John Holland

Stephen , you are correct about the Agfa/ Gaevert stock , it was a great stock 100asa , i was involved with a stop motion kids tv show then , did loads of tests with that . Think at that time i was the only person using it , beacause they stop making it . Didnt come back to motion picture stock till the mid 80s . After Kodaks complete cock up with 47 . John Holland

Stephen , just been through Kodaks list of wonders [sic] 91 did replace 47 in 1982/3 seems only in 16 mm . no mention when they dumped it in 35 mm . john Holland .

Yes you are correct . a large soft source soft as possible . Look at some of Vermeers paintings , you will then see his style . John Holland. London .

Well this interesting , met Tony Scott a few times , think if i meet him again , will tell him to forget that silly [processing] thing and just dribble paint over the neg !!!! John Holland , London

And strapped to lots of racing cars in "Grand Prix" . John Holland.

I didnt know that , thankfully we didnt see them over here. Scary isnt it ? John Holland ,London.

If i recall there was some bloke called Hitler who put money into films that suited his ideas !!!! . Very suprised Bush hasnt done the same .mind you they have Murdoch and Fox news. John Holland , London.

Yes its, MOS , has a 500 ft mag , Kubrick used it a lot on 2001. John Holland.

Dont what to say the whole thing sounds insane to me !!!!!!!!!!!. John Holland , London .

Why ???. thought he was hoot . John Holland .

Must have missed out somewhere ,what happened to Jim Murdoch ?? . John Holland , London.

Cant agree about Miami Vice bad film , 1965 Flight of the Pheonix . great film , not b+w but in Color by Deluxe , so yellow faces and very blue shadows . John Holland , London.

Looks that way your brian ? John Holland . London.

Do you mean Otto Nemenz ? as in the big arri man in Hollywood . John Holland ,London .

I think ,they were going to shoot whole film in 65mm , then changed their minds , dont think anything was shot in 65mm, stuck with Anamorphic . John Holland.

Apart from most of already mentioned , most of Sergio Leone , West Side Story , just the wonderful Super Panavision 70 images , 25asa , night scenes look better than most you see now . The Hill. Sydney Lumet , director , Ossie Morris , cinematography , very rough B+W , suits the story so well very powerful film and Sean Connerys best ever performance . Will carry on thinking !! . John Holland .

Cant say yes , but know where you are so who knows . John Holland .

hi Dan , think i have only even driven through Swanley , trying to find short cut to M20 from here . John Holland . Croydon [which is a dump ] i live about 5 miles south of it .

Your Canadian? why you so angry ? . BTW 70 thousand Indians die each year from snake bites ! John Holland London .

If he did thats good news as far as i am concerned . John Holland ,London.

I dont think anything was shot on 16mm on that movie ! John Holland ,London.

I was so happy when i was let loose on colour neg , could light the way i wanted to and not restricted to lab demands saying , we cant print that got some hot areas in it . We better stop this , sounds like old mens club . Just wish i had what we have now 20-30 years ago , its seems so easy now . John Holland .

That was 125 asa wasnt it , we used that too , but didnt print to well . 200,000 , did you have shares in Kodak ?. I think shooting H.D. now , is quite like lighting for reversal , prehaps a bit more forgiving,? John Holland .

Yes Stephen , i know but still good practice to try hit it on the head . Boring i know but when i first started at a doco. company in Old Bond Street , it was only Reversal 25asa , which was then printed on some sort of Kodachrome print stock , had to get within 1/3 of stop to end up with a good print . Ah those wernt the days quite scary . John Holland . .

Hi Ryan , if you get your neg correctly exposed which is good practice [ Gordon Willis A.S.C did that on the "Godfather "] might get away with one light pass . John Holland , London.