1:20:04
They said, "We've got a couple. "
1:20:06
I called Stanley back and said,
"I got a couple. "
1:20:09
He said, "I'd love to get those
cameras. I admire the workmanship. "
1:20:14
I said, "Great," and sent him one
or maybe two, I can't remember.
1:20:19
About six months later, Gottschalk,
who ran Panavision for us. . .
1:20:24
. . .and who was a certified camera
and opticals genius, called and said:
1:20:30
"Why are you sending those
rear-projection cameras to Kubrick?"
1:20:34
I said, "He asked for them,
they sit down there. . .
1:20:37
. . .we don't use
rear projection anymore. "
1:20:40
He said, "They're priceless, the most
fantastic works ever put in a camera.
1:20:45
They are brilliantly conceived and
brilliantly executed camera works.
1:20:50
You couldn't build a camera like
it if your life depended on it.
1:20:53
I want to get every one I can,
because I can't duplicate them. "
1:20:57
Stanley had anticipated it and
acquired and built his own cameras!
1:21:03
He looked for the old-fashioned
Mitchell BNC cameras. . .
1:21:07
. . .for a very specific reason.
1:21:09
These were the only cameras
where he had a chance. . .
1:21:13
. . .of fitting these big Zeiss lenses.
1:21:16
Stanley sent me this lens and said,
could I mount it on his BNC camera?
1:21:21
I said it's absolutely impossible
because the BNC has two shutters. . .
1:21:26
. . .a thick aperture plate,
and all that. . .
1:21:29
. . .between the film plane
and the rear element of the lens.
1:21:33
And so I explained that to Stanley
and said we'd have to. . .
1:21:36
. . .damn near wreck your camera
and make it purely dedicated.
1:21:41
He said, "Go ahead and do it. "
1:21:43
It originally was designed,
developed and manufactured. . .
1:21:48
. . .by Zeiss, for NASA.
1:21:52
NASA was planning to use it
in satellite photography.
1:21:57
For that reason, it's an extremely
fast lens. It's an f0.7. . .