Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Post wrote: > > Alas- > I saw "Blowup"- of course I had been into photography for about five years ><snip>> like they use on the "X-Files"? Call anywhere, anytime even 300 feet ><snip>. He used a Leica M2 and with a tripod, and using TechPan- photographed > the town from a high spot. He had the 20x30 inch enlargement in his store- > almost totally grain free, and the lens actually resolved the telephone ><snip> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Chefurka <chefurka@sympatico.ca> ><snip> > > I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only adolescent whose view of > > photography was terminally warped by "Blowup" . Even as a pro I had > > occasional daydreams that involved purple backdrop paper. My venture > > into the lifestyle resulted in more bill collectors than Rolls > > Corniches, however :-/ > > > > Paul Chefurka The people behind the film Blowup (1966) Writing credits Julio Cortázar (story) and Michelangelo Antonioni were not interested in any input from any technical consultant. The mystical metaphorical process which is the core of the film is the blowing up of a small part of a negative, taking a photograph of a small part of that print, blowing that up, taking a photograph of a small part of that print, blowing that up. No one with the slightest knowledge or intuition of what an image is and how it's put there would ever go thought a process like that. As his floors were painted black anyway he would have dragged his enlarger out of his darkroom and projected the original negative to the wall on the other side of his studio onto a piece of photo paper. One step. Multiple generations are to be avoided at all costs. Solved the mystery. And we would have gone home having not finished our popcorn or seeing various soon to be celebrities take their clothes off. Vanessa Redgrave Jane Sarah Miles Patricia David Hemmings Thomas Jane Birkin The Blonde Gillian Hills The Brunette Veruschka von Lehndorff Herself Mark Rabiner (himself)