- Ken Adam's war room set in "Dr Strangelove"
- Derek Flint's ring tone/ Z.O.W.I.E. chief Cramden (Lee J Cobb) hotline to the President.
- The black armchairs in the Pentagon in "You Only Live Twice" (Ken Adam again)
- Use of split screens (circa 1968, e.g. "The Thomas Crown Affair", "The Boston Strangler")
- Saul Bass credits e.g. "Spartacus", "Walk on the Wildside"
- The interior of Robert Mitchum's private jet in "What A Way To Go!"(1964)
- Michael Caine's glasses in the Harry Palmer films
- The multi-level set in Jerry Lewis's "The Ladies Man" (1961)
- The first 10 minutes of "Goldfinger" (1964)
- Dr No's underwater living quarters (complete with recently stolen Goya painting)
A blog by a self-opinionated tosser from Melbourne, Australia. Now retired, he has too much time on his hands and needs to get a life. He will bore you rigid with his views, biases, recollections and travel tips. He reviews novels, TV shows and movies, making lists and crapping on about pop culture. You have been warned. Feedback encouraged.
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
10 cool things from 60's movies
Labels:
Derek Flint,
Dr No,
Dr Strangelove,
Goldfinger,
Saul Bass,
What a way to go,
You only live twice
Friday, 15 August 2014
Five classic chairs from 60's spy movies
- The sheik's (Eames) executive lounge chair atop his hydrofoil in "Modesty Blaise" (1966)
- The swivel (Eames again?) chair Derek Flint straddles in the poster for "Our Man Flint" (1965)
- The chaise longue James Bond is dropped into, falling from a chute in the Tokyo underground (Tanaka's HQ) "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
- Blofeld's super wide supervillain wing chair in his volcano lair (accurately lampooned in the Austin Powers trilogy).
- The tan leather armchairs in the Pentagon in "You Only Live Twice" (Ken Adam again). 1967 was the high water mark for cool movie chairs.
Labels:
chairs,
Eames,
James Bond,
Ken Adam,
Modesty Blaise,
Our Man Flint,
spy movies,
You only live twice
Saturday, 9 August 2014
Ten great Pet Shop Boys songs
- Was It Worth It? (anthemic)
- Left To My Own Devices (How can you resist: "Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat"?)
- Dreaming of the Queen
- Decadence
- Heart (Sir Ian McKellen plays a randy vampire in the video)
- Love Comes Quickly
- Paninaro
- Opportunity (Let's Make Lots of Money)
- Love, etc.
- Two Divided by Zero
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