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Tuolumne
03-24-2009, 08:05
I just saw this latest Woody Allen movie at home last night. It was very interesting that the main subplot of this movie is how Vicki becomes interested in photography as an art and, at the instigation of another artist, Maria Elena, moves from using an arms-length Nikon digital "tourist camera" to using a film Leica (looks like an M6 to me.) There are a number of hot menage a trois scenes in the darkroom (under red light, because Vicki starts shooting only B&W (natch)), where Vicki, Maria Elena, and the painter star go at it. I haven't heard anyone here at RFF mention this as a reason to stick with film, but it seems like one of the best I've seen to date! :angel::D:angel:
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aperture64
03-24-2009, 08:08
I think Scarlett Johansson is a Leica M6/M8 user.
photogdave
03-24-2009, 08:12
I just watched this the other week. I thought it was pretty funny how the images she shot on her digicam ended up as large B&W prints hanging to dry in her darkroom!
Unfortunately it also seems to perpetuate the myth that if you have "the eye" you can just pick up a camera and be a successful photographer instantly.
nightfly
03-24-2009, 08:38
Thank god for Penelope Cruz she really saved the movie along with her Leica. I didn't really care what happened to Scarlett Johansen but Penelope Cruz really injected some energy into the film. Also one of the songs on the soundtrack, the sort of main theme, is by this great Brooklyn based gypsy jazz guitarist Stephen Wremble which was cool. He plays all the time here.
monkeypainter
03-24-2009, 08:42
I remember some 'dark room encounters' with my girlfriend during the high school years...
You must admit that developing prints is only the second best thing you can do in a dark room...
...or the third...
:D:D:D
Yeah, I nudged the wife when she pulled out her M6.
Otherwise, a very droll film with Bardem and Cruz being great but not being able make it more than a dirge.
the myth that if you have "the eye" you can just pick up a camera and be a successful photographer instantly.
This is a myth?
aperture64
03-24-2009, 10:22
This is a myth?
I agree. Some have talent from the get go and others have to work at it. No myth.
Tuolumne
03-24-2009, 10:23
I agree. Some have talent from the get go and others have to work at it. No myth.
Wasn't Pablito being tongue in cheek? :p
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photogdave
03-24-2009, 10:39
I agree. Some have talent from the get go and others have to work at it. No myth.
Having talent doesn't make you an instant artist.
aperture64
03-24-2009, 10:52
Having talent doesn't make you an instant artist.
No, but it helps. I think people who have an eye or ear for any art have to put less work into, compared to someone who doesn't. Some people have natural talent.
photogdave
03-24-2009, 11:14
No, but it helps. I think people who have an eye or ear for any art have to put less work into, compared to someone who doesn't. Some people have natural talent.
Oh I agree completely, but don't you hate when a movie implies that when you discover you have a talent all these doors just magically open for you?
Not that all movies are supposed to be realistic, but it bothers me a little all the same!
I just saw this latest Woody Allen movie at home last night. It was very interesting that the main subplot of this movie is how Vicki becomes interested in photography as an art and, at the instigation of another artist, Maria Elena, moves from using an arms-length Nikon digital "tourist camera" to using a film Leica (looks like an M6 to me.) There are a number of hot menage a trois scenes in the darkroom (under red light, because Vicki starts shooting only B&W (natch)), where Vicki, Maria Elena, and the painter star go at it. I haven't heard anyone here at RFF mention this as a reason to stick with film, but it seems like one of the best I've seen to date! :angel::D:angel:
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actually that dichotomy, digital x film x art, is one of the few dumb things in that movie.
aperture64
03-24-2009, 11:52
Oh I agree completely, but don't you hate when a movie implies that when you discover you have a talent all these doors just magically open for you?
Not that all movies are supposed to be realistic, but it bothers me a little all the same!
Yes, a few snaps of the shutter and they have great shots. Watch High Art. Same deal. She has an M2, never meters, but the images are perfectly exposed.
Wasn't Pablito being tongue in cheek? :p
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Yeah, more or less :D
Yes, a few snaps of the shutter and they have great shots. Watch High Art. Same deal. She has an M2, never meters, but the images are perfectly exposed.
it's .... fiction!
aperture64
03-24-2009, 12:26
it's .... fiction!
Thanks, Captain Obvious.
Tuolumne
03-24-2009, 17:56
actually that dichotomy, digital x film x art, is one of the few dumb things in that movie.
Just a few?
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dazedgonebye
03-25-2009, 07:58
So, rented it from Amazon. It's sitting on the TIVO right now, waiting for a spare 90 minutes to present itself.
My wife noticed it and wondered what it was about. Seems I have barely watched a movie in 10 years that wasn't made for kids.
Tuolumne
03-25-2009, 08:35
So, rented it from Amazon. It's sitting on the TIVO right now, waiting for a spare 90 minutes to present itself.
My wife noticed it and wondered what it was about. Seems I have barely watched a movie in 10 years that wasn't made for kids.
It's deffinitely NOT for kids!
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