"Full Metal Jacket Diary"

[ChrisPlatt]

Actor Matthew Modine just published a book of photos he took with
a Rolleiflex while filming "Full Metal Jacket" twenty (Yikes!) years ago.

I'm not sure if photographer Modine's images are interesting,
but working with Stanley Kubrick must surely have been...

http://www.takegreatpictures.com/HO...Shoot/Details/params/object/9158/default.aspx

Keep Chris in Christmas!
-Chris-

 

[cbass]

Neat article. Thanks, Chris. Stanley Kubrick is one of my favorite artists and he has a reputation for being very tough on actors. From his article, Mr. Modine didn't seem to see things that way.

I also thought Modine's photos were pretty good, espcially the shot of Adam Baldwin.

 

[chug]

Cheers for the link, cool pictures from the set 🙂

 

[rbiemer]

Thanks for the link!
The photos are OK to good, I think.(at least the ones on the site) What I found more interesting was Mr. Modines views about the digital/film thing:
" It should be like learning to speak a new language. Digital should have its own language. Obviously try to use as much information as you can, as with a piece of negative. But it’s a different language and rather than try to make it into film, let it be digital, let it be what it is."
Rob

 

[chris91387]

allow me to possibly revive this old thread by saying that my wife got this book for me for christmas and i'm really enjoying it.

matthew modine shot candids and some behind-the-scenes images with an old rolleicord whil he was filming "full metal jacket".

definitely worth picking up if you're a kubrik and/or "full metal jacket fan".

- chris

 

[Florian1234]

I just found this topic and definately will put Modine's book on my "to-buy"-list of books. It gets longer and longer... 😀😛

 

[Florian1234]

What can I say.... ?

I just placed my order 😎😀

I will give you some comments after reading it. must arrive in two days or so. 🙂

 

[anselwannab]

I use way to many quotes from FMJ in my everyday life. The story about how Emry got the DI roll is interesting too.

Vision Quest was also an interesting movie he made. Nver knew he could speak so lucidly about photography.

 

[Florian1234]

My copy arrived about two hours ago with the mail man. I'm quite impressed. Although the golden-glimmery pages are somehow a bit "different" and extravagant.

However, a very nice book and will surely be a good read. Highly recommended!😀