jean_pierre_auger1 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Anyone has technical and historical comments concerning the lens used by Stanley Kubrick in the filming of "Barry Lyndon". This lens was a special 50MM F/1.0 made by Zeiss or Leitz (I am not sure). Where can I find informations about this special lens and if it was used for others scientific and industrial applications... Thanks...Jean-Pierre Auger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m__toronto_ Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 it was actually an f0.7 lens. there's an article somewhere, i'll start looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lutz Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Jean-Pierre, have you ever heard of <a href="http://www.google.ch/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&q=Barry+Lyndon+lens+Zeiss&spell=1">Google</a>? ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean_pierre_auger1 Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 Thanks Lutz.... I always forget...Thank you for your time...JPAuger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_.1 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22stanley+kubrick%22+%22barry+lyndon%22+f%2F0.7&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-tab-web-t&cop=mss&tab= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_mackay2 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 That was fascinating, reading about the use of that lens by Mr DiGiulio and reminiscing about those candle-lit scenes. I would advocate strongly for anyone with the appropriate sense of humour to read the book itself, by William Thackaray - it's very entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad_hahn Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 American Cinematographer had an article about the lens and the candle lit scenes when the movie first came out. Perhaps your library would have copies of the magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Good film marred by poor casting of Ryan O'Neal in my opinion. Candlelit scenes are nice. The great story makes the film. Such a pity about Ryan though.... Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin m. Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Good point, Robin. Still a beautiful film to watch, though. We're just lucky Keanu Reeves wasn't old enough to play the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Don´t know who direct "Gremlins" but I know some lens like that was specialy designed for a scene of that movie. 0.7 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_mackay2 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 >>Good film marred by poor casting of Ryan O'Neal in my opinion<< Right. The first person narrator in the book (actually a 1844 magazine installment) is much more entertaining, because he is writing his memoirs in his inimitable and uncomprehending way, in terms of how his life has turned out. In the movie there's a narrator to explain things in the third person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim h1664876971 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 I thought the same about Ryan O'neal at first but in retrospect I think his shallowness added a certain authenticity somehow to the kind of person like that who just falls into things and goes along like that. His being an american playing an englishman or whatever was mostly what I thought didnt work too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_mackay2 Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 >>His being an american playing an englishman<< Irish. "House of Barry of Barryogue, Kingdom of Ireland". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_hector Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 A .9 Zeiss lens adapted my NASA for Kubrick: www.readfilm.com/HTRBook/HTR2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert knapp md Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 Great movie, better novel and I agree that Ryan was thoroughly miscast. Marissa Berenson was beautiful to see and was quite consistent with Thakery's vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom h. Posted November 25, 2003 Share Posted November 25, 2003 I thought Vanity Fair the better read. The recent Tom-Cruise- narrated documentary about Kubrick mentions his use of this lens for the candle lit scenes, and how there was almost zero DOF, with the challenges that entailed, etc.etc. More entertaining was the story of how he cajoled two rare mechanical motion picture cameras (I can't recall the marque) from the studio boss, who had no idea how valuable they were. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I loved the film and thought O'Neil was ideally cast - his open-eyed freshfaced naivety in the early parts was perfect. Saw Dogtown last weekend which made me think of Barry Lyndon in many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 This is, I think, the best site to explain the use of the f0.7 Zeiss lens that Kubrick had adapted during the filming of Barry Lyndon..... http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 ineresting link thank´s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew n.bra hrefhttp Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 See also the Noctilux topic in the Leica FAQ I maintain:<P> <<A HREF="http://nemeng.com/leica/040b.shtml">http://nemeng.com/leica/040b.shtml</A>><P> After the page loads, scroll down to the bottom for discussion and links aboutthe Zeiss lens. The french TV documentary "The Dark Side of the Moon", whichdeals with the real reasons why Nasa let Kubrick use this lens, is a hoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd thacker Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 The only things I remember of the film were walking into it thinking it miscast and walking out thinking it wasn't; and the extraordinary cinematography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_c2 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Kubrick is just about my favourite director. I find most of his main characters to have a naive, shallow way about them; part of why I like them, perhaps. Maybe someone could have done a better job than O'Neal, but I wonder how much better; Kubrick was supposed to have been such a domineering presence on the set that I think any character would have molded themselves exactly how he wanted them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis1 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Has Kubrick any published photography books, since he was a photographer before he went directing? Can't find any on the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted November 27, 2003 Share Posted November 27, 2003 Asides from David Lynch, Kubrick is my favourite director. I dare say he's the greatest of them all but that might be because he is such an imposing name in cinema. Problem is that I still have some of his movies to watch. That's because I've been waiting for the 'perfect' moment to watch them. Well, being patient is one of my virtues. BTW that French doco, 'The Dark Side of the Moon' is a hoax. Had me fooled. The French are experts at that sort of thing. Bastards! ;-) Didn't NASA also use a Leica M with the 0.95 Canon 50mm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd thacker Posted November 28, 2003 Share Posted November 28, 2003 <center><img src="http://www.axelibre.org/images/Kubrick.jpg" width="421" height="293"><p>Image copyright <i>Associated Press</i></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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