johnastovall
Light Hunter - RIP 2010
A nice video by one of my favorite directors on the Leica M8.
Wender used a Leica when scouting locations for "Paris Texas" and a Makina-Plaubel for "Written in the West."
Wender used a Leica when scouting locations for "Paris Texas" and a Makina-Plaubel for "Written in the West."
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crawdiddy
qu'est-ce que c'est?
I'm a big fan of Wenders also. Interesting to see him "working."
At the same time, I hate to see artists "sell out".
At the same time, I hate to see artists "sell out".
rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
Often better than starving.
This doesn't bother me as much since he clearly used these tools well before Leica offered him money to. He's sharing his appreciation and love of them, and being reimbursed for the trouble. That's alot better than true sell outs who will go for the highest bidder, regardless of appropriateness or product.
FrankS
Registered User
In the "related videos" section, I thought this one was funny, in a childish way: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MSSJcQiLcl4&feature=related
DwF
Well-known
Good marketing!
Good marketing!
Reminded of the scene in "The American Friend" where Dennis Hopper is playing on the pool table with the Polaroid, I wonder whether Wenders would have been too nervous to hand Hopper a Leica
Of course Dennis Hopper is also a pretty serious photographer.
Wenders' films are so visually rich, it is not too surprising that he likes to make stills.
Good marketing!
Reminded of the scene in "The American Friend" where Dennis Hopper is playing on the pool table with the Polaroid, I wonder whether Wenders would have been too nervous to hand Hopper a Leica
Of course Dennis Hopper is also a pretty serious photographer. Wenders' films are so visually rich, it is not too surprising that he likes to make stills.
amateriat
We're all light!
Oh, yes. "Wings of Desire" may well be my all-time favorite film.
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aizan
Veteran
leica is making tv commercials? it's about freakin' time. kudos for getting wenders to do it, too.
the funniest thing is that the shutter sound isn't right, even when they made the commercial.
the funniest thing is that the shutter sound isn't right, even when they made the commercial.
sirius
Well-known
Frank, in the movie he "got lucky" because of the camera, haha.
DwF
Well-known
P.s.
P.s.
...and he needs a soft-release and a wrist strap!
P.s.
...and he needs a soft-release and a wrist strap!
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Btw. you all should look at photos of his wife Donata Wenders. She takes photos too and I have never seen so beautifully unsharp portraits.
Some examples here:
http://www.donatawenders.com/gallery/permanent-collection/permanent-collection-room-6.htm
I have her book islands of silence and really like it.
Some examples here:
http://www.donatawenders.com/gallery/permanent-collection/permanent-collection-room-6.htm
I have her book islands of silence and really like it.
GMcD
Established
Leica were showing this film at Photokina and I have been looking for it on the net for a while. Thanks very much for posting the link.
noimmunity
scratch my niche
Makes me want an M8 so bad!
I met my first wife around a festival showing of Wenders' Lisbon Story.
Watching this Leica ad made me go out and shoot some landscapes on Presto with my C Sonnar... A gorgeous light filled the mountainside by sunset. And by some telegraphic design, while up on the mountain soaking in the views, I ran into a dear friend with whom I'd lost contact a while back just the day after she got married. :angel:
I met my first wife around a festival showing of Wenders' Lisbon Story.
Watching this Leica ad made me go out and shoot some landscapes on Presto with my C Sonnar... A gorgeous light filled the mountainside by sunset. And by some telegraphic design, while up on the mountain soaking in the views, I ran into a dear friend with whom I'd lost contact a while back just the day after she got married. :angel:
historicist
Well-known
I'm a big Wim Wenders fan but all of that Leica mysticism stuff gets on my nerves a bit, and what was he thinking with that hat?
bcambern
Newbie
"Eurotrip" is a surprisingly funny movie (in a childish way). Especially after a few beers.
chut
Luceat Lux Vestra
I wouldn't categorize Wim Wenders as selling out to Leica. He's a celebrated filmmaker and I believe him when he says his father had a Leica. He probably owned one even before they got him as an endorser.
It's a bit different from George Clooney pitching for Nespresso.
I loved the film Wenders made on Yamamoto called Notebook on Cities.
It's a bit different from George Clooney pitching for Nespresso.
I loved the film Wenders made on Yamamoto called Notebook on Cities.
J J Kapsberger
Well-known
Cue Walquiria...
DwF
Well-known
recurring theme
recurring theme
Wenders has a thing about recording devices, and cameras that show up all over his film as a link to, a bridge to or a shield maybe from reality. In Paris, Texas the use of the tape recording from mother to son at the end and prior to that the use of the booth and the microphone for Nastasia Kinski and Harry Dean Stanton to become "reacquainted".
It's been too long since I saw the other films but I recall at least one camera in a train station punctuating a violent scene in the American Friend.
So I agree with Chut; a fascination with his dad's camera as a youth is not so difficult to imagine.
recurring theme
Wenders has a thing about recording devices, and cameras that show up all over his film as a link to, a bridge to or a shield maybe from reality. In Paris, Texas the use of the tape recording from mother to son at the end and prior to that the use of the booth and the microphone for Nastasia Kinski and Harry Dean Stanton to become "reacquainted".
It's been too long since I saw the other films but I recall at least one camera in a train station punctuating a violent scene in the American Friend.
So I agree with Chut; a fascination with his dad's camera as a youth is not so difficult to imagine.