Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, saw that movie. Also noticed that Pitt was carrying a quite impressive collection of cameras around and - of course - the slr-sound of his Leicas. I think that mortals just expect to sound cameras like this. To me, more interesting was the way, Pitt's character took pictures - since at the same same time I saw the documentary about James Nachtwey (the "WAR PHOTOGRAPHER"). Pitt's character ran from one shelter to the next, while he - then and when - - raised his camera and pushed the shutter button - obviously without properly watching the scene beforehand. Nachtwey on the other hand impressed me with his calm and analytic behavior in almost every situation. Through the little video-cameras mounted on Nachtweys camera one could get a glimpse of the way he's working, how he analyses every situation in a way that reminded me of a surgeon. Comparing Pitt's character in a spy movie to a 'real' photographer may be improper. However, its an interesting contrast - the stereotype of a photographer, who uses a camera rather like a shotgun and shows some 'action' vs. the real one that stays calm and concentrated while there is quite some 'action' around. Regards Jan >From: Michael Gerard <geeman1066@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Leicas in Spy Game >Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:02:56 -0500 > >Just saw "Spy Game" last night and drove my wife crazy by using >slow motion repeatedly to try to figure out what kind of Leica RF >is used by Brad Pitt's character in the movie. It looked to me >like an M4, but it also appeared that he used a black paint M6 >in another scene. Anybody else seen the movie? I also noted >that the sound of the camera in the movie must be recorded >over--it is distinctly un-Leica RF in nature, way too noisy. >Gotta be an SLR. My wife thinks I'm a lunatic. I think she may >have a point. >My apologies for those PAWers whose shots I have missed over the >past few weeks. We've been travelling--hopefully for the last >time in a long time, and I've gotten far behind. Rather than >trying to catch up, I'm just going to start fresh. That way, >I'll get pleasantly surprised with great shots on some of your >web pages that I haven't seen before. I'll also be catching up >on my PAWs, as I'm a few weeks behind. Putting together a family >reunion photo album for my dad for father's day was pretty >all-consuming. >Regards, >Michael Gerard >geeman1066@earthlink.net > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html Jan C.Schuller Tieche Str. 51 CH - 8037 Zurich _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html