Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Product placement Leica in the movie "The Weight of Water"
From: Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 13:54:04 -0800
References: <LNBBLBNFHNEHGFKFMALGMEGFPDAA.tim@KairosPhoto.com>

Me, I don't care who is using Leica gear in a movie.  I'm happy that Leica
is getting exposure.
Andy
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Product placement Leica in the movie "The Weight of
Water"


> I know, I've been saddened to see Meg Ryan using an M6 in some previous
> movie of hers - the association of the Queen of Hollywood fluff movies
with
> such a venerable camera as the Leica is truly disturbing.
>
> Tim A
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Howard
> > Cummer
> > Sent: January 22, 2002 6:22 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: [Leica] Product placement Leica in the movie "The Weight of
> > Water"
> >
> >
> > Hi Luggers,
> > My wife and I went to see "The Weight of Water" last weekend
> > about a photo
> > journalist (Catherine McCormick) assigned to cover the story of
> > the murder
> > of two women in 1873. Catherine uses a beat up Leica M6 classic
> > with a 35mm
> > Summicron to take a lot of pictures of her husband (Sean Penn) flirting
> > with his brother's girl friend (Elizabeth Hurley). Can't really
recommend
> > the movie but was pleased to see so much of the Leica (and Ms. Hurley).
> > What was Hugh Grant thinking of?
> > Howard
> >
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