Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies

[richardHaw]

there was a nick cage movie called "Bangkok Dangerous" (what a title,lol!)
there was a scene where Nicolas Cage stole a couple of Nikons from a reporter.

[John Geerts]

Blow-up, the movie from Michelangelo Antonioni.

The protagonist uses the Nikon F and this is probably the 50/1.4 ?   He also uses a 85/1.8.

[chris dees]

Nikkor and Nikon Movie history  Thanks for sharing!!!

My humble PC-Nikkor 28mm f/4 with Shift and Tilt and a CPU

That's a nice one. Is it tilt as well as shift?
Do you have a little space left in your luggage to take this one with you to Schotland?
I would like to try it.
Thanks in advance

Edit - I already found out you modified it.

[atpaula]

The Lost World (Jurassic Park II).
Juliane Moore holds the new Nikon F5.

[null]

Sidney Poitier used a Nikon F and a Nikon F Photomic (Bullseye).

[Bjørn Rørslett]

In those days, the hallmark criterion for a photojournalist was the "clack-clack" sound the camera made when they crashed into each other on rapid moves. No wonder their cameras looked beaten up, because that was precisely what they were.

[Les Olson]

Blow-up, the movie from Michelangelo Antonioni.

The protagonist uses the Nikon F and this is probably the 50/1.4 ?   He also uses a 85/1.8.

And he uses a lens hood outdoors - which makes it a real photography movie.

[John Geerts]

Yes. Not only that, the studio-work is iconic ( remember it's a 1966 film) and part of the Movieposter. Perhaps that makes it unique too, a photographer on the movieposter   

However, Antonioni built his films on multiple layers which makes it not only a 'Photographers' movie. Estrangement, loss of reality.  It has been copied by other Directors as well, Francis Ford Coppola used the theme in 'The Conversation'.

Two other details and the original poster.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

And he uses a lens hood outdoors - which makes it a real photography movie.

Oh well, he did have a hood on the lenses, but never showed any familiarity with the camera and its operation ...

Still, an iconic movie and a time portrayal of the swinging '60s.

[John Geerts]

Oh well, he did have a hood on the lenses, but never showed any familiarity with the camera and its operation ...

Yes true.  Must be on the directions of Antonioni widening the theory that 'photography (and filmmaking) distort reality...  But there is a lot to speculate there.

[JBPhoto]

Mr. Nolte did a pretty good job of portraying a photo journalist in Under Fire. If memory serves me correctly, the rewind spool on the Nikon's would turn as he shot. Disregard the Leica of course, it didn't get much air time.

[Erik Lund]

That is a cool shot! 

[null]

"High Society" uses a Nikon S2.

[BW]

"The bang bang club" is a movie that comes to mind if you want to see Nikon on the big screen. A good movie.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

"High Society" uses a Nikon S2.

She cannot hold her camera properly either, thus there is no difference between male or female actors in this regard.