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Subject: [Leica] BLOW-UP, the movie.
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sat Sep 25 19:24:41 2004

Thanks, Marc - I mostly remember two things - the models rolling around
in the studio, and David Hemmings tossing his Nikon F into the glove
compartment of his Rolls... ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Marc James Small
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:05 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] BLOW-UP, the movie.


At 11:37 AM 7/28/04 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
>You guys are nuts - :-)
>
>I haven't seen Blow-up in a few years, but it seems to me the same damn

>movie, with all but the darkroom elements, could be made today - and 
>the 'blow-up' would be done on screen, but the screen could easily be 
>in a darkened room. Times change; shit happens. But the basics remain 
>pretty much the same:
>
>It's still about the shooting; and shooting is about getting access; 
>relating to subjects; seeing; capturing what you see. And that hasn't 
>changed.

BD has the right spin on this and it certainly could be shot today with
a digital focus.  

While BLOW-UP is a fascinating movie, there is nothing really magic
about
it:  the technology is fascinating but the tale itself is far too
convoluted for the most of us.  

Marc

msmall@infionline.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
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