Man who ran the cameras
The American Cinematheque presents “Do Look Now: The Cinematography of Tony Richmond,” a fourfilm retrospective at the Aero this weekend. Richmond, best known for his 1970s work with director Nicolas Roeg, continues to work in TV and film, including the upcoming “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.”
Working his way up through the British film industry in the 1960s as a messenger, clapper and focus puller, Richmond eventually shot commercials for John Schlesinger, Tony Scott and others before establishing himself as a director of photography in features.
He won a BAFTA for Roeg’s 1973 film “Don’t Look Now,” starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland.
The series starts Friday with Roeg’s 1976 David Bowie-starring “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”
Following the screening, Richmond will discuss his work with filmmaker Bernard Rose. The 1992 horror classic “Candyman,” directed by Rose and shot by Richmond, screens Saturday with “Don’t Look Now.” Roeg’s “Walkabout” closes the series on Sunday.
American Cinematheque, Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica. 7:30 p.m., Friday-Sunday. (310) 260-1528, www.americancin emathequecalendar.com ‘An Affair to Remember’
“An Affair to Remember,” one of the most romantic films of all time — it ranked fifth on AFI’s 2012 list of cinema’s greatest love stories — returns to theaters as the February entry in the TCM Big Screen Classics series.
Starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as a starcrossed couple, the film was a remake of director Leo McCarey’s 1939 “Love Affair,” with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.
Grant and Kerr meet on a transatlantic cruise, fall in love and vow to meet at the top of the Empire State Building in six months, once they’ve ended their current relationships and begun new lives.
However, fate intervenes, tears ensue and love is deferred.
The movie was remade again as “Love Affair” in 1994 with Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.
But it lives on most memorably as the inspiration for Nora Ephron’s 1993 “Sleepless in Seattle,” in which Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks romantically play out the Empire State Building rendezvous.
TCM Big Screen Classics, AMC, Cinemark, Edwards, Regal and other theaters. 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday and Feb. 15. www. fathomevents.com