Leicas in movies

[Assaf]

Yesterday I saw the movie "Blood Diamond" from 2006. One of the characters (Jeniffer Connelly) is an American activist journalist in Africa in 1998.

She uses a camera that looks like a Leica M6. The camera even has a lens with a rectangular hood attached to it.
However It seems that the sound effects guy did not bother to record the Leica shutter noise, and used a standard "camera shutter effect". So, the camera looks like a Leica but definitely doesn't sound like one

Anyone remembers other movies featuring Leicas?

 

[cmogi10]

Spy Game, Brad Pitt's seen toting a pair of Leicas, an M6 and an M4-P or two M6's, I can't tell.

 

[Bavaricus]

Anyone remembers other movies featuring Leicas?

CLOSER with Julia Roberts as photographer

Scarlett Johansson in her next movie by Woodie Allen

 

[markinlondon]

Try this list for a fairly comprehensive Leica spotting roundup.

http://nemeng.com/leica/005ea.shtml

 

[teo]

So, the camera looks like a Leica but definitely doesn't sound like one

And, she takes way too much time to focus (I'm thinking about the scene in which she's interviewing a soldier) for being a photojournalist...

(not important, but remarking this instead of just admiring Jenny's lovely face made me earn a strange look from my girl... "homo-camera-erotic!" she said...)

 

[payasam]

Leicas were common in the cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, as were Rollei TLRs and press cameras.

 

[Bill Blackwell]

In Blood Diamond, sound notwithstanding, Jennifer uses a Leica M6 and a 4th version 35mm Summicron (Canadian).

 

[erikhaugsby]

Leicas were common in the cinema of the 1950s and 1960s, as were Rollei TLRs and press cameras.

A Rolleiflex is used for candid group portraits in the opening scene of Good Night, and Good Luck

 

[SolaresLarrave]

There's an M6 in the movie Big Fish, with Billy Crudup and Albert Finney. It's also in the hands of another fictional photojournalist...

 

[flyfoxx]

Actually, Brad Pitt is known to be a big Leica fan and user. He probably selected the cameras for the movie.

 

[Vincenzo Maielli]

A Leica M6 was used in the Palermo railway station scene for the "God Father III" movie, a Leica III C (i believe) in "Mogambo", a Leica M4 (near a couple of Nikon F and F2) in "Under Fire", a Leica Minilux in "One Our Photo", a Leica R6 in "Before the rain".
Ciao.
Vincenzo

 

[Mr_Flibble]

In an episode of "'Allo 'Allo" I saw recently, no idea which one, the German colonel takes a picture of the painting of the "Fallen Madonna with the big boobies" by Van Klump with a screwmount Leica, with synchronized flash unit.

 

[Treb]

In Blood Diamond, sound notwithstanding, Jennifer uses a Leica M6 and a 4th version 35mm Summicron (Canadian).

Canadian you say, what makes you say it's a Canadian?

 

[Treb]

Spy Game, Brad Pitt's seen toting a pair of Leicas, an M6 and an M4-P or two M6's, I can't tell.

I can, two M6's

 

[Bill Blackwell]

Canadian you say, what makes you say it's a Canadian?

Because a close inspection of the lens on her M6 reads "Made In Canada." The lens barrel design indicates it's a v4 Summicron.

 

[teo]

Maya Sansa in "La meglio gioventù" (badly translated as "The best of youth") uses a Leica M4 in the last episode.

 

[Treb]

Because a close inspection of the lens on her M6 reads "Made In Canada." The lens barrel design indicates it's a v4 Summicron.

Aha, still gotta see the movie. Will be looking for that bit. Thanks!

 

[Never Satisfied]

Nick NOLTE in Under Fire sporting a M4??? and a 35mm 'Cron. Andrew.

 

[xayraa33]

Charles Bronson in his" A Man With A Camera" series, 1958 to 1960.

Bronson was Mike Kovac, a Leica M3 toting photographer.

 

[iridium7777]

ahh.. the worst movie ever... don't know the name :bang: a family in an excursion get lost somewhere in the desert and find a little town where everyone just dissapeared one day in '40's... the kid is using an m6, with some excellent sounds added for when he takes the pictures. i also think in the movie it shows up as a zoom lens

anyone know the movie?