Ignacio Aguilar Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 (edited) I'm interested on what lenses did Kubrick use on his last three films. I guess he used the Zeiss Super Speeds (f/1.4), but I don't know what zooms were used on that films (Angenieux?). Edited February 1, 2005 by Ignacio Aguilar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Rich Steel Posted February 2, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted February 2, 2005 I believe he used Arri Vairable Primes on Eyes Wide Shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stas Tagios Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I'm interested on what lenses did Kubrick use on his last three films. I guess he used the Zeiss Super Speeds (f/1.4), but I don't know what zooms were used on that films (Angenieux?). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> From the Oct. 1999 American Cinematographer: "Kubrick framed 'Eyes Wide Shut' in the standard 1:85 format, primarily using a set of Zeiss Superspeed T 1.3 spherical prime leses, but occasionally opting to employ Arri's T 2.1 variable prime lenses or a zoom.... most of 'Eyes" was shot with the Zeiss 18mm lens, and the filmmakers rarely went longer than 35mm." Sorry, I don't have the AC covering "Full Metal Jacket" handy; it's in storage. Maybe someone else can chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Mottram Posted February 2, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted February 2, 2005 From the Oct. 1999 American Cinematographer: "Kubrick framed 'Eyes Wide Shut' in the standard 1:85 format, primarily using a set of Zeiss Superspeed T 1.3 spherical prime leses, but occasionally opting to employ Arri's T 2.1 variable prime lenses or a zoom.... most of 'Eyes" was shot with the Zeiss 18mm lens, and the filmmakers rarely went longer than 35mm." Sorry, I don't have the AC covering "Full Metal Jacket" handy; it's in storage. Maybe someone else can chime in. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> eyes wide shut was not shot in 1:185 but 1:137, i could be wrong but i think he also dug out some of the modified F0.7 lenses which were originally used on Barry Lyndon. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 2, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted February 2, 2005 eyes wide shut was not shot in 1:185 but 1:137, i could be wrong but i think he also dug out some of the modified F0.7 lenses which were originally used on Barry Lyndon. Keith <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now we're going to get into that "shot in" versus "composed in" argument... Kubrick's last three movies were shot exposing either 1.33 Full Aperture or 1.37 Academy Aperture, but they are clearly framed for cropping to widescreen (reports vary between 1.66 and 1.85. I think Doug Milsome told me that "Full Metal Jacket" was framed for cropping to 1.66 but the assistant editor on "The Shining" has said 1.85. Kubrick himself usually requested that these movies be projected with a 1.66 hard matte even though he wanted them unmatted for video.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Max Jacoby Posted February 2, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted February 2, 2005 'Full Metal Jacket' was shot on Zeiss Superspeeds. I think they used some other lenses as well (maybe longer Nikons), but I am abroad at the moment, so I can't look up the AC article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Appelt Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 On EYES WIDE SHUT, one of Kubrick's older zoom lenses was used for some shots. According to Joe Dunton, ASC, Cooke Varotal 20-100mm T3 was used to shoot Nicole Kidman and Sky DuMont dancing in EYES WIDE SHUT. This lens and most of Kubrick's other favourite and special lenses are presently on display at the S.K. exhibition at Berlin. Stanley Kubrick exhibition So if you happen to travel through Europe, have a stop at Berlin to look through the Zeiss Planar f0.7 lens yourself... :) But I don't believe that the two f0.7 lenses were used for EYES WIDE SHUT because they can only be mounted on Kubrick's Mitchell BNC modified by Cinema Products, and IIRC, EWS was shot on 500ASA stock pushed to 1000 which should be enough with T1.4 Zeiss high speed lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Aguilar Posted February 2, 2005 Author Share Posted February 2, 2005 Thank you all :) EWS was shot on 500ASA stock pushed to 1000 which should be enough with T1.4 Zeiss high speed lenses. It was pushed to 1600 ASA, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Appelt Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I stand corrected... -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf Aslanyurek Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 here is information about this special lenses Two Special Lenses for "Barry Lyndon" regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panagiotis agapitou Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Very old topic but let's update it The last movie he used Angenieux zoom lenses was Barry Lyndon .. after that only the Cooke 20-100mm (there is a possibility that may he used them again on Full metal jacket) THE SHINING : -Kinoptic tegea 9.8mm -Angenieux 14.5mm -18mm Cook panchro (zeiss super speeds 18mm was not released yet) -25-35-50-85mm Zeiss Super Speeds T1.4 (b speeds) -Zeiss Standard Speeds -Cooke varotal 20-100mm T3.1 FULL METAL JACKET : -Angenieux 14.5mm - Zeiss super speeds T1.4 (b speeds) - Zeiss standard speeds - Cooke varotal 20-100mm T3.1 - Lots of Nikon's stills converted - tilts & shifts EYES WIDE SHUT : - Zeiss super speeds mkiii T1.3 - Zeiss Variable Primes T2.1 - Cooke varotal 20-100mm T3.1 Edited September 12, 2021 by panagiotis agapitou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panagiotis agapitou Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) (May he used again the kinoptic 9.8mm on full metal jacket .. i don't know .. i just haven't found a shot that looks like 9.8) But on EWS larry smith said the wider they used was the 18mm Edited September 12, 2021 by panagiotis agapitou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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