Robert Krasker, BSC in ‘Punch’, 21 September 1966, on pages 448 and 449, ‘Cinema’, Richard Mallett’s review of ‘The Trap’

Punch, 21 September 1966, on page 448, Cinema, Richard Mallett’s review of The Trap, cinematography by Robert Krasker, BSC. Image courtesy of National Library of Australia, Gale Document Number GALE|ES700328528.

Punch, 21 September 1966, on page 449, Cinema, Richard Mallett’s review of The Trap, cinematography by Robert Krasker, BSC. Image courtesy of National Library of Australia, Gale Document Number GALE|ES700328528.

The Trap was the last feature film ever photographed by Australian cinematographer Robert Krasker, BSC and he announced the closure of his business, Robert Krasker (Photographic) Limited, in The Gazette of 7 March 1968.

This period (mid-nineteenth-century) story of British Columbia has been given the full production treatment, and some of its exterior scenes are quite magnificent (Panavision colour photography, Robert Krasker) … certainly the exterior scenes, with the animals (including a well-handled noisy scene of fighting wolves) are the best of this …

Some Canadian film historians credit The Trap as playing a major role in helping kick off the Canadian film and television industry as we know it, as “Hollywood North”, by showing that the “full production treatment” could be applied to stories set in British Columbia frontier towns with the assistance of fly-in cast and crew.

Links

• The Robert Krasker Project Filmography – The Trap