The work of Marcel Camus is characterized by a lyricism which, although central to his fine films of the 1950s and 60s ?Mort en fraude (1957)(aka: FUGITIVE IN SAIGON), Orfeu Negro (1959)(aka:BLACK ORPHEUS) and Vivre la nuit (1967) ?later deteriorated into superficial sentimentality. Camus was a professor of painting and sculpture before breaking into film as an assistant to Alexandre Astruc, 'Georges Rouquier' and Jacques Becker, among others. During this period he made his first film, a sho ...[Read Story]