Minox in the Movies: "The Thief" 1952
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2011
- Thief is a rare movie; a silent movie made in 1952. There is background music and ambient sound but barely any dialogue. Milland plays a disaffected nuclear scientist who decides to sell atomic secrets to iron curtain agents, presumably the Soviets. He surreptitiously photographs documents with his Minox A and passes the film to the other side. This clip combines two sequences. In the second one he is nearly caught while photographing secret papers and is interrupted, leaving his Minox on the desk. Good close-up of the camera in that shot.
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Brilliant! I must find and watch the whole film now. (I LOVE old black and white films and am also a big Minox fan).
Its a great Movie I'm sure you've seen it by now
@@billymoretti8437 Hi There! Actually, I still have not managed to do so! I am going to treat myself for Christmas and find it and watch it. Happy Christmas and stay safe!
@@lawrencemartin1113 Happy Christmas Lawrence !! Don't forget to see the movie! Stay well!
@@billymoretti8437 Hello Billy, Well, I finally got round to watching The Thief last week and it is a great film. I really enjoyed it and will no doubt track it down on DVD to buy and keep in my collection. Beautifully made and some wonderful performances, not only from Mr Milland, but the entire cast. I loved the location stuff at the top of the Empire State Building....that would never happen these days! The use of the Minox is excellent and, as you so correctly state, it is clear that Ray Milland certainly knew how to use one! All the same tricks I use when using my own. It is one of those films that inspired me to take one of my Minox's out for a spin again. Nnow where did I leave all those secret files I was going to copy?) Wishing you a Very Happy Christmas and hoping you stay safe and well in these very tedious and unsettling times. Here's to brighter and easier times ahead in 2022...
Looks like my IIIs, although I couldn’t tell if it has a flash sync terminal so it could have been a plain III. In the first scene it looks like he removed the film right after the last exposure he took and so would have fogged the last frame he took. For an 8.5x11 inch page he was holding it about the correct distance, maybe a bit too far away. I believe to read a page the film would have to be either very fine grained or a ortho line copy film, which usually would be too slow to hand hold. I still occasionally load a roll of B&W slit down to the 9.2mm Minox size from 35mm.
It's obvious Ray Milland studied the correct usage of the Minox Camera or at least was taught very well by the prop people as he holds the camera against his face and keeps his fingers away from the lens (which is an inch away from the veiwfinder) also he steadies his arms with the books as you would have to to prevent blurring with the minox and checks the available lighting...other clips of minox being used in movies show the users covering the lens with their fingers moving the camera while taking the picture and in the 007 clip James Bond is actually using it upside down! The Thief is an excellent movie By the way