nicholas_bellamy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 Last w eekend in Barcelona, I stumbled across a Stanley Kubrick exhibition in fnac on the Avenida Diagonal, in the shopping centre underneath Decathlon. Exhibited were about 20 prints from various SK films, all of which showed movie scenes which included the maestro himself, one of which jumped out and said ?BUY ME?, although being really bad at speaking Spanish, and being in a hurry to get to the airport, I did not have enough time to buy a copy, even if they were for sale. The print which grabbed me was from the shining, the scene where Jack goes a little mad and goes to the bar to get a drink. Going left to right in this B+W print you can see Lloyd the barman (overexposed), Nickolson (perfectly exposed) and then Kubrick in the background peering into a movie camera (underexposed). If you were lucky enough to see the exhibition yourself, then it was the print which was mounted top left. Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of this print ? Thank you. NB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpster001 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 no clues where to buy'em. but for those who don't know, he started out as a photog first, including PJ work. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/photos/gallery/chi-kubrick-photogallery,1,3753405.photogallery?coll=chi-news-hed&index=1:">here's</a> a small collection of 8 of his shots..<p> as a sidenote, i've heard that Barry Lyndon was shot almost entirely in natural light (perhaps it's not that uncommon, dunno).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joris_van_looveren Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 "as a sidenote, i've heard that Barry Lyndon was shot almost entirely in natural light (perhaps it's not that uncommon, dunno).." There is one (maybe several, don't remember) interior scene of a dinner exclusively lit by candlelight in that movie. In order to film this scene without needing additional light Kubrick used a f/0.7 lens made by Zeiss for NASA. In other scenes artificial light was used. (According to the Internet Movie Database). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernst1 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 kubrick was able to borrow the lens from nasa because they owed him a favour. president nixon had kubrick make photographs of the first people on the moon in a studio, as a backup, incase the real pictures would fail. a great french documentary 'operation lune' (dark side of the moon) was made in 2002 about this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fate_faith_change_chains Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 That documentary is pure fiction and intended that way by the makers of it, to blur the line between fiction and non-fiction. Everyone in it just played along and said what the makers wanted them to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholas_bellamy Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 can anyone please answer this quickly before my thread gets nerdjacked. Fanx. NB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernst1 Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 you spoiler! that film is very convincing and you make it sound so easy. it is by far the best fake-documntary i have ever seen. even when you know it is, it's still hard to believe it is a fake (maybe cause i want it to be true). maybe some of it is true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidschindlerphotography Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I worked at Panavision in the late 70's- early 80's. The 50 mm f 0.7 lens was designed and built by Panavision just for Barry Lyndon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Nicholas If you're based in the UK why don't you check out that book shop that specialises in film? It's just off Tottenham court road or it used to be? Failing that, there's Stage & Screen on Chalk Farm road, they're very helpful there. On the question of the 0.7 Zeiss lens used in Barry Lyndon, there was an article on the use of it in Amercian Cinematographer when the film came out. This can be found on the Web without not too much effort. I always thought that the lens was something to do with NASA but, then again, I have never worked for Panavision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscodiaz1 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Nicholas: I am from Spain. I think that you can order the poster, and FNAC will send you without problem. Find the e-mail in their webpage. I have seen the posters and they are very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscodiaz1 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 The adress is www.fnacespana.com.es And if I can help you in spanish, tell me. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemeng Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 <i>On the question of the 0.7 Zeiss lens used in Barry Lyndon, there was an article on the use of it in Amercian Cinematographer when the film came out. This can be found on the Web without not too much effort.</i><p> Ahem - when the server it's hosted on is working!<p> I have a few details about this lens in the Leica FAQ I maintain, on the "Noctilux" page:<p> <a href="http://www.nemeng.com/leica/040b.shtml">http://www.nemeng.com/leica/040b.shtml</a><p> (Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the "Zeiss 50mm f0.7" heading.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholas_bellamy Posted September 1, 2005 Author Share Posted September 1, 2005 Francisco, you will never understand how grateful I am to you for your reply. I have sent a request for your mail address, and if you could simply find someone at fnac for me who could point me in the direction of the site I need to access to buy the print, I would be eternally grateful. Andrew, thank you also for your help. I will have a nose round both those stores next time I am in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj__ Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Nicholas, There is a Stanley Kubrick exhibit that recently closed in Germany and is moving next to Australia and Italy. The show that you saw at FNAC does not appear to be part of this, but is perhaps inspired by it. There is info on the exhibit at: http://www.stanleykubrick.de/ Perhaps not so coincidentally, Taschen has just published a book called The Stanley Kubrick Archives which comes complete with a strip from the 70mm version of 2001. I saw a copy of the book a couple of weeks ago, but I don't recall if it contains the photo in which you are interested: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3822822841/qid=1126208859/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3409061-7966233?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 For those who are interested in Kubrick's lenses, they are part of the travelling exhibit, including the F0.7 lens. See this thread, which includes a post from Christian Appelt who was involved in creating the exhibit: http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/index.php?showtopic=8187&st=0&p=62657entry62657 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlos_zamorano Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 To Ernest Koelman (and those who think the Kubrick documentary is not a comedy): Follow this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon_(documentary) Here can be read: The tone of the documentary begins with low key revelations of NASA working closely with Hollywood at the time of the Moon landings. Over the course of the tale, Karel postulates that not only did Kubrick help the USA fake the moon landings but that he was eventually killed by the CIA to cover up the truth. First hand testimony backing these claims come from Rumsfeld and Dr. Kissinger, which lend credence to the story. It is finally revealed that this is a mockumentary as the end credits roll over a montage of blooper reels, with the main participants laughing over the absurdity of their lines or questioning if particular ones would give the joke away too soon. Besides being a comedic documentary, it is also an exercise in Jean Baudrillard's theories of hyperreality. Follow this link: http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/feature_161103.html Here can be read: With use of 'hijacked' archival footage, false documents, real interviews taken out of context or transformed through voice-over or dubbing, staged interviews, as well as, interviews with astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and others, Dark Side Of The Moon navigates the viewer through lies and truth; fact and fiction. This is no ordinary documentary. Its intent is to inform and entertain the viewer, but also to shake him up - make him aware that one should always view television with a critical eye. After this, if there are people whose still believes this documentary is done as a real truth, they should visit a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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