Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun Sep 21 10:23:37 2008
References: <665FC27A23C28AF17BC88A93@hindolveston.reid.org>

Brian,

I don't remember the film but the B&W and compositions of your  
pictures is really beautiful

Saludos cordiales
Lluis



El 21/09/2008, a las 17:58, Brian Reid escribi?:

> In July 1973 I went to Paris. I was 23. I had never been to Paris  
> before, and I had my Leica IIIf with me. I walked around the city  
> all day every day, taking pictures.
>
> One day I went to the Palais des Invalides, and noticed that they  
> were shooting some sort of a movie. I took a few pictures, and  
> watched them for long enough to realize that it was a farce. I  
> assumed that it was some minor-league French movie and I never  
> thought about it again.
>
> Today, more than 35 years later, I chanced to be looking through  
> these negatives and realized that the movie I'd stumbled across was  
> G?rard Oury's masterpiece, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, one of the  
> greatest French comedies of all time.
>
> Here are the pictures. They don't show much, but if you've seen the  
> movie (and what Frenchman hasn't?) you'll recognize the scene.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/rabbijacob/
>
>
>
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