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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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 Posted - 05/10/2008 : 10:38:58 AM
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One of my daily web visits is Menéame, a Spanish website that recollects news and trivia from all over the world. Today one of the entries was about an amazing set of colour pictures taken during WWII. Apart from their outstanding technical quality, I was surprised of different they look from movies that try to recreate the era.
Because always expect WWII era pics to be either B/W or in worse condition than this particular set, they produce an strange effect on the viewer. Everything, from the light, the clothes or the state of the equipment, seems somehow out of place.
http://freeforumzone.leonardo.it/discussione.aspx?idd=7155592
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Edited by - Neville on 05/10/2008 11:54:31 AM
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 05/10/2008 : 11:09:04 AM
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Wow, those are really amazing. The depth of field is really something, they have a really 3D feel to them. Also, there's no sense of movement; everything feels frozen in time. The humans all feel very posed and unnatural, but in a cool way. I agree with you, seeing those you realize that even when you dress them in period clothes modern actors just feel anachronistic in modern WWII movies. I don't think they really try and get every detail of the look down in new films because they think the results would make modern audiences unable to relate to the film. There would be a disconnect. And to get that kind of overall look you need a really visual and technically savvy director and there aren't really many like that any more. You need a Kubrick; someone who knew how to take still photographs.
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
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Posted - 05/10/2008 : 11:56:18 AM
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| For the tech guys, the pics were allegedly taken using Kodachrome 4x5 film. |
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niccolom
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Canada
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Posted - 05/11/2008 : 02:04:10 AM
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Very impressive I must say!
In related subject here is a link to some colour photos from the Great War: http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/index.html
Here is one of my favourite colour photo collections taken in Czarist Russia:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 05/12/2008 : 07:51:22 AM
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Nice!
Good call Nev.
The A-20 Havoc is the first plane, then the B-25s and those cannon armed A-36s look way cool.
Great stuff for an old 'wing nut' like me.
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KODT
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