[Leica] Inspired by a film

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

I don't know the in's and out's of film any more. I stayed through the
credits and the print was by Technicolor but the last mention was of
Kodak Professional Film or words to that effect.

This does NOT look like a desaturated color print. The grain is
visible and used wonderfully. I think many in this group would find
the opening sequence, I'm thinking there were titles but i was lost in
the photography so if they were there I missed them <grin>. It's set
during an awards dinner, the sound of the room pushed deep into the
background while the jazz fills the sound-track. And the jazz
soundtrack is Just Fine too. All the great shots of PEOPLE and that's
who you see - the cinematographer really using the medium in ways
members of this group will both appreciate and applaud.

Well I do anyway. Maybe it'll inspire someone else to work in black
and white. Way to go George Clooney!

For me, a child of the 50s, this was incredibly evocative - everything
 just felt exactly right. And all that use of light and dark and
shades of grays - the imperfect skin - spirals of smoke rising into
black - the old studio equipment.

The actor doing Murrow has the voice absolutely nailed.

But go for a film that really understands black and white photography.
And be prepared to reach for the Tri-X, the real stuff with the grain.

On 11/4/05, feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> On Nov 4, 2005, at 8:23 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:
>
>
> > I'd love to know the film stock they used. Those great Panavision
> > lenses were used to great advantage and the cinematographer certainly
> > understands how to use black and white. Wow - talk about seeing the
> > PEOPLE.
>
>
> If it was shot on a true black and white stock, it probably was Kodak 5222,
> which is similar to Super-XX (or double XX?). 5222 has been around for 
> decades
> and is a real classic. It looks absolutely stunning, when projected.
>
> Some people use 'short ends' of this stock for bulkloading 135 format 
> cartridges.
> If I rememeber correctly you can develop it in D76, but I think Kodak 
> recommends
> D-19. 5222 is a little grainier than Tri-X, but has as enormous exposure 
> range and
> can easily be pushed. It looks a little like vintage 1950's/60 Tri-X. I 
> think Tom A.
> has some experience doing this.
>
> "The Man Who Wasn't There' was shot on color negative and then printed on 
> black and white
> title print stock. the film is gorgeous, but to my eyes, it still looks 
> like color stock turned b/w.
>
> I haven't seen the film, yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if 'Good Night 
> and Good Luck' was
> shot with period lenses from Cooke, Bausch&Lomb or Arri/Schneider. 
> Visually it's the difference
> between a Summicron DR and the current version.
>
> feli
>
>
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