned to his forte with The October Man (1947), one of the best British attempts at film noir, shot atmospherically in monochrome, reflecting the angst of John Mills as an amnesiac trying to prove that he is not a murderer.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5121631-103684,00.html (824 words)

	Erwin Hillier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film is a mixture of British realism and the German expressionist use of extreme light and shade which Hillier has been trained in, and is notable for its depiction of the English landscape.
		It is notable for Hillier's technical accomplishments, including mixing studio shots with exteriors, concealing the fact that Roger Livesey, the film's male lead, was working in London whilst the film was being shot in Scotland.
		They asked Hillier to share cinematographic duties with the experienced Technicolor cameraman Jack Cardiff on A Matter of Life and Death — unwilling to be sidelined, he declined, bringing his intensely creative partnership with Powell and Pressburger to an end.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erwin_Hillier (507 words)

	American Cinematographer: DVD Playback:
		The most interesting aspect of Hillier’s photography is his active avoidance of the expected; as film historian Ian Christie points out on the DVD commentary track, the movie finds the extraordinary in the ordinary, and vice versa.
		Right from the beginning, when Hillier lights a conventional expository scene as though it were a sequence from an ominous film noir, A Canterbury Tale exhibits a tendency toward the most unlikely and unpredictable forms of visual expression.
		The movie’s unspoken theme is that of enlightenment and revelation, and Hillier makes this concept concrete by using wartime flouts to create scenes in which characters move between literal extremes of light and darkness.
	www.ascmag.com /magazine_dynamic/November2006/DVDPlayback/page3.php (638 words)

	Erwin Hillier - Obituary from The Independent
		When Hillier's father forbade his working with Murnau after discovering that the director was a promiscuous homosexual, Murnau introduced Hillier to Fritz Lang, who used him as an assistant cameraman on the classic tale of a child murderer, M (1931).
		Hillier then photographed one of the most exquisite of Powell-Pressburger movies, I Know Where I'm Going (1945), starring Wendy Hiller as the imperious young woman en route to marry an elderly millionaire in the Hebrides when she meets a darkly romantic naval officer (Roger Livesey).
		Erwin Hillier was the cameraman on it and it was very well photographed.
	www.powell-pressburger.org /Obits/Erwin/Independent.html (1188 words)

	Erwin Hillier Biography
		Trained at Germany's UFA studios, cinematographer Erwin Hillier's was assistant cameraman Fritz Lang’s classic M (1931).
		After the war, he became a regular collaborator of director Michael Anderson, where Hillier's work retained a strong noirish feel in films including Chase A Crooked Shadow (1957) and The Quiller Memorandum (1966), although their best-known work together is The Dam Busters (1955), with its spectacular aerial shots.
		Hillier retired in 1968 after his last two films were completed in the United States, Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) and The Valley of Gwangi (1969).
	www.britmovie.co.uk /biog/h/014.html (183 words)

	Erwin Hillier: His work with Powell & Pressburger
		Erwin Hillier was the most important cinematographer after Jack Cardiff, to be part of the Archers.
		Murnau generously introduced Hillier to Fritz Lang and he made his debut on Lang's first sound film M. Hillier soon moved to Britain where he worked as a camera assistant at Gaumont for a number of years, being employed by notable directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Victor Saville.
		Hillier 'was delighted to be photographing a production in which landcsape played such an important role'.
	www.powell-pressburger.org /Reviews/Erwin/Erwin01.html (1186 words)

	Our Daily Dead » Blog Archive » Erwin Hillier, photographer of ‘The Dam Busters’, dead at 93
		Erwin Hillier, photographer of ‘The Dam Busters’, dead at 93
		Erwin Hillier, cinematographer: born Berlin 2 September 1911; married Helen Yates-Southgate (one daughter); died London 10 January 2005.
		The German-born cinematographer Erwin Hillier became one of Britain’s finest cameramen, described by the film-maker Michael Powell as “almost insanely enthusiastic”.
	www.ourdailydead.com /erwin-hillier.htm (251 words)

	DVD Review: I Know Where I'm Going! (Criterion)
		Director/Writers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (whose "Black Narcissus" was also added to the Criterion Collection on a special edition DVD a couple of weeks before this release) offer a simple plot, but build greatly around it, with characters that are fully written, sympathetic and consistently watchable.
		The performances from the two leads are showcased by Erwin Hillier's elegant, beautiful fl and white cinematography, nicely presented here as Hillier himself supervised the transfer to DVD.
		The back cover also adds a note that this transfer is supervised by cinematographer Erwin Hillier.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews2/knowwhereimgoingdvd.html (1193 words)

	New York State Writers Institute - I Know Where I'm Going Film Notes
		Powell seized on this unlikely premise with enthusiasm, and The Archers production team, which included cinematographer Erwin Hillier, music director Allan Gray, and art director Alfred Junge crafted this sly, beautiful film in only a few months.
		The story of "Joan Webster's" (Wendy Hiller) bridal journey to the remote Scottish island of Kiloran, where she meets the down-at-the heels Laird of the place, "Torquil MacNeil" (Roger Livesey), who offers her a bewitching diversion from her impending marriage.
		Erwin Hillier's cinematography makes Scotland exotic and alluring, and its myths, of castles of the dead that cannot be entered by the living, and of the ship-killing whirlpool of Corryvreckan, become almost as real for the initially skeptical Joan as they are for the islanders.
	www.albany.edu /writers-inst/fns03n4.html (821 words)

	Entertainment Insiders
		Hillier was one of the most influential cinematographers in the history of British film.
		Erwin Hillier’s first job was an assistant camera operator of Fritz Lang’s macabre 1931 masterpiece "M." The chilling story of a child murderer played by Peter Lorre is as powerful today as when first released.
		Hillier’s early Black and White photography is among the best in motion picture history.
	www.einsiders.com /features/columns/jan05obituaries.php (8944 words)

	souls for sale
		Most critics didn't appreciate it at the time of its release because they felt that such distinguished actors as Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Flora Robson, and Emlyn Williams were too good to be wasted in this type of genre film.
		Seen today, the excellent casting is one of the film's strongest assets along with Erwin Hillier's arty cinematography.
		The unusual plot, which could be considered a precursor to The Wicker Man, another occult thriller that achieved cult status in the seventies, stars David Niven as a wealthy vineyard owner who begins acting strangely after his grape crop fails for the third year in a row.
	alt.tcm.turner.com /MONTH_SPOTS/00/09/souls.htm (1471 words)

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		Of mixed German and English family, Erwin studied briefly at an art in...
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	A Canterbury Tale \| Movie (1944)
		Sincerity and simplicity shine through every foot of this oversized modern version of the Chaucer epic tale.
		Without belittling the highly imaginative genius inspiring the two directors, Michael Powell and Emeric pressburger, first honours go to Erwin Hillier, whose camerawork is superb.
		Nothing more effective by way of a time transition shot has been conceived than the way he carries his audience through nine centuries in a few seconds.
	www.leninimports.com /a_canterbury_tale.html (218 words)

	See and Skip I
		En route, she is waylaid by weather caused by her wishing too hard, and discovers that perhaps all her planning is not the best approach to her life.
		Shot in Scotland, the film uses its backdrop of Gaelic legend and undulating scenery to great effect, even more impressively captured on film in light (no pun intended) of the knowledge that the cinematographer (Erwin Hillier) never used a light meter.
		An assured, mature work, this intensely controlled study is as affecting for what doesn't appear on the screen as for what does.
	www.226-design.com /seeskip/i.html (1320 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Erwin Hillier : Biography
		VH1.com : Movies : Person : Erwin Hillier : Biography
		of photography" credit was on 1942's The Lady from Lisbon; three years later, Hillier was embraced by the critics for his moody, storm-swept camerawork for I Know Where I'm Going (1945).
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	The Criterion Collection: I Know Where I'm Going!
		Stranded by stormy weather, she meets a handsome naval officer (Roger Livesey) who threatens to thwart her carefully laid-out life plans.
		The sound was mastered from the original optical tracks.
		The transfer was supervised and approved by director of photography Erwin Hillier.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=94 (221 words)

	“Real” vs. “Reel” Magic: An Appreciation of I Know Where I'm Going!
		Source: NFVLS Prod Co: The Archers Prod, Dir, Scr: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Phot: Erwin Hillier Ed: John Seabourne Art Dir: Alfred Junge Mus: Allan Gray
		And in one mystical scene, lit subtly but magically by cinematographer Erwin Hillier, when they are yet to acknowledge their attraction, they gaze out at the evening, talking.
		Torquil asks Joan for a light and as she passes her cigarette to him, their hands touch and the cigarette smoke blends into the evening mist, the mist that is preventing them from reaching Kiloran.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/cteq/05/36/i_know_where.html (1298 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| I Know Where I'm Going
		Before shooting on the film had formally begun, Powell spent a great deal of time shooting around the islands, including perilous shots of Corryvreckan, the lethal whirlpool.
		The story is literally grounded in the mystery of these islands, captured by Powell and his cinematographer, Erwin Hillier, in one exquisite fl-and-white frame after another.
		I Know Where I’m Going opens with a montage of Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller), who from toddlerdom to young womanhood has no doubt about where she’s going.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /40/dvdiknow.htm (1539 words)

	THE RED SHOES
		Starring Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney, Pamela Brown, Walter Hudd, Petula Clark / Music by Allan Gray / Cinematography by Erwin Hillier
		A cult film for the mystical romantic in everyone, I Know Where I'm Going has often been overlooked as one of the early masterpieces from the film making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, coming hot
		Until then, audiences will just have to be content with this fine DVD package, which is very welcome company indeed.
	www.mondo-digital.com /redshoes.html (1905 words)

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