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Pastor Chris

Pastor Chris

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I just finished watching Apocalypse Now-Redux which aired for Memorial Day here in the US. Dennis Hopper's photojournalist character had an arsenal of no fewer than five cameras around his neck in his scenes. Most were SLRs and at least one with a motor winder. Can anyone comment on what cameras he was using? Just useless curiosity on my part really.
 
Nikon 'hockey pucks' - most of them were Nikon F's. If I remember correctly I thought I spotted an F2 with a Photomatic Finder and another with a waist level viewfinder.

--Rich
 
It's an interesting character, as Dennis Hopper himself is quite an accomplished photographer. Taschen printed up a limited number of books featuring his photography. I wish i could get my hands on one.

Phil Forrest
 
Ditto on the above Nikons...

Thanks for this thread, Chris as I am now a proud owner of a Nikon F2 (Thanks, Gil!). The mention of a waist-level finder has me intrigued....:)
 
Phil_F_NM said:
It's an interesting character, as Dennis Hopper himself is quite an accomplished photographer. Taschen printed up a limited number of books featuring his photography. I wish i could get my hands on one.

Phil Forrest
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I wish I could my hands on one of those books too. I do have a copy of Black & White magazine, issue 51, June 2007, with Hopper on the cover. There's a a good article about him with an interview and over a dozen of his photographs.
 
interesting thread. btw, and somewhat OT, i just have to say this is my all time favorite movie. the filming/cinematography is just superb, especially in the Redux version. combining certain scenes with iconic music was i think something of a first as well.

the first time i saw this film i was in college. when it ended my friend and i were both so totally speechless amd thoroughly engrossed, we sat silently until the film started again, and sat through it a second time!
tony
 
Yes, all Nikon Fs. The F2 was not introduced until 1971. The movie takes place in the '60s.
 
Capt. Willard: "Why did he want to kill you?"

Photojournalist: "Because I took his picture. He said if I take his picture again, he would kill me, and he meant it!"

How would Col. Kurtz have handled Bruce Gilden on the street?
 
I just watched that movie yesterday here in Bangkok......the redux version.....classic movie......I used to live in Vietnam and I've traveled a lot in Cambodia.....the quote above by Pastor Chris is classic......

cheers, michael
 
Nokton48's link to the film clip surely shows nothing but the infamous 'hockey pucks'. And yes the F2 was introduced in 1971. I seem to recall Dennis talking about using them during the filming. I'm pretty sure I've seen them in relation to this movie - maybe stills or out-takes since Hopper was a Hollywood 'bad boy'.

--Rich
 
I just re-watched the movie recently, and I am still awe of the movie, and characters. I love the scene when Dennis Hopper comes in resembling a photo mannequin. :)
 
The version that I most recently watched was the redux version, which I had not seen previously. I had not watched this movie since I was in my teens, more than 20 years ago. It was interesting to return, and of course wait for some of my favorite lines, "Charlie don't surf!" and see more, and different issues in the movie. I found the scenes where Capt. Willard was dining with the French plantation owners far up the river. The tension in that scene was incredible; all of the political opinions coupled with near insanity, and Willard just as a quietly listening bystander almost. It was a long, and enjoyable time sitting on my couch on a hot Memorial Day after services in our little town.
 
tom.w.bn said:
I've seen the original film quite a few times and the directors cut once. The 50 minutes more add nothing relevant to the movie I think. Sometimes it's not too bad to take the final editing away from the director.
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I think I agree with most of what you had said, nothing relevant, but some additional background and color to the broad picture. I now know a little more about why Lance all of sudden showed up in a scene with camo face paint. Too long for the cinema, perhaps, but not bad for Tivo!:rolleyes:
 
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