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In this chatty, lengthy interview, de Toth discusses his films, issues of casting, working with actors and producers and his career in America. André de Toth, Luke Short, Ramrod : style, source, genre
Feb 11, 2022 · De Toth’s artistry is reverse to the Proust line (“a polite man who doesn’t leave price tags on the gifts he gives”) Jacques Rancière uses to elucidate Mann’s Westerns. 3 De Toth leaves the price tag on everything his camera inscribes. “Champagne bandits” who arrange lavish picnics for their victims, steam-powered drills worth more than gold, Scott’s three-piece suit; these are given none of the grace or cadence of Mann’s camera.
André de Toth (May 15, circa 1912 – October 27, 2002) was a Hungarian-American filmmaker, born and raised in Makó, Csongrád, Kingdom of Hungary Austro-Hungarian Empire. He directed the 3-D film House of Wax, despite being unable to see in 3-D himself, having lost an eye at an early age.
Although he obtained a law degree from the Royal Hungarian University, Andre De Toth decided to become an actor, and spent several years on the stage. He then entered the Hungarian film industry, obtaining work as a writer, editor, second unit director and actor before finally becoming a director.
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Nov 1, 2002 · Andre De Toth, a Hungarian-born movie and television director whose loss of an eye as a youth robbed him of depth perception yet didn't prevent him from making the most highly regarded of all 3-D ...
De Toth’s artistry is reverse to the Proust line (“a polite man who doesn’t leave price tags on the gifts he gives”) Jacques Rancière uses to elucidate Mann’s Westerns. 3 De Toth leaves the price tag on everything his camera inscribes. “Champagne bandits” who arrange lavish picnics for their victims, steam-powered drills worth more than gold, Scott’s three-piece suit; these are given none of the grace or cadence of Mann’s camera.
