Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]and of course, in _the omen_ (1976) the original spooky photo was taken with a leica (chrome M4 as i recall.) david warner played the photographer. -rei On Mar16 18:07, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > a few years back i became a fan of a quiet thai movie called "shutter" > about a photographer who, in a very "omen" way, begins to capture photos > of ghosts (that look a lot like light leaks) on film. it's relatively low > budget and doesn't really bring anything new to the horror table, but it's > a nice movie and has some legitimate thrills in it. i ordered the VCD from > a hong-kong distributer after reading about it in some back issue of Asian > Cult Cinema -- WELL, long story short, philfo just handed me a pair of > tickets to ... tada -- AN AMERICAN REMAKE because we know it's impossible > for americans to watch a movie with little words along the bottom -- the > remake features what looks to be an M8 in nearly all of the promotional > photos: > > http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2536216832/tt0482599 > > as someone who bought a leica in large part because of seeing one in a > movie (High Art was the one that tipped the scales for me) all i can say > to solms is: rock on! it's about time you got with the product placement. > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey