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I just saw this latest Woody Allen movie at home last night. It was very interesting that the main subplot of this movie is how Vicki becomes interested in photography as an art and, at the instigation of another artist, Maria Elena, moves from using an arms-length Nikon digital "tourist camera" to using a film Leica (looks like an M6 to me.) There are a number of hot menage a trois scenes in the darkroom (under red light, because Vicki starts shooting only B&W (natch)), where Vicki, Maria Elena, and the painter star go at it. I haven't heard anyone here at RFF mention this as a reason to stick with film, but it seems like one of the best I've seen to date! :angel:😀:angel:

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I just watched this the other week. I thought it was pretty funny how the images she shot on her digicam ended up as large B&W prints hanging to dry in her darkroom!
Unfortunately it also seems to perpetuate the myth that if you have "the eye" you can just pick up a camera and be a successful photographer instantly.
 
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Thank god for Penelope Cruz she really saved the movie along with her Leica. I didn't really care what happened to Scarlett Johansen but Penelope Cruz really injected some energy into the film. Also one of the songs on the soundtrack, the sort of main theme, is by this great Brooklyn based gypsy jazz guitarist Stephen Wremble which was cool. He plays all the time here.
 
I remember some 'dark room encounters' with my girlfriend during the high school years...

You must admit that developing prints is only the second best thing you can do in a dark room...

...or the third...

😀😀😀
 
Yeah, I nudged the wife when she pulled out her M6.

Otherwise, a very droll film with Bardem and Cruz being great but not being able make it more than a dirge.
 
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No, but it helps. I think people who have an eye or ear for any art have to put less work into, compared to someone who doesn't. Some people have natural talent.
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Oh I agree completely, but don't you hate when a movie implies that when you discover you have a talent all these doors just magically open for you?
Not that all movies are supposed to be realistic, but it bothers me a little all the same!
 
Tuolumne said:
I just saw this latest Woody Allen movie at home last night. It was very interesting that the main subplot of this movie is how Vicki becomes interested in photography as an art and, at the instigation of another artist, Maria Elena, moves from using an arms-length Nikon digital "tourist camera" to using a film Leica (looks like an M6 to me.) There are a number of hot menage a trois scenes in the darkroom (under red light, because Vicki starts shooting only B&W (natch)), where Vicki, Maria Elena, and the painter star go at it. I haven't heard anyone here at RFF mention this as a reason to stick with film, but it seems like one of the best I've seen to date! :angel:😀:angel:

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actually that dichotomy, digital x film x art, is one of the few dumb things in that movie.
 
So, rented it from Amazon. It's sitting on the TIVO right now, waiting for a spare 90 minutes to present itself.
My wife noticed it and wondered what it was about. Seems I have barely watched a movie in 10 years that wasn't made for kids.
 
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