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Subject: [Leica] Cinematic Leica sighting
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sat Aug 16 20:39:43 2008
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not an M8

http://www.cinemaisdope.com/news/films/vickycristinabarcelona/penelopecruz.jpg

On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter@bex.net> wrote:

> Went to Woody Allen's new one tonight, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", and was
> treated to the sight of two of my favorite things: Pen?lope Cruz and, in 
> her
> lovely hands, a chrome M. Didn't get a good look at it, even though I
> manfully tore my eyes away from its user for a few seconds, but it was
> red-dotted. It looked big enough for an M8, but as Ms Cruz's character made
> a point of bringing it out as a film camera in response to Scarlett
> Johansson's continual use of a digicam, I'm guessing that it was a 7 or
> possibly a 6 (is my faith in Hollywood prop departments misplaced? Surely
> they wouldn't have just used a nearby M8 in the role of a film camera....).
> Couldn't quite tell whether the left top corner was angled. Will have to
> rent the DVD?to have another look at, ahem, the camera. Just to make sure.
> Over and over, as many times as necessary.
>
> The movie was excellent. Outstanding performance by Pen?lope and excellent
> by Javier Bardem as a clich?d tempestuous Latin
> love/hate-each-0ther-but-can't-live-with/without-each-other//incredibly
> beautiful and voluptuous, unstable, volatile, practically bipolar
> suicidal-homicidal//smoulderingly sensual, roughly handsome, impossibly
> hypermasculine// hot-blooded pair of artists, and (if hers was acting) a
> good one by Johansson as a clich?d somewhat bimboid, chronically restless,
> bedhopping American something-or-other. Typical Woodmanic self-analytic
> dialogue and complex interpersonal dynamics and multilevel conflicts, with 
> a
> rapid descent to an ending that was a bit undernourished. Several minutes 
> of
> red-lit darkroom scenes as well. Well worth seeing, as well for the lovely
> Spanish setting as for the story. Envy is directed toward our Iberian
> LUGgers and MUGgers, especially Barcelonianos (you know who you are,
> luisripoli).
>
> --howard
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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