Pecker -- THE RF Movie

Something to watch for in Closer - Roberts' photographer starts shooting Portman, crying, in front of a window with her Leica. Later on these shots show up in Roberts' exhibition as full-frame square images. (Roberts had photographed Portman earlier with a Hassie, but only in front of a backdrop and not crying.)

It's depressing that I recall noticing that more than I recall Portman's stripper scene.
 
celluloidprop said:
Later on these shots show up in Roberts' exhibition as full-frame square images.
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Not only that, but they're wall-sized and have no grain to speak of. :rolleyes:
 
celluloidprop said:
....more than I recall Portman's stripper scene.
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I had no desire to see this movie before, but suddenly that's changed.
 
"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" has a very funny scene at the very very end I think some of us here could relate to. Gwyneth Paltro uses an Argus, I think, but she only has five shots left througout the film and can't decide what to use the frames on. That's funny in her choices, but it's the last "frame" that's the gut-buster.

Chris
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canonetc said:
"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" has a very funny scene at the very very end I think some of us here could relate to.
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Ah yes, I remember that well :D :D :D :bang: :bang: :bang:
 
hoot said:
Yeah, the fancy SLR is an auto-everything Nikon, which he ends up smashing on the floor. That one scene is enough to put this on everyone's must-see list on this forum. Gratuitous violence to SLR cameras. :D
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The scene where little Chrissy coughs out her Ritalin tablet and it hits the lens of Greg Gorman's Contax G is funnier IMO. :p

R.J.
 
Another movie that isn't really about photography, but has some elements is Euro Trip. One of the people in the movie saved up money all through high school so that he could buy a Leica M7 and have a photo tour of Europe. Its quite funny because there's one scene where he walks into a camera shop and the girl behind the counter is very impressed by the camera. So she takes him out back to show him just how impressed she is... :)
 
Best line by a photographer character in a movie:

"Hey man, you got any film?" ~ Dennis Hopper as the photojournalist in Apocalypse Now
 
when i saw euro trip, i remember thinking "the m6 is the one with the built-in meter, stupid. your m7 has aperture-priority ae. get it straight, people!"
 
canonetc said:
"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" has a very funny scene at the very very end I think some of us here could relate to. Gwyneth Paltro uses an Argus, I think, but she only has five shots left througout the film and can't decide what to use the frames on. That's funny in her choices, but it's the last "frame" that's the gut-buster.

Chris
canonetc
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I was going to mention this movie, because that last shot was the perfect culmination to a movie-long running gag. Gwyneth used an Argus C3 in the film. Such an interesting movie, too bad it wasn't all that successful.
 
Another good one is The Public Eye with Joe Pesci. He plays a Weegee like crime scene photographer in NYC in the early 1940s. I saw it in the movies over 10 years ago...don't know if it is out on DVD.

Later,
Greg
 
I rented the "Pecker" DVD three weeks ago solely because of Stephen Gandy's review of the movie on his CameraQuest site. It's a quirky and funny movie. I saw it as more of a view into John Waters' kinky world than as a serious commentary on photography. But Waters did a great job of satirizing the New York art scene and the blather of art critics and rich collectors. He also showed that sudden fame can be detrimental to artists - young Pecker saw his past life and relationships disrupted by his new status as a recognized "artiste."
 
Oldprof said:
I rented the "Pecker" DVD three weeks ago solely because of Stephen Gandy's review of the movie on his CameraQuest site. It's a quirky and funny movie. I saw it as more of a view into John Waters' kinky world than as a serious commentary on photography. But Waters did a great job of satirizing the New York art scene and the blather of art critics and rich collectors. He also showed that sudden fame can be detrimental to artists - young Pecker saw his past life and relationships disrupted by his new status as a recognized "artiste."
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Take the quiz and see if you pass, Prof. :p

R.J.
 
RJBender said:
Take the quiz and see if you pass, Prof. :p

R.J.
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I scored 10 out of 20. I would have done better if I had known there was going to be a test - I would have taken notes during the movie. ;)
 
Oldprof said:
I scored 10 out of 20. I would have done better if I had known there was going to be a test - I would have taken notes during the movie. ;)
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I watched the movie twice, found the trivia test and aced the exam.

I usually don't care for movies that have goofs in them. For example, Pecker's friend steals Kodak color film at the supermarket but all of his prints are black and white. :confused: This movie was so bizarrely funny the goofs didn't matter. :p

R.J.
 
aizan said:
when i saw euro trip, i remember thinking "the m6 is the one with the built-in meter, stupid. your m7 has aperture-priority ae. get it straight, people!"
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And "Arthur Frommer" had an M4 around his neck.
 
Born Into Brothels. While the kids steal the scenes it's easy to miss Zana Briski's style with a Leica (M6?). And you get to see quite a few of those shots, IIRC.
 
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