tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66839021093481814712024-03-18T20:57:01.231-07:00JoyBlogMusings from a Doctor Who fanatic, soundtrack, theatre, movie and sci-fi nut Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-153891954841868222020-10-23T08:04:00.021-07:002020-10-24T13:03:29.467-07:00Dario Argento movie locations: Turin Break<h1 style="text-align: center;">Dario Argento movie locations: Turin Break</h1><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-cGeDC16-TX7X1VBQvCOo2AlnWr_BWS8v19xUKbzXt37gTm2g9Ht3O2xQhg8A7RTfXrgjXLtei8X6AY-Q4slXovt1tYsdYES_Q4w4GBqa3SxLwodew9gH68AOlzr8lk7QWYGzVrI2wM/s1111/argento.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1111" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-cGeDC16-TX7X1VBQvCOo2AlnWr_BWS8v19xUKbzXt37gTm2g9Ht3O2xQhg8A7RTfXrgjXLtei8X6AY-Q4slXovt1tYsdYES_Q4w4GBqa3SxLwodew9gH68AOlzr8lk7QWYGzVrI2wM/w640-h327/argento.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />A whistle-stop tour of 25 of the top Turin locations featured in horror and thriller maestro Dario Argento’s films.</h3><p>While Italian director Dario Argento is typically associated with capital city Rome - in no small part due to the location of his shop Profondo Rosso - it’s the Piedmont capital city Turin (Torino) where he has filmed (or partially filmed) many of his movies. It would take days to visit every set-up from the movies, so instead I’ve focused on the most accessible and recognisable that you could cover off in a day.</p><p>To save doubling back or unnecessary diversions I’ve grouped the locations into three regions - West of Centre, Main Centre, East of River. I've also listed the locations in ascending postcode order, again to help with grouping locations.</p><p>And while I've tried to avoid any big spoilers, it would be best to watch the movies first before reading further. Enjoy, and beware of mysterious strangers in black gloves! </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>West of Centre</b></p><p><b>1. Movie Location: Terzi Institute Research Centre and Franco Arno’s apartment: The Cat o’Nine Tails / Il Gatto a Novo Code (1971)<br />Actual Location: 12 and 17 Via Vincenzo Vela, 10128</b></p><p>You can follow in Franco Arno’s (Karl Malden) footsteps as he walks along the road with his white cane and young helper. It’s here that he gets her to check who’s in the car outside of the Terzi Institute - this being the rear of the GAM art gallery - as well as bumping into photographer Carlo Giordani (James Franciscus). Little has changed since the early 70s and you can even match up certain slabs in the stone wall due to their imperfections. As a bonus, you’re only a hundred metres away from two important properties from Do You Like Hitchcock? on the same road.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8FAsOHuAtpMrDcv3AEaefIx95gWHIOZd-hLy0gAdSkK7WjUkkizqtB_udukZjSD2bjxb62BzxbqZf4Vru5EuCDuOjf0isP3J_eN32Bn044bOHe5YIqlsfSgWXIdz_TSkGH586BDgSNM/s2048/IMG_2834.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8FAsOHuAtpMrDcv3AEaefIx95gWHIOZd-hLy0gAdSkK7WjUkkizqtB_udukZjSD2bjxb62BzxbqZf4Vru5EuCDuOjf0isP3J_eN32Bn044bOHe5YIqlsfSgWXIdz_TSkGH586BDgSNM/w320-h320/IMG_2834.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_F5D7yjoeXM2NXGIqrsaBF963Yz_cKaH_N10E6SazvO56mRBZaHvz8tgdfiV2vtvEgHpdsjTAXqWR1zTsDzgLR-yxkn2WGLfJibpfpOysqlXsj7zyFbFq_l21Fp3B6hSn1_4oJd13Zw/s2048/IMG_2833.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_F5D7yjoeXM2NXGIqrsaBF963Yz_cKaH_N10E6SazvO56mRBZaHvz8tgdfiV2vtvEgHpdsjTAXqWR1zTsDzgLR-yxkn2WGLfJibpfpOysqlXsj7zyFbFq_l21Fp3B6hSn1_4oJd13Zw/w320-h320/IMG_2833.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVYxfjYGn0A6r67cwXRnQqhyomCvzHdlTFk7avanmeQMzwAzQ5PD63zjkAFAe55YnhLFSrP23jKmwxcj1VLYNOBe3-TeYXDwWIPNLWJCv1PdZ2zQcmQzESRNtliZbpDiuCwEuhq6JED0/s2048/IMG_2945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVYxfjYGn0A6r67cwXRnQqhyomCvzHdlTFk7avanmeQMzwAzQ5PD63zjkAFAe55YnhLFSrP23jKmwxcj1VLYNOBe3-TeYXDwWIPNLWJCv1PdZ2zQcmQzESRNtliZbpDiuCwEuhq6JED0/w320-h320/IMG_2945.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQOR1P-R0sXXWaQWzq9s5dmJhCX9vhXVZgG2RIQQClQ36Cx_96Hyog7NH1bJJKUVypU3-Vv9KnqjDE7RMTAcKSEOTlhbIKxR6E8sBp_IGY3Mo3Mfh8EWPRUpaozPgswGI6vkTImrDGcQ/s2048/IMG_2835.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQOR1P-R0sXXWaQWzq9s5dmJhCX9vhXVZgG2RIQQClQ36Cx_96Hyog7NH1bJJKUVypU3-Vv9KnqjDE7RMTAcKSEOTlhbIKxR6E8sBp_IGY3Mo3Mfh8EWPRUpaozPgswGI6vkTImrDGcQ/w320-h320/IMG_2835.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUdSP7LCGprW30r9lZI0GvWIFwYE6t6WKa2zb8mGAgYVa5NIUXy02gdPy_Xj1QPR0v-MIAQFMRlD-5CybNkP7w7Tr2HYE-gCiM1N9AcxvskBU6mwaZ2q93eOAG4OJG9n40g_cq0XF3Uw/s2048/IMG_2946.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUdSP7LCGprW30r9lZI0GvWIFwYE6t6WKa2zb8mGAgYVa5NIUXy02gdPy_Xj1QPR0v-MIAQFMRlD-5CybNkP7w7Tr2HYE-gCiM1N9AcxvskBU6mwaZ2q93eOAG4OJG9n40g_cq0XF3Uw/w320-h320/IMG_2946.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><p><b>2. Movie Location: Guilio’s Apartment and Sasha’s Apartment: Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005)<br />Actual Location: 27 and 24 Via Vincenzo Vela, 10128</b></p><p>In Argento’s TV movie, the hero Giulio (Elio Germano) lives opposite Sasha (Elisabetta Rocchetti), on whom he spies with his binoculars. Both properties remain, though the beautiful external elevator at 24 is no longer there. There’s multiple shots of both buildings throughout the movie, including the elaborate detailing and Roman statue head near Giulio’s rear window. You can also see the entry to 27, which is frequently used in the film, and the best bit is that you’re less than five minutes’ walk from The Cat o’Nine Tails’ Terzi Institute, which is on the same road. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJPkll7s6PCpxNB2KvJ_7ZLIdOGO0Ykx9Prfjlsnar5WVFeWkpPohKZUZJvh1ucEVjscC12nVP-x6dZIUF8M5o_xIOFJTu0NE8ulNfF4T0GLtTVJipM0ex_bz6qqA7LWUN3SXdvPeiPs/s2048/IMG_2898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJPkll7s6PCpxNB2KvJ_7ZLIdOGO0Ykx9Prfjlsnar5WVFeWkpPohKZUZJvh1ucEVjscC12nVP-x6dZIUF8M5o_xIOFJTu0NE8ulNfF4T0GLtTVJipM0ex_bz6qqA7LWUN3SXdvPeiPs/s320/IMG_2898.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTid2Pud-uzkeiBI-mLbk5UfJBtpKUoYyCw8n2BqD586iYV-zP4k06U9rxOkzKfWB5NM70Opymb46Pglt5a6DuZ_GpTDs3GRK9Xi58n4dxWdMAVde-iuAk0-H8jO6NhCaS4zKpPOIfwlo/s2048/IMG_2900.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTid2Pud-uzkeiBI-mLbk5UfJBtpKUoYyCw8n2BqD586iYV-zP4k06U9rxOkzKfWB5NM70Opymb46Pglt5a6DuZ_GpTDs3GRK9Xi58n4dxWdMAVde-iuAk0-H8jO6NhCaS4zKpPOIfwlo/s320/IMG_2900.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7EB9y26JOFewbOqoZKubzzTJfXIkujgx1-u5QxXTSvNkniIuwO3fnmy1q1kQi5IF6HeOYqmcSwODuau7bXtCpAAkkaANmOixsxe-0PpuOLxYbwv4MoVKJqQfpCvvReYQzIDOGhyphenhyphenYIYo/s2048/IMG_2895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7EB9y26JOFewbOqoZKubzzTJfXIkujgx1-u5QxXTSvNkniIuwO3fnmy1q1kQi5IF6HeOYqmcSwODuau7bXtCpAAkkaANmOixsxe-0PpuOLxYbwv4MoVKJqQfpCvvReYQzIDOGhyphenhyphenYIYo/s320/IMG_2895.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJCDfmSMo-taEnpsPOKtwCP1bNOtBDxoDkmR78qkBHfYy0wlC0zciQXrkeurukDblZVYJHWSmvONmRLH-RlOtJBYY7CqkSp0bzdH2-aDWMZ9-MOodU9ss0a0a-YngXZmqOUju6WoCi9I/s2048/IMG_2902.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJCDfmSMo-taEnpsPOKtwCP1bNOtBDxoDkmR78qkBHfYy0wlC0zciQXrkeurukDblZVYJHWSmvONmRLH-RlOtJBYY7CqkSp0bzdH2-aDWMZ9-MOodU9ss0a0a-YngXZmqOUju6WoCi9I/s320/IMG_2902.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6JMJIm8ZmyGUD7ZVPGI1JG-MzcrBdp2Ekqrf1BomSt1Ac4E9414O-beb2-ee1g-UPMQh1BBrCDyvZh5kkQ1f31pox3mt70p9IrxHD7R2nTD_akRpysyOmh7R4TpCGvFm9XAERTSboY8/s2048/IMG_2665.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6JMJIm8ZmyGUD7ZVPGI1JG-MzcrBdp2Ekqrf1BomSt1Ac4E9414O-beb2-ee1g-UPMQh1BBrCDyvZh5kkQ1f31pox3mt70p9IrxHD7R2nTD_akRpysyOmh7R4TpCGvFm9XAERTSboY8/s320/IMG_2665.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmzkyUP7APHMxEn3uIcSXVD7UpiKN8x9u8n6SVxj5sMV2eYykPXQZliEhSWXvfoRclLskV82PO_d1sBdsU5aRGBX8l3bZO7lniSWDj5JtBwzC5XUO6GB8YHhTV06GXXlZacFT1srE3uo/s2048/IMG_2670.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmzkyUP7APHMxEn3uIcSXVD7UpiKN8x9u8n6SVxj5sMV2eYykPXQZliEhSWXvfoRclLskV82PO_d1sBdsU5aRGBX8l3bZO7lniSWDj5JtBwzC5XUO6GB8YHhTV06GXXlZacFT1srE3uo/s320/IMG_2670.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>3. Movie Location: Killer’s house: Sleepless / Non Ho Sonno (2001)<br />Actual Location: 7 Corso Generale Giuseppe Govone, 10129</b></p><p>This building block with distinctive balconies and turret top features at the start of the movie in the flashback to the murder, and then again when Moretti (Max Von Sydow) and Giacomo (Stefano Dionisi) visit it in present day. Little has changed, and you can even walk over to where the duo talk by the car. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUoe6ZaOli5RXmOuK56uwnR-gx8X6bw1xf0pH_xTcxWIuA5yJjlE7Y8cgxL-yshDvfg3z4IJhDVNZ5PM_Gtd0ubLpM0Cm3zAV852x7shJ8CHHr_JUTbq0SyuamRMnRfdYe6jXbXTnf3k/s2048/IMG_2810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUoe6ZaOli5RXmOuK56uwnR-gx8X6bw1xf0pH_xTcxWIuA5yJjlE7Y8cgxL-yshDvfg3z4IJhDVNZ5PM_Gtd0ubLpM0Cm3zAV852x7shJ8CHHr_JUTbq0SyuamRMnRfdYe6jXbXTnf3k/s320/IMG_2810.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4AxrPP8H_YkblEolodJCsEIocltDCfqd38UAUGwZNMHEPCUPWkidmj1pTIUqdSoiTFjHfmqgzELEYWjvMi1o2YEOZjjjjSWHlh4ZI1P7QKiHXZsY4wP3v01ejc4y657wyTfjKr2LEOk/s2048/IMG_2811.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4AxrPP8H_YkblEolodJCsEIocltDCfqd38UAUGwZNMHEPCUPWkidmj1pTIUqdSoiTFjHfmqgzELEYWjvMi1o2YEOZjjjjSWHlh4ZI1P7QKiHXZsY4wP3v01ejc4y657wyTfjKr2LEOk/s320/IMG_2811.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyAkqnMEque59JrO6mn7gdt8lsIqBZOkJs5HRsIArgy8c4cFhzIKRJ3QWfkjrlDscR01OMUA8XKVs3mwSBMJt9PHTB_Rzaguxy-nu9k-g2RoCX6ZNKKMXPQ5L6RgMd2ZWQ2o85KRKbAQ/s2048/IMG_2671.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipyAkqnMEque59JrO6mn7gdt8lsIqBZOkJs5HRsIArgy8c4cFhzIKRJ3QWfkjrlDscR01OMUA8XKVs3mwSBMJt9PHTB_Rzaguxy-nu9k-g2RoCX6ZNKKMXPQ5L6RgMd2ZWQ2o85KRKbAQ/s320/IMG_2671.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHm7_XoWyYz_UApAuAO3rfsmdZEQLgGHUAKHy6eEhd1fSBrh__vDe1CJ-cDYRfJJDMtzDwpROqrP-zPljnBW4PGNuKYMyJToVH40EMuVFwVTop8KN3fyccnmKk48mAkcDQ8JqK6wOat4/s2048/IMG_2681.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHm7_XoWyYz_UApAuAO3rfsmdZEQLgGHUAKHy6eEhd1fSBrh__vDe1CJ-cDYRfJJDMtzDwpROqrP-zPljnBW4PGNuKYMyJToVH40EMuVFwVTop8KN3fyccnmKk48mAkcDQ8JqK6wOat4/s320/IMG_2681.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>4. Movie Location: Killer’s house: Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971) <br />Actual Location : 45 Via Giacinto Collegno, 10138</b></p><p>There’s a mysterious building in the movie on the corner of Via Duchessa Jolanda and Via Giacinto Collegno. 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Movie location: Helga’s murder: Deep Red / Profondo Rosso (1975) <br /></b><b>Actual Location: Piazza CLN, 10121</b></p><p>Another instantly recognisable location, serving not only as the spot where Marcus Daly (David Hemmings) meets up with drunken friend Carlo (Gabriele Lavia) by the fountain with the reclining statue of Po, but also where Daly witnesses the murder of psychic medium Helga Ulmann (Macha Méril) up at a window. Little has changed since 1975 and you can follow Daly’s movement from the statue, to the window, to the door he enters to try and save her. The Piazza del Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale is named in tribute to a resistance organization to fascism, though originally this 1937 site housed the HQ of the Gestapo. It contains two fountains by statues sculptor Umberto Baglioni (1937). At the time of my visit in summer 2020 there was an installation on site celebrating the movie, one of 20 across the city, marking Turin as 2020 City of Cinema. 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Movie Location: Underground Car Park Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971)<br /></b><b>Actual Location: Junction of Via Secondo Frola and Via XX Settembre</b></p><p>Just a short walk across from the Deep Red location in Piazza CLN is the entrance to the underground car park as featured prominently and to comedic effect in the car chase between the police and Carlo/Anna.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNt-uV-j775zACIU5I1okKp9HnhAehaY2mSZ12Awmjm04t8DAjJIem3ACsDovxQ9GBMN3sy2WgPUli-Xrz2-jJ32BAB-n0uFGQ5-jn4ARmbdDouqPd18I-s7LkQ-3oOdJ1k6Rj8jjwB_Q/s2048/IMG_2948.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNt-uV-j775zACIU5I1okKp9HnhAehaY2mSZ12Awmjm04t8DAjJIem3ACsDovxQ9GBMN3sy2WgPUli-Xrz2-jJ32BAB-n0uFGQ5-jn4ARmbdDouqPd18I-s7LkQ-3oOdJ1k6Rj8jjwB_Q/s320/IMG_2948.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNodqnGZUHQfx9t0tVrwGw3SUn1IqLCB5rACeHWmHhPJbMIMUwZuQk4uhL7CS-Lg1ufTGqNwJS9mG8_I-jJb-Lgk2LoAv9E5H3VJ17u3z6gdvdivYvPwrza6jyTlkFnRgGTPGfmGbSAk/s2048/IMG_2949.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNodqnGZUHQfx9t0tVrwGw3SUn1IqLCB5rACeHWmHhPJbMIMUwZuQk4uhL7CS-Lg1ufTGqNwJS9mG8_I-jJb-Lgk2LoAv9E5H3VJ17u3z6gdvdivYvPwrza6jyTlkFnRgGTPGfmGbSAk/s320/IMG_2949.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRN0W8ERyye87vdKvWAgfZ-cCJUr7T_wzu7g6qY8I4AGEmy14C4nIZIRA2baajEU35knhokzXMaH5_X_aUVP3-nRcIBU9nge4ajSMzGAdtVeN1pdeEOjXsrgc5_2JpGVR1zJuK6WTgaM/s2048/IMG_2950.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRN0W8ERyye87vdKvWAgfZ-cCJUr7T_wzu7g6qY8I4AGEmy14C4nIZIRA2baajEU35knhokzXMaH5_X_aUVP3-nRcIBU9nge4ajSMzGAdtVeN1pdeEOjXsrgc5_2JpGVR1zJuK6WTgaM/s320/IMG_2950.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlDo3GRWvm-JdrT2stsfIyqGSCCE__ws1p_M85UkQFoDCcuUJ04KshwmcW4yyHVB7-r3tIPvC2TxGe_11MJLGYsBOkfUtAlO56RvO1Qdj1f0l5QVu1_aqqMZAlxw3XOy0qlE_OFAxcwo/s2048/IMG_2951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlDo3GRWvm-JdrT2stsfIyqGSCCE__ws1p_M85UkQFoDCcuUJ04KshwmcW4yyHVB7-r3tIPvC2TxGe_11MJLGYsBOkfUtAlO56RvO1Qdj1f0l5QVu1_aqqMZAlxw3XOy0qlE_OFAxcwo/s320/IMG_2951.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJ3kUI9-zB0gExr96NiJM6bgeFzIcZSXE9AcRAebDVesMulZ7u-WD-lfBvQAtTY3ORJLBck7wLr_iJGflNk9VgOd-uU_kSyXeXvxMjyucfboLzsS-OnsxxRb65mqcC1pWHt6lJ_97yjQ/s2048/IMG_2381.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJ3kUI9-zB0gExr96NiJM6bgeFzIcZSXE9AcRAebDVesMulZ7u-WD-lfBvQAtTY3ORJLBck7wLr_iJGflNk9VgOd-uU_kSyXeXvxMjyucfboLzsS-OnsxxRb65mqcC1pWHt6lJ_97yjQ/s320/IMG_2381.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>7. Movie location: Shopping Centre: Deep Red / Profondo Rosso (1975) and Giallo (2009)<br />Actual Location: Galleria San Federico, 10121</b></p><p>It’s two for the price of one with this beautiful shopping centre, featuring not only where Daly and Carlo take a stroll in Deep Red, but also where the killer Yellow finds himself in Giallo. You’ll also spot it from movie classic The Italian Job as one of the shopping centres that the Minis drive through. It’s a beautiful 1933 glass-domed building, housing the lovely Lux Cinema and many high-end shops.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVrzyERk_CAbpuqb3GW3BF5uolLWQ6hAML7MPcqldwPOjv38i9OIBgHO1ynk9XjBY2ZOvQIjex3Jds2jJJDI76YkyBv4SOBCvF5Z2WxZvd4wi1mu9zUyAfw0MnOJ_NlV1r-l2uJoeP6s/s2048/IMG_2889.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVrzyERk_CAbpuqb3GW3BF5uolLWQ6hAML7MPcqldwPOjv38i9OIBgHO1ynk9XjBY2ZOvQIjex3Jds2jJJDI76YkyBv4SOBCvF5Z2WxZvd4wi1mu9zUyAfw0MnOJ_NlV1r-l2uJoeP6s/s320/IMG_2889.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ew_uu-k2zUUNgcCWX22utPP1Fme_CfuGPV_wKwYVeTtTOLPtvKXHdyFsdpuTS5lojTyt498WczcCS2szP9Fyi5r4mHjJ_dnItQBTfAyCA9Y1eyoPhyphenhyphenUJCNuOFuj-4vRakaIKH0tRa-k/s2048/IMG_2890.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ew_uu-k2zUUNgcCWX22utPP1Fme_CfuGPV_wKwYVeTtTOLPtvKXHdyFsdpuTS5lojTyt498WczcCS2szP9Fyi5r4mHjJ_dnItQBTfAyCA9Y1eyoPhyphenhyphenUJCNuOFuj-4vRakaIKH0tRa-k/s320/IMG_2890.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWOkRM6WwvxY77GqsJ7xoF0C5JWV0vbIQp1FF5M1tfpdh5dCp6n36IiWxLnXJS692A56w1Ciie1590fDDzgJDv4J6Ac41av2P78F9Tss6bqNiXPj7wQ1DIyi9a25YGRguDcPjMyjv7ww/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_3005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWOkRM6WwvxY77GqsJ7xoF0C5JWV0vbIQp1FF5M1tfpdh5dCp6n36IiWxLnXJS692A56w1Ciie1590fDDzgJDv4J6Ac41av2P78F9Tss6bqNiXPj7wQ1DIyi9a25YGRguDcPjMyjv7ww/s320/thumbnail_IMG_3005.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_T9ou0iDg4B6KX2lcNBg_IQAWbLVAvDT_ID5UUhEaWrURYOLM-G0E9jEeT6gHuBGNw9jrHuXge3beStK3DCjxAmTI7NUywvoG3kmHlmXY1bVvAdoaXq5Cv3Qh2WRy8J-s04H2yF29es/s2048/IMG_2384.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_T9ou0iDg4B6KX2lcNBg_IQAWbLVAvDT_ID5UUhEaWrURYOLM-G0E9jEeT6gHuBGNw9jrHuXge3beStK3DCjxAmTI7NUywvoG3kmHlmXY1bVvAdoaXq5Cv3Qh2WRy8J-s04H2yF29es/s320/IMG_2384.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfNDPJEPP8gg5bdGjvXqZu-cgRwuVzmvWj9qSx6SlnDk4L9p45U2xvhx6YAXy3o8eGyQBaOc-IFurmDw0kGO_ddBYtxuHkSpu6qikLxRUJfvo95-xGTaQBZEyY7AmJ3SfucXsuTDq1F8/s2048/IMG_2385.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfNDPJEPP8gg5bdGjvXqZu-cgRwuVzmvWj9qSx6SlnDk4L9p45U2xvhx6YAXy3o8eGyQBaOc-IFurmDw0kGO_ddBYtxuHkSpu6qikLxRUJfvo95-xGTaQBZEyY7AmJ3SfucXsuTDq1F8/s320/IMG_2385.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>8. Movie Location: Train Station: The Cat of Nine Tails / Il Gatto a Novo Code (1971)<br />Actual Location: Platform 17, Torino Porta Nuova, 58 Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 10121</b></p><p>Visit Platform 17 of Turin’s main train station and sadly you’ll no longer spot the same clocks (showing as 5:10pm in the movie) where Calabrese (Carlo Alighiero) is waiting for train. However, you can match the buildings and roof in this 1861 station, which is the third busiest in Italy for passenger flow. Beware that ticket inspectors might frown upon you if you don’t have a valid ticket, and in the modern state of emergency it’s probably best to not linger too long suspiciously taking photos of railway platforms. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfL4Gmtq18ZvHou3kHr9kD_qmtKJAOTlkx2soSPmcHsJZrU9SEv991OjhE6ijC4FZaGZatY8Zq0x_mXNiukB5Ynsi0sv9gpJ_tmfY3i4sLEfr1GH6EBysBj7L1dALVY5UC5yFfTvPBLY/s2048/IMG_2851.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfL4Gmtq18ZvHou3kHr9kD_qmtKJAOTlkx2soSPmcHsJZrU9SEv991OjhE6ijC4FZaGZatY8Zq0x_mXNiukB5Ynsi0sv9gpJ_tmfY3i4sLEfr1GH6EBysBj7L1dALVY5UC5yFfTvPBLY/s320/IMG_2851.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifygGhvkuRS3jzWKjS6qd6SvBe8Ly3px4TIwt4fjp0vCFjcpTh6RDGSaKyyi646jOhyphenhyphen4LpQNaDRLqcPzzPycekaynfRuHOmxH0jHD3snAqKHoQfatKzyIr4uUKcfAy3hI_6Xk4VkPEllk/s2048/IMG_2852.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifygGhvkuRS3jzWKjS6qd6SvBe8Ly3px4TIwt4fjp0vCFjcpTh6RDGSaKyyi646jOhyphenhyphen4LpQNaDRLqcPzzPycekaynfRuHOmxH0jHD3snAqKHoQfatKzyIr4uUKcfAy3hI_6Xk4VkPEllk/s320/IMG_2852.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8_QM0TE3Eaq8qRXVQE1N6T_FaZvDtRwkXRb3_u43Ub3TM02sUbvTR2Z7pWOT0l5w3d1KwZIfNmrS15hjBV5NI120sIdqjKP2dtTN82Mg0KSYZwp65AZ2UF702sYQI0a7mZWJS3AjFmY/s2048/IMG_2848.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8_QM0TE3Eaq8qRXVQE1N6T_FaZvDtRwkXRb3_u43Ub3TM02sUbvTR2Z7pWOT0l5w3d1KwZIfNmrS15hjBV5NI120sIdqjKP2dtTN82Mg0KSYZwp65AZ2UF702sYQI0a7mZWJS3AjFmY/s320/IMG_2848.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaOfHPXjytbeu_jeTerDAJd4TtBpnLchbp2unT0XphT9hRRHmVqA6oeTAhBHXsPU0wUuuOGpG75QWKZqOYVbr7oH8q2VhBF1yItQrxYXcSOH4QgCGYdaM4ZOYgYHj4e9P6IVEqZG1lpY/s2048/IMG_2316.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMaOfHPXjytbeu_jeTerDAJd4TtBpnLchbp2unT0XphT9hRRHmVqA6oeTAhBHXsPU0wUuuOGpG75QWKZqOYVbr7oH8q2VhBF1yItQrxYXcSOH4QgCGYdaM4ZOYgYHj4e9P6IVEqZG1lpY/s320/IMG_2316.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>9. Movie Location: Giordani’s apartment: The Cat of Nine Tails / Il Gatto a Novo Code (1971)<br />Actual Location: 2 Via Alessandro Vittorio Papacino, 10121</b></p><p>We only get to see the door of Carlo Giordani’s (James Franciscus) apartment in the movie, which is a shame, because it’s a beautiful house. It’s just off the main road Corso Galileo Ferraris, and a few minutes from Mastio della Citadella, which featured briefly in Giallo, and Giardino Lamarmora from the opening of Four Flies on Grey Velvet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JG-AZrpXrqaM9DQuWXsNHbxCsq1SGDQ3WpgLPBAoSt1cvgb-Vc21dcqO9HjlaU6QkssAln47PytucbXOPp18NoGlyPgzIKAFHgsfkSXm95BKI-7Ci8CdietP-DJ8lLXN9Vgpgqhx7Lg/s2048/IMG_2849.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JG-AZrpXrqaM9DQuWXsNHbxCsq1SGDQ3WpgLPBAoSt1cvgb-Vc21dcqO9HjlaU6QkssAln47PytucbXOPp18NoGlyPgzIKAFHgsfkSXm95BKI-7Ci8CdietP-DJ8lLXN9Vgpgqhx7Lg/s320/IMG_2849.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLm7lls1CNoqwTVb0jyF1Xas0N_nMfbyfXiKMAc7KKvycOqbi0UtCWSscbExMmp52zM8O2ra3bwOhwT5l5lMXW7plJ8lcaH0SfcXDPGpgqK5cWs0lrO-uYESMVY4quVJk51_w1vHk4XI/s2048/IMG_2488.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLm7lls1CNoqwTVb0jyF1Xas0N_nMfbyfXiKMAc7KKvycOqbi0UtCWSscbExMmp52zM8O2ra3bwOhwT5l5lMXW7plJ8lcaH0SfcXDPGpgqK5cWs0lrO-uYESMVY4quVJk51_w1vHk4XI/s320/IMG_2488.JPEG" /></a></div><p><b>10. Movie Location: Righetto’s apartment : The Cat o’Nine Tails / Il Gatto a Novo Code (1971)<br />Actual Location: 15 Via Santa Teresa, 10121</b></p><p>There’s a moment when photographer Carlo parks up outside photographer Righetto’s (Vittorio Congia) office/apartment, leaving Arno in the car. This is in a small square off the road, framed by concrete arches. It’s very recognisable. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c1b-LGAfBQDvef1ISg6LbFJYVjsMDOHmbUGKCg9fPIf2rKC7PXUI9MFISu9XuPzKRXLjHg9gKr9kFhbkcfMa4_gRFuJRVfadpLKHoecLA7CtrCX9bi-7s_la_Cwz-RqnCYFnJ0zZcLk/s2048/IMG_2869.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c1b-LGAfBQDvef1ISg6LbFJYVjsMDOHmbUGKCg9fPIf2rKC7PXUI9MFISu9XuPzKRXLjHg9gKr9kFhbkcfMa4_gRFuJRVfadpLKHoecLA7CtrCX9bi-7s_la_Cwz-RqnCYFnJ0zZcLk/s320/IMG_2869.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC0L4h9wYB-qFqwjfwRw4gERZ73aNrgn7R46FOt7lYIWOaX3CEBo3DvNY2fn8YvD0Q2XVJzNnb2I5keLwon2_9fjiD1vZK7oJ8FAGADJVGXDAXr1pOUerISFn5lZnQ_S9Oj3LmUA-SzY/s2048/IMG_2870.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC0L4h9wYB-qFqwjfwRw4gERZ73aNrgn7R46FOt7lYIWOaX3CEBo3DvNY2fn8YvD0Q2XVJzNnb2I5keLwon2_9fjiD1vZK7oJ8FAGADJVGXDAXr1pOUerISFn5lZnQ_S9Oj3LmUA-SzY/s320/IMG_2870.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKBDjhA-MbvdI2F1kQ0TpCuvBkULyxZAb9bnFQCmsRgEtdJjHbvceSuqGJfrkKd_6lQX2fj3Ulk4nDYaV9S5QGDj_2QNHDOQCA0QJkH55bmOMqyWDq8Y92wtS9ffvvUGIh2CoWFhvGMY/s2048/IMG_2871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKBDjhA-MbvdI2F1kQ0TpCuvBkULyxZAb9bnFQCmsRgEtdJjHbvceSuqGJfrkKd_6lQX2fj3Ulk4nDYaV9S5QGDj_2QNHDOQCA0QJkH55bmOMqyWDq8Y92wtS9ffvvUGIh2CoWFhvGMY/s320/IMG_2871.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjJeZW8Xba-DNbhS8fbqWVFOtswBTL1Yf3tjsgXk-1zJnbriLe2OQ8BmrJxhqRNtYabQpEmTPoe9MygVeIfrDQirqy_PcGS2Cv24xfk8Hr__QMhOV2IeV_zfi4PWXPv1PDwalwavI2eg/s2048/IMG_2872.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjJeZW8Xba-DNbhS8fbqWVFOtswBTL1Yf3tjsgXk-1zJnbriLe2OQ8BmrJxhqRNtYabQpEmTPoe9MygVeIfrDQirqy_PcGS2Cv24xfk8Hr__QMhOV2IeV_zfi4PWXPv1PDwalwavI2eg/s320/IMG_2872.JPG" /></a></div><p><b>11. Movie location: Bath house (Exterior): </b><b>Mother of Tears / La Terza Madre (2007)</b><b><br />Actual Location: Istituti Superiori Femminili Magistrale, 10121</b></p><p>Istituti Superiori Femminili is on the main Corso Galileo Ferraris road which runs into the city. We get a brief exterior of the building, presumably the shower room interiors were shot elsewhere, as this is a female learning institute.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIklRyzngUvfE2Rdpgmbt2VW6ahuZS-VYPo3Rc9cgpXOr_aLb-u5LrCqoGXQvZ3qRmnQvRcvlmclBCYR46y8L-tGyUfuEUaJ7ie2PRRdAzkyEC7rDWH4Cbm-T2frNhsyZ1RLUNwfgcww/s2048/IMG_2996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIklRyzngUvfE2Rdpgmbt2VW6ahuZS-VYPo3Rc9cgpXOr_aLb-u5LrCqoGXQvZ3qRmnQvRcvlmclBCYR46y8L-tGyUfuEUaJ7ie2PRRdAzkyEC7rDWH4Cbm-T2frNhsyZ1RLUNwfgcww/s320/IMG_2996.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTC5-sNEcHg8O6uHbWwbryrXXZo_7X9XRHpXuB6__AnxsIicPhjOLF0f1moFtoEYazOepqJlltfEt8bDrkfKDR0jEVxNbRs2uy6CBGvl2Q_jHGfvk1tFcLkg5LkN7v9sPSHBmWPssDebo/s2048/IMG_2492.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTC5-sNEcHg8O6uHbWwbryrXXZo_7X9XRHpXuB6__AnxsIicPhjOLF0f1moFtoEYazOepqJlltfEt8bDrkfKDR0jEVxNbRs2uy6CBGvl2Q_jHGfvk1tFcLkg5LkN7v9sPSHBmWPssDebo/s320/IMG_2492.JPEG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>12. Movie Location: Park: Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971) <br /></b><b>Actual Location: Giardini La Marmora, Via Stampatori, 10122</b></p><p>This small park appears in a scene at the start of the movie when Roberto is drumming and recalls a time in the park when he returned a football to a child and spotted a moustachioed man in dark sunglasses, hat and suit, following him. The stranger grabs a child who has blown confetti over him. It’s located between Via degli Stampatori and Via Cernaia.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00AuwJvjBIlsZ9EM1zVdS4nrWtLr8AMM9Ne9KC1_VPFnsdkwUTUuniZLHGmCVP8BHE0SaCOlU7_CbM1eZ5t-R5X3u8HVDkwH7pZ1-vu9IfwGhksLbcfTPSBsaAnyFAgSAQ0l5fpOFAt0/s2048/IMG_2505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00AuwJvjBIlsZ9EM1zVdS4nrWtLr8AMM9Ne9KC1_VPFnsdkwUTUuniZLHGmCVP8BHE0SaCOlU7_CbM1eZ5t-R5X3u8HVDkwH7pZ1-vu9IfwGhksLbcfTPSBsaAnyFAgSAQ0l5fpOFAt0/s320/IMG_2505.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI0P0133mH3Jg9JF9r0c-t7gRB5yHNWDjuP1JzzLPUFWU7rf-InCG8pHIrWzhljKHBzO_RTAoTuZvOImgDdf0v0kQ_HaUmOsTqPAKN8GbcQdckCJelsknejJaB0mG_JOqU-4cwLf5FqY/s2048/IMG_2504.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI0P0133mH3Jg9JF9r0c-t7gRB5yHNWDjuP1JzzLPUFWU7rf-InCG8pHIrWzhljKHBzO_RTAoTuZvOImgDdf0v0kQ_HaUmOsTqPAKN8GbcQdckCJelsknejJaB0mG_JOqU-4cwLf5FqY/s320/IMG_2504.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>13. Movie Location: Shopping arcade: Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971)<br />Actual Location: Galleria Umberto I, 10122</b></p><p>Another scene from the start of the movie where Roberto is following the man in black, and has confetti thrown at a him by a revelling woman. The arcade is in the centre of the old city, between the City Hall and Piazza della Repubblica market. From 1575 to 1887 it was a hospital, but in 1890 it was turned into a shopping mall and renamed in honour of King Umberto I of Savoy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaiOhZ6HZYH0NfJaIzyEFDR_nWU5LwVBaVI810EmedXgcbL-sI0KTt4a5zD2doIDLb8w-9ApJ7i6hfj6TnHRUDl75u28x2Un6Njrj3jwZ3XQOlbt0JtuQ871cNcwsTIaCb7rMbJwY3VE/s2048/IMG_2627.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaiOhZ6HZYH0NfJaIzyEFDR_nWU5LwVBaVI810EmedXgcbL-sI0KTt4a5zD2doIDLb8w-9ApJ7i6hfj6TnHRUDl75u28x2Un6Njrj3jwZ3XQOlbt0JtuQ871cNcwsTIaCb7rMbJwY3VE/s320/IMG_2627.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlOcQdHRu2l7_VD_weLxQ3LBRZJ0RvH4hyphenhyphen8hK_j-hSL2bAtdWDQWKBp8Bf5bMbVlXXCpbnkxgjCGpcRFYeGEdnZaFzt3WdKx-Leka1mssHAUUNn0if5qQ8kjBAyZfEx4FGBrCVAhbhdA/s2048/IMG_2628.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlOcQdHRu2l7_VD_weLxQ3LBRZJ0RvH4hyphenhyphen8hK_j-hSL2bAtdWDQWKBp8Bf5bMbVlXXCpbnkxgjCGpcRFYeGEdnZaFzt3WdKx-Leka1mssHAUUNn0if5qQ8kjBAyZfEx4FGBrCVAhbhdA/s320/IMG_2628.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTwy0bLp2Qat7jPlv_8tubxC7yIv_90Oj8nuJu-70KfUEFgE6wJ2xzui7m0LPwS_mE9ZiclE6GdFcWXLrnA_n-pm33RxCgTSNnM1ZFaBMYDURSwkzyOqdVrqiudTG1O5ZbJFayYlSuDM/s2048/IMG_2587.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTwy0bLp2Qat7jPlv_8tubxC7yIv_90Oj8nuJu-70KfUEFgE6wJ2xzui7m0LPwS_mE9ZiclE6GdFcWXLrnA_n-pm33RxCgTSNnM1ZFaBMYDURSwkzyOqdVrqiudTG1O5ZbJFayYlSuDM/s320/IMG_2587.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>14. Movie Location: Gianni Arossio’s office: Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971) <br />Actual Location: Galleria Subalpina, 10123</b></p><p>Remember the scene when we visit Private Investigator Gianni Arossio’s office at the top of some stairs? It’s in the gorgeous Renaissance Revival Galleria Subalpina, a collection of antique shops and pricy cafes. His plaque on the wall has now been replaced by a company specialising in musicals and discographies. Leave the galleria and walk for about a minute and you’ll reach the bar at Caffe Mulassano.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUdKqq7m2RnCsf6qQxVCRFdCj39XnldwxH4QnvVPgjgLbe9CCmixL9FQfTApSFVU_umuNbIAYWDH_e62kdOpevge_w9lqKu4RKs9U5yYGzyznmoIFWZDQ64XivC4InrwiIapkNjgmiA0/s2048/IMG_2856.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUdKqq7m2RnCsf6qQxVCRFdCj39XnldwxH4QnvVPgjgLbe9CCmixL9FQfTApSFVU_umuNbIAYWDH_e62kdOpevge_w9lqKu4RKs9U5yYGzyznmoIFWZDQ64XivC4InrwiIapkNjgmiA0/s320/IMG_2856.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1ZHyg9SYJ97MuvBStaQE0s1jmQ95Da_9_BuP6Y91gdhBLrK6B7gU0TqwD7rjYO0yO1mKpGxoe3MwyaoRBKlCVU8jGqktK2eEUNQg2UeehSZ9lOIjmZx6HLBZiOTsnu9W7WpDskDUdIY/s2048/IMG_2857.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1ZHyg9SYJ97MuvBStaQE0s1jmQ95Da_9_BuP6Y91gdhBLrK6B7gU0TqwD7rjYO0yO1mKpGxoe3MwyaoRBKlCVU8jGqktK2eEUNQg2UeehSZ9lOIjmZx6HLBZiOTsnu9W7WpDskDUdIY/s320/IMG_2857.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQhC_CRFX8ZWqEWrLIcj3-xCCUcsTIYEqEwriBijQYiJj3RHNeaKWA0VxDisz0MKado2-bKSIt_m8ZQ3rKYl2DCyhTNHCnAtbx1w0a2LtaCUnF5YZO64E1RBwRILhjq0NznNfnFG9zy4/s2048/IMG_2408.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQhC_CRFX8ZWqEWrLIcj3-xCCUcsTIYEqEwriBijQYiJj3RHNeaKWA0VxDisz0MKado2-bKSIt_m8ZQ3rKYl2DCyhTNHCnAtbx1w0a2LtaCUnF5YZO64E1RBwRILhjq0NznNfnFG9zy4/s320/IMG_2408.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>15. Movie Location: Bar: Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971)<br />Actual Location: Caffe Mulassano, 15 Piazza Castello, 10123</b></p><p>When Arossio and Roberto stop off for a drink they visit the beautiful Caffe Mulassano, which really hasn’t changed since filming in 1971. The wood panelling and lighting are exquisite. It’s an ideal place for a drink and aperitivo. The owner kindly allowed photographs at the bar. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGH6eTxhiRlvxuVhW_t-u6Qei8wBYbIok1xRWzKN1ZwRllgUg2YOCzxe04nhekVK7WaXl8tWaaM_rm6nKSSlPp7C3QXYmxy06t-LyATkEdB7wMSSs5cIILNGqfdpgP8WgXU0mgVId3Sw/s2048/IMG_2859.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGH6eTxhiRlvxuVhW_t-u6Qei8wBYbIok1xRWzKN1ZwRllgUg2YOCzxe04nhekVK7WaXl8tWaaM_rm6nKSSlPp7C3QXYmxy06t-LyATkEdB7wMSSs5cIILNGqfdpgP8WgXU0mgVId3Sw/s320/IMG_2859.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9_8U0AWDvnUmf8y_Na3xBR_ZTSm_8DTIfqax0O6iNhdSRPqvEgkNiErZ8iEF4_OXsB1R4p2DjGMIXSGaVT1h_QMeansUe8YoyXGmPB5TXzuZK-hLghv_OJswV7tTb-NbpMq7_PC_16E/s2048/IMG_2860.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9_8U0AWDvnUmf8y_Na3xBR_ZTSm_8DTIfqax0O6iNhdSRPqvEgkNiErZ8iEF4_OXsB1R4p2DjGMIXSGaVT1h_QMeansUe8YoyXGmPB5TXzuZK-hLghv_OJswV7tTb-NbpMq7_PC_16E/s320/IMG_2860.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7Re9n988G09TjxW18atBQcahGsSDjl_ygK0yLEB6QZ0uCWc6_RpIjUWSmgFvDEopWtXOz0-0KY0uM-KUqynb8f5q0cCe-BdwhFy5j574ELZurbW_511gg0hnHuj-rxa3qKzSDN8BxXA/s2048/IMG_2861.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD7Re9n988G09TjxW18atBQcahGsSDjl_ygK0yLEB6QZ0uCWc6_RpIjUWSmgFvDEopWtXOz0-0KY0uM-KUqynb8f5q0cCe-BdwhFy5j574ELZurbW_511gg0hnHuj-rxa3qKzSDN8BxXA/s320/IMG_2861.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMKrUPG4bx71a3Eb-QiHkmoMf7cRT2-NutX2Dkwh4rws-flQpon75lsYKvSgf2uBpKXrtgPmXbLgztg5C0thb1EGh0Dy7JUQHdYVUp93KSC_q9PFx_Fi6YGdASvUA65BO0VvQsz-sFbg/s2048/IMG_2429.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMKrUPG4bx71a3Eb-QiHkmoMf7cRT2-NutX2Dkwh4rws-flQpon75lsYKvSgf2uBpKXrtgPmXbLgztg5C0thb1EGh0Dy7JUQHdYVUp93KSC_q9PFx_Fi6YGdASvUA65BO0VvQsz-sFbg/s320/IMG_2429.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm5LyH0SCblwyXWKG-lPuWtkmwjVUSWt_FPSaNJ6ucOiHU_C2dQRd8KMJeiop7S_0yOIO8iXdMEUqoyOzmneKZ-27GNWjT8G918T6KjWMv0X2U0t5GyQQwpyy02zmyZDnZacTG1Z3_IQ/s2048/IMG_2420.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrm5LyH0SCblwyXWKG-lPuWtkmwjVUSWt_FPSaNJ6ucOiHU_C2dQRd8KMJeiop7S_0yOIO8iXdMEUqoyOzmneKZ-27GNWjT8G918T6KjWMv0X2U0t5GyQQwpyy02zmyZDnZacTG1Z3_IQ/s320/IMG_2420.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>16. Movie location: Concert building: Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971) and Giallo (2009)<br />Actual Location: Conservatorio Statale do Musica Giuseppe Verdi, 11 Via Giuseppe Mazzini, Piazza Bodonni, 10123</b></p><p>This is another two for one, with two Argento movies filmed here. Roberto follows the stranger (Carlo Morossi - Calisto Calisti) at night into the state music conservatory in Four Flies. It’s also in the when Avolfi and Linda visit as part of their investigations in Giallo. It was closed when I visited but you can get a good external shot. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViDT9FCI6oIF23AsLi8mSb1yHdVfZ6nn3uRoOydttOlv4Abf0oWXTiw_lWtJNXPLrGOlINH5IbmGbc5DFJGWRze4XpBelIqFnP39hZqCxkcBQ8P__YFjZASb0Sj5Io_hJ5vSePgZk-C0/s2048/IMG_2867.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViDT9FCI6oIF23AsLi8mSb1yHdVfZ6nn3uRoOydttOlv4Abf0oWXTiw_lWtJNXPLrGOlINH5IbmGbc5DFJGWRze4XpBelIqFnP39hZqCxkcBQ8P__YFjZASb0Sj5Io_hJ5vSePgZk-C0/s320/IMG_2867.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYr_YxS8P-O-ptTABXRpEuunIat1QRLEv1Ne2CqbDo0S1ty3ICJoi4kRPBN_9D3qHd0fd4w1KBn_K6Q1y0xnQV6NDVf4AB_9ij1emZA6xKB-D4RBCIg02KSaDL5Cy9e5GmRB36wqmV1I8/s2048/IMG_2959.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYr_YxS8P-O-ptTABXRpEuunIat1QRLEv1Ne2CqbDo0S1ty3ICJoi4kRPBN_9D3qHd0fd4w1KBn_K6Q1y0xnQV6NDVf4AB_9ij1emZA6xKB-D4RBCIg02KSaDL5Cy9e5GmRB36wqmV1I8/s320/IMG_2959.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAibC6BQtvqzKaYRxTauETDj0kw-_q24GjjPYfgH7E7r6z7u2favd2C0fNHFoyGtRJomQkYdP_Q-GNBwx3CGtIL4b_IUmgZAV1C5AV7dlm-9balXSA12QNTuKaelvtHi6CRab-9HmkK4/s2048/IMG_2960.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAibC6BQtvqzKaYRxTauETDj0kw-_q24GjjPYfgH7E7r6z7u2favd2C0fNHFoyGtRJomQkYdP_Q-GNBwx3CGtIL4b_IUmgZAV1C5AV7dlm-9balXSA12QNTuKaelvtHi6CRab-9HmkK4/s320/IMG_2960.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyFTsFyHhBEZYqTBAHMoEnhEAlAwAaXc-Fm07fZlEIJfpb0ombQCa-EdJxiN1lY_C9orEKGJPeK8KrRfaiVwMS1QdzRUKwwX07ldbiczqYXBrfJLQsm8ssLZnmJc4mR2YE10YxyOrF3U/s2048/IMG_2446.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyFTsFyHhBEZYqTBAHMoEnhEAlAwAaXc-Fm07fZlEIJfpb0ombQCa-EdJxiN1lY_C9orEKGJPeK8KrRfaiVwMS1QdzRUKwwX07ldbiczqYXBrfJLQsm8ssLZnmJc4mR2YE10YxyOrF3U/s320/IMG_2446.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>17. Movie location: Rehearsal Space exterior: Four Flies on Grey Velvet/ 4 Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971)<br />Actual Location: RAI Auditorium, 15 Via Gioacchini Rossini, 10124</b></p><p>After his band rehearsal where he’s pestered by a fly, Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon) leaves the building and spots a mysterious character lurking in the shadows. Filmed at the entrance to the auditorium for the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, you can still spot the same doors that he emerged from before pursuing the villain. You can also match up the low angle shot of looking up the street by the discarded cigarette butt. The National Cinema Museum is also worth a visit and a few minutes’ walk away at the Mole Antonelliana. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWc74A8eHauEw4yJQKchycaUqK6IYr7qKyD8bU6n6eAShLFUyvlDhn4wQ_IyMoP6_jL2wOtPmvwAoAU0s5cgrgS8yBtVqAvJXOFdRNLhQL0oejGfSVcd1_o1Ztsfnhs1I3M9v6EaGu9Q/s2048/IMG_2864.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWc74A8eHauEw4yJQKchycaUqK6IYr7qKyD8bU6n6eAShLFUyvlDhn4wQ_IyMoP6_jL2wOtPmvwAoAU0s5cgrgS8yBtVqAvJXOFdRNLhQL0oejGfSVcd1_o1Ztsfnhs1I3M9v6EaGu9Q/s320/IMG_2864.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hY0kEv_X_EHE4fwgodm-NXe1z8-zZUXEmjcVZMtF7s_F9lfNfAGa9Ark-8XXiIfGmrMr8ElRSVPK4cXppfJ87MdkWpRgPCxAAISgRhVcS3733cE8gtvDvyt96EcVZ7tN8McSqS-tuKo/s2048/IMG_2865.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hY0kEv_X_EHE4fwgodm-NXe1z8-zZUXEmjcVZMtF7s_F9lfNfAGa9Ark-8XXiIfGmrMr8ElRSVPK4cXppfJ87MdkWpRgPCxAAISgRhVcS3733cE8gtvDvyt96EcVZ7tN8McSqS-tuKo/s320/IMG_2865.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbjGdz-oNKb3He-pXvgrFyTB-HSaUQDGwjIsQRZ036cjCWbw7cNpNGLAghX_sROK86SQyBkVB2aNEMw5oWSL46aX332fA-cwgykAxaH1uA-iJK3-MWLcP7TZLKCyNc9nFHcxuCADt8Yc/s2048/IMG_2866.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbjGdz-oNKb3He-pXvgrFyTB-HSaUQDGwjIsQRZ036cjCWbw7cNpNGLAghX_sROK86SQyBkVB2aNEMw5oWSL46aX332fA-cwgykAxaH1uA-iJK3-MWLcP7TZLKCyNc9nFHcxuCADt8Yc/s320/IMG_2866.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T_8OJ76ipB_-dQjA3L57nRhwWKd_Eh-_7M8dZCIb9QffbSxcmnOY5pVYqihSoyaFVQ-aE4aQwt1gKkAF3lmwi9ynNP3EZXJ2ujq90vxMcBBoMIVBEyykso6SaHrwRpsUQMWPaW9h_Gg/s2048/IMG_2535.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8T_8OJ76ipB_-dQjA3L57nRhwWKd_Eh-_7M8dZCIb9QffbSxcmnOY5pVYqihSoyaFVQ-aE4aQwt1gKkAF3lmwi9ynNP3EZXJ2ujq90vxMcBBoMIVBEyykso6SaHrwRpsUQMWPaW9h_Gg/s320/IMG_2535.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKRUN892d6zoGSUVlh7LPHjbxlA1_Im2ZW23sfgeeS-6GFHQgV7VF-eP1R7bH9FD6MkRvXlhyphenhyphenV4kGHLyfosvoBWWKARiQdv_gzhVpsmRhPQohFLGUbks3rgnLDlFDVWcM7e9-4kXPNDU/s2048/IMG_2542.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKRUN892d6zoGSUVlh7LPHjbxlA1_Im2ZW23sfgeeS-6GFHQgV7VF-eP1R7bH9FD6MkRvXlhyphenhyphenV4kGHLyfosvoBWWKARiQdv_gzhVpsmRhPQohFLGUbks3rgnLDlFDVWcM7e9-4kXPNDU/s320/IMG_2542.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>18. Movie Location: Bookshop: Mother of Tears / La Terza Madre (2007)<br />Actual Location: La Bussola, 9 Via Po, 10124 </b></p><p>Via Po is an absolute haven for book lovers, and La Bussola is one of those shops you could spends hours in, browsing. It’s where Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento) hides from the police and wishes herself invisible.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjBahZenPhNBGqWyYH_y9HjoUsXoIPQRYq5lSRleZFjP6e8f29kougPLiXYKmGdfRAjPjAyNSTSt-O6-ExQFtuTiNR5NU4pZSWDM7a8OO2qQPZ1DQ6U4Es-5hUT3xXkpcQ3Z7bN4yTwk/s2048/IMG_2892.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjBahZenPhNBGqWyYH_y9HjoUsXoIPQRYq5lSRleZFjP6e8f29kougPLiXYKmGdfRAjPjAyNSTSt-O6-ExQFtuTiNR5NU4pZSWDM7a8OO2qQPZ1DQ6U4Es-5hUT3xXkpcQ3Z7bN4yTwk/s320/IMG_2892.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrep8EkoD5xpGwQVPO5fFZfy8MVXJqwZ5yV4QHXwxzvRXAtXIFzQvAM18v-JwzMvnC73g01qEGraoJZ3ziwOewUIlTVosglH5kPPWlMNlQdK2NA8f3m7s6nyhbAAbCXrL36rgbgDbgto/s2048/IMG_2575.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrep8EkoD5xpGwQVPO5fFZfy8MVXJqwZ5yV4QHXwxzvRXAtXIFzQvAM18v-JwzMvnC73g01qEGraoJZ3ziwOewUIlTVosglH5kPPWlMNlQdK2NA8f3m7s6nyhbAAbCXrL36rgbgDbgto/s320/IMG_2575.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqcI43HJHVqAk-p0KJSU3F1bHnTQBrjFP4Syh4KU__4pvGLu0OPvAF_XDYdIPCvBVR0A7cJLyP_d5vcp8IBV7qGZfHMFLdzF9IZfGw3gs4hjaC1z3yiS1T3Qho0O7CSy5QEk1_0ZqjkU/s2048/IMG_2579.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqcI43HJHVqAk-p0KJSU3F1bHnTQBrjFP4Syh4KU__4pvGLu0OPvAF_XDYdIPCvBVR0A7cJLyP_d5vcp8IBV7qGZfHMFLdzF9IZfGw3gs4hjaC1z3yiS1T3Qho0O7CSy5QEk1_0ZqjkU/s320/IMG_2579.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>19. Movie Location: Killer’s Lair (Wide): Sleepless / Non Ho Sonno (2001)<br />Actual Location: 37 Via Federico Campana, 10125</b></p><p>Villa de Fabriti's second location is a private, gated house, which unfortunately from the street hides most of the recognisable features. In the movie, Moretti and Giacomo are inside the back garden, which has a high wall. When you look from across the street you can just make out the shape of the distinctive arched window. 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Movie Location: House of the Screaming Child: Deep Red / Profondo Rosso (1975)<br />Actual Location: Scott Villa, Corso Giovanni Lanza 57, 10131</b></p><p>Has there ever been a more iconic location in a giallo than this? The home of the killer as visited by Marcus Daly (David Hemmings). The beautiful 1902 villa by Pietro Fenogio with Art Nouveau flourishes is a private property, so you can’t go in and scratch away the plaster or try to knock holes in the wall to locate a secret room, but there’s lots to see and photograph from the road outside, and the gates are mercifully not enclosed, meaning you can peer through. Many of the trees and bushes are a lot more overgrown now than in the movie, possibly to keep tourists away, so a visit in winter when trees are more bare might reveal more. 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Movie Location: Moretti’s Home: Sleepless / Non Ho Sonno (2001)<br />Actual Location: Via Sommacampagna 17, 10131</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Close to Villa Scott, you can find Moretti’s home. You won’t find Max Von Sydow our in the yard or getting visited by the police, but you’ll recognise the distinctive feathering in the the door design.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUI3VSLLY-6u8-0khqLQa7tH_gwSaAPbBjuCdQrDG75SN4rrvnmNmXqUoC1xX4pLf0aJHnb2t2bMfk14JdWj8ehUUHL43GIBl-xdgeJCIauqSunGv1OfSJzSzb3PG4J76HCS5baCriFvY/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_3004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1277" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUI3VSLLY-6u8-0khqLQa7tH_gwSaAPbBjuCdQrDG75SN4rrvnmNmXqUoC1xX4pLf0aJHnb2t2bMfk14JdWj8ehUUHL43GIBl-xdgeJCIauqSunGv1OfSJzSzb3PG4J76HCS5baCriFvY/s320/thumbnail_IMG_3004.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirLzZ15JOrl3vIWnfvHXpBYpS007QACnOhcS3YzMX77fXJuF1yDMeOxcQfghtN9E6rTgFCjkLjxph3sQHFM-kXwe1K_o98lp83_EO7p3DDNiFv0FAu04bRNK1MgHpqFFFjZsm5uINqfY/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_2744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirLzZ15JOrl3vIWnfvHXpBYpS007QACnOhcS3YzMX77fXJuF1yDMeOxcQfghtN9E6rTgFCjkLjxph3sQHFM-kXwe1K_o98lp83_EO7p3DDNiFv0FAu04bRNK1MgHpqFFFjZsm5uINqfY/s320/thumbnail_IMG_2744.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><p></p><p><b>22. Movie Location: Killer’s Lair (Wide): Sleepless / Non Ho Sonno (2001)<br />Actual Location: 9 Strada alla Villa Quiete, 10131</b></p><p>Villa de Fabritiis is a bit of a trick, as it’s a combination of two external locations. When they walk down the street towards it, Moretti and Giacomo are approaching Strada alla Villa Quiete 10, but when we get close up, we’re on the other side of the river at 37 Via Federico Campana. To be honest, there’s not much to see here, but the villas are lovely and you’re close to Villa Scott anyway. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ44vgvDTmEqQgo2P_zS3hJdLdnnnszfUvpBznMsz_JFzCvgOG6IkO7GFQr7NTtMb6UMR3fFY_3wnSFX0luvW_1X6_PyWSRTzIIJowTMiHcdlrkz3cTkGUJTVQIwGM4Yft1e7W91V055Y/s2048/IMG_2984.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ44vgvDTmEqQgo2P_zS3hJdLdnnnszfUvpBznMsz_JFzCvgOG6IkO7GFQr7NTtMb6UMR3fFY_3wnSFX0luvW_1X6_PyWSRTzIIJowTMiHcdlrkz3cTkGUJTVQIwGM4Yft1e7W91V055Y/s320/IMG_2984.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RliiOa4FmUzu4ua2lcWtSLsIBHePc0YsvGaI_fanTTDKmMXLKbF4-kipcUj_ZzjWGL3wFp4JBq9a76F2B2RS-AWC18PeJh1CCZKqzoTViItxJm314kSWwV5MEuLrKnsg3C69jRarJQ0/s2048/IMG_2983.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RliiOa4FmUzu4ua2lcWtSLsIBHePc0YsvGaI_fanTTDKmMXLKbF4-kipcUj_ZzjWGL3wFp4JBq9a76F2B2RS-AWC18PeJh1CCZKqzoTViItxJm314kSWwV5MEuLrKnsg3C69jRarJQ0/s320/IMG_2983.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX55uV3LotXmKxhZ3BXPNVcJgWIQn0kSyoMdB7vjahe3GDFBJT9sliaGUSchaHDD26KIVhQp4l7xEirIRPke5fP_1l-rwGvXXXCgx6W68dbpzEgcPzydScrdFNYkUchdXFQpqAbXJkLR0/s1308/IMG_3640.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="980" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX55uV3LotXmKxhZ3BXPNVcJgWIQn0kSyoMdB7vjahe3GDFBJT9sliaGUSchaHDD26KIVhQp4l7xEirIRPke5fP_1l-rwGvXXXCgx6W68dbpzEgcPzydScrdFNYkUchdXFQpqAbXJkLR0/s320/IMG_3640.JPEG" /></a></div><p><b>23. Movie Location: Parking Lot: Sleepless / Non Ho Sonno (2001)<br />Actual Location: Car park behind Chiesa di Gran Madre di Dio, corner of Piazza di Gran Madre di Dio/Via Francesco Lanfranchi and Via Ascanio Vittozzi, 10131</b></p><p>Not the most exciting of locations, but worth stopping at if you’re already visiting major landmark Chiesa di Gran Madre di Dio. After Giacomo and Gloria (Chiara Caselli) leave the morgue they return to their car in this car park and run into the homeless person.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErEsE85_3YFpQuGca9aMwFaiZb2sbhBI7vUiBkb6KMP6RvCFI4sjA42DJygovXIVJ7vo3S9q2aHktGGSFQ63lV96VZdUiEMsXVc6xCRXdILufboMzeU5LzhZTC-pNYhOeQzsqYhLfQIE/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_3019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjErEsE85_3YFpQuGca9aMwFaiZb2sbhBI7vUiBkb6KMP6RvCFI4sjA42DJygovXIVJ7vo3S9q2aHktGGSFQ63lV96VZdUiEMsXVc6xCRXdILufboMzeU5LzhZTC-pNYhOeQzsqYhLfQIE/s320/thumbnail_IMG_3019.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajzOjcBJokp3ge3bdSFRC0ykfNJmJZJNDmFP2ju83OXM0X8YWzBXm3RykCtOZkHKRBEZa4ntksE0Qi5BFPbL5Zp8txakgnPk9Ek6VTxU2FbCVpMG_n7bYXjFrAOsD8nAd8Js5_TxLbvk/s2048/IMG_2761.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajzOjcBJokp3ge3bdSFRC0ykfNJmJZJNDmFP2ju83OXM0X8YWzBXm3RykCtOZkHKRBEZa4ntksE0Qi5BFPbL5Zp8txakgnPk9Ek6VTxU2FbCVpMG_n7bYXjFrAOsD8nAd8Js5_TxLbvk/s320/IMG_2761.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>24. Movie Location: Killer’s House: Sleepless / Non Ho Sonno (2001)<br />Actual Location: 11 Via Luigi Vanvitelli, 10131</b></p><p>This distinctive building with its narrow end is barely recognisable, having been extensively remodelled since the movie was mate. The whole area looks more up market, and gone is the graffiti wall next to it. 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Movie Location Bianca’s apartment: The Cat o’Nine Tails / Il Gatto a Novo Code (1971)<br />Actual Location: House of the Basilisk, 2 Piazza Crimea, 10133</b></p><p>Only featured very briefly as a night-time exterior, Bianca Merusi’s (Rada Rassimov) apartment deserves some added attention - it’s a beautiful Neoliberty building completed in 1959 by Sergio Jaretti Sodano and Elio Luz. 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There’s probably this many again that you could seek out depending on what time you have and where you’re staying. Happy hunting! </i></p><p><i>A special thanks to Rachael Nisbet, who helped me with missing locations. And to Alan Jones for getting me hooked on Argento in the first place. Grazie! </i></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX9sWPTwXqKm3ZTdToN5c6HneI-C8zD9ULt2ta7_CqWCG2wFqLG5RR8ruEVrgp-kePxDM59ayFOW2DbM-NKYXoXiglYFWTcNXKVjNUzr99sh1QflvCWdN-SZytkgO0L8CZVBcJgh8bww/s1920/house2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDX9sWPTwXqKm3ZTdToN5c6HneI-C8zD9ULt2ta7_CqWCG2wFqLG5RR8ruEVrgp-kePxDM59ayFOW2DbM-NKYXoXiglYFWTcNXKVjNUzr99sh1QflvCWdN-SZytkgO0L8CZVBcJgh8bww/s320/house2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHUKG7VAHrF9EJgdPQFUjs7XLruDshil_G2jpaMqzFAz37xL-UK0vgfYKbHJIFbSWMHMU8aACzE11Bbp0ZXAuQSRfll0XpE0TQHdSAeoHhYuBytTd9B4qgzgM3ZSik5gaEmKMkfk6zbs/s2048/IMG_2354.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHUKG7VAHrF9EJgdPQFUjs7XLruDshil_G2jpaMqzFAz37xL-UK0vgfYKbHJIFbSWMHMU8aACzE11Bbp0ZXAuQSRfll0XpE0TQHdSAeoHhYuBytTd9B4qgzgM3ZSik5gaEmKMkfk6zbs/s320/IMG_2354.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-29358810450706335892018-03-25T08:57:00.002-07:002018-03-25T08:57:18.924-07:00On the trail of the Hellraiser house<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 1987’s Hellraiser, Clive Barker sets his story (based on his novella The Hellbound Heart) in 55 Lodovico Street, a three-storey property somewhere in London. We know this, because shortly before visiting the property, Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) is seen by the old cranes on the docks at the Thames.<br />
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That property still exists in 2018, though in a more up-together condition than the run-down house that Larry Cotton (Andrew Robinson) and wife Julia (Clare Higgins) inherited from brother Frank, who has mysteriously disappeared… or so it seems!<br />
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Its actual location is 187 Dollis Hill Lane, NW2 6EY, in Dollis Hill, an area in North West London in the Borough of Brent, close to Willesden Green and Cricklewood. The area is mainly residential Edwardian terraced and 1920s/30s semi-detached houses. The house has been substantially improved since autumn 1986 when Barker shot the movie – the front wall was then shown to be collapsing.<br />
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In an article in <a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/news/london-on-screen-the-house-from-hellraiser-030918" target="_blank">Time Out</a> it’s revealed that the house has been modernised and divided into five flats. “Landlord Michael Fisher, whose mother owns 187 Dollis Hill Lane, says ‘It’s something fun to associate the house with’ – adding that starring as a portal to hell hasn’t had any effect on the property’s value.”<br />
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Barker shot both interiors and exteriors at the property, with only the special effects in the attic being created in the nearby Cricklewood Studios (now a health club). As this is a private, gated property, it is not possible to go inside the house, but you can still get a good view of it from the public main road outside.<br />
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I wouldn’t suggest buzzing any of the residents and asking them to let you in as I would imagine it looks very different inside. The distinctive stained windows appear to have been replaced, apart from the ‘Hillcrest’ window above the front door. Even in October 2015 <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/187+Dollis+Hill+Ln,+London+NW2+6EY/@51.5628045,-0.2313552,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x487610fbfa758f8f:0xd4327e3b7a220086!8m2!3d51.5628045!4d-0.2291665" target="_blank">Google Street View</a> shows the stained glass panels on the front door which have since been replaced.<br />
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You can get an idea of what one of the flats looks like from these <a href="https://www.onthemarket.com/details/2491989/" target="_blank">rental agent details</a>.<br />
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<b>Nearest train station: </b>Cricklewood (Thameslink) 1.1 miles (22-minute walk)<br />
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Bridport's Art Deco theatre, the Electric Palace, arguably hadn't seen a queue like this on a Monday night for some time. Snaking far along the street outside, long before the doors opened, such was the determination of Broadchurch fans and locals to grab a seat in the best spot to watch the last ever episode of the show, which had been filmed primarily in and around the Dorset market town. Appropriately, this was a fundraiser for Dorset Rape Crisis and The Shores (Dorset SARC).<br />
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Bridport and its coastal community West Bay have been benefiting from 'The Broadchurch Effect' since the show became a ratings and critical hit for ITV in early 2013. The second series finale was <a href="http://nickjoyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/olafur-arnalds-bridport-homecoming-gig.html" target="_blank">screened at the Electric Palace</a> following a concert by the show's Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds in 2015 and it seemed only right that the show that had adopted the town (or has the town adopted the show?) would spend its final hour in the company of friends and family.<br />
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Chris Chibnall, creator, writer, show runner and absolute top guy (he has a 'no wankers' policy in the workplace - amen to that!) introduced the world premiere of a 20-minute documentary that will feature on the DVD boxset. And then the episode started... 20 minutes early! Displaying the universal hand signal of 'cut!', Chris and his producers jumped in to stop the episode being screened ahead of the real-time broadcast. Imagine if the audience found out who the mystery assailant was ahead of time!<br />
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Time for a final pint or chat with the crew and then it was the live feed at 9 PM. The commercial breaks are all part of the show, giving Chris and his team the opportunity to throw in cliffhangers, and it was great fun sitting in a crowd that audibly gasped as the plot twists were finally revealed - no spoilers here if you haven't seen it yet.<br />
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The panel then took to the stage, interviewed by ‘real life Maggie’ Maddie Grigg (she used to edit the local paper The Bridport and Lyme Regis News). She was joined by Chris Chibnall (creator and show-runner), Jane Featherstone (Executive Producer), Julie Hesmondhalgh (Trish Winterman), Andrew Buchan (Mark Latimer) and Arthur Darvill (Rev. Paul Coates)<br />
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Chris immediately thanked the audience for the support and welcoming arms that the community has shown the show over the three seasons. He related how the people in Waitrose were telling him that ‘Trish’ and ‘Mark’ had been in the shop earlier that day, such is the identification that people have with the characters rather than the actors. “It was on the front page [of the papers]! I can't process anything of what's happened - you feel like you're in the eye of the storm."<br />
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Julie had stayed the previous night in West Bay with her husband and was soaking up the ‘Broadchurch effect’. Chris then went on to praise the work of the real Rape Crisis Team, making then stand and take a bow. He relayed how they had worked closely throughout the production and had given him their blessing to tell such an important story, including the detailed procedures of the aftermath. “They are the people that deal with this every day and make a difference to people’s lives.” Julie fully understood the responsibility she was taking on with the role and has become the patron of Dorset Rape Crisis.<br />
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“We must keep the pressure up…these services are being massively cut… Change does not come from above, it comes from the ground, from people working at the coal face…what they’re doing is incredible,” she stated to a full round of applause.<br />
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Reference was made to the final shot of the series which zooms in past Hardy and Miller and across the sea towards the cliffs. Chris had this shot in mind from the outset and it’s the advent of drone technology that has made this possible. Of his most memorable moment in the show he was particularly impressed with the night-time vigil in Episode 7 where local women poured onto West Bay quayside at a cold 2 AM in support of Trish (possibly some were in the audience?)<br />
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As to the use of certain locations for this series, Chris reveals it wasn’t just about having a canny location manager – Trish’s house was located in West Bexington because that’s where Chris’ acupuncturist is, and the waterfall scene of the crime was first discovered by his wife at Little Bredy. Andrew confirmed that it was indeed him floating in the water at the end of Episode 7, but that it was carried out in a sheltered bay in Bristol where they had to create waves, but still requiring him to spend four hours in the water. A personal highlight? “Probably every single second with Jodie Whittaker,” his screen wife Beth.<br />
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Asked whether such serious matter makes for a depressing filming experience, Arthur Darvill clarifies: "It's actually quite the opposite! It's a real joy to turn up. We take it very seriously, but in-between everything, the most bleak moments, we become a real family.” Chris reveals that Jodie Whittaker ordered a life-size cardboard cut-out of Arthur from the internet as Rory from Doctor Who. Somehow it ended up in Olivia Colman’s hotel bathroom and it was last seen, in half, by the bins. Such is the fickle nature of showbiz!<br />
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I ask Andrew and Arthur whether at any point in series 1 or 3 they thought they might be the murderer or attacker. “No, we had no idea!” reveals Andrew. “In series one I was getting quite worried. There was a window during the night that was unaccounted for. David Tennant's character says 'Where was Mark between 1 and 4?' and I thought: ‘I hope that’s not going the way I think it’s going!' In this one [Series 3] Again I didn't know, but this time I felt pretty certain it couldn't be me - we couldn't put the Latimers through any more.”<br />
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Arthur adds: “When we did the first series almost no-one knew whodunit when we filmed it. There was a moment when people turned up to set to announce it and we said: ‘Please don't tell us - we want to read it.’” Andrew jumps in: “On the day you [Chris] came down to set to announce it, I happened to be away in Southampton doing voice-over and couldn't attend, so it wasn't announced; people thought: ‘It's Andy!'”<br />
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As to what control the producers have over the adverts shown in the commercial breaks, Chris clarified they have none – there was a concern from one audience member that one ad in a previous episode had objectivised women. One audience member asked Chris what he was up to next, oblivious that he’s about to be taking on the running of one of the biggest jobs in the world - Doctor Who.<br />
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One audience member was concerned that the scene where Beth meets Trish in the Watch House Café at West Bay was an unrealistic setting for a discussion about a serious assault, but Chris was adamant that this was realistic. “Because that's what happens. If you speak to our team over there they'll tell you the first meeting has to happen in a public place. It was absolutely based on research. Also, cinematically, you have the cliff, which is the shadow that is haunting Beth outside of the window as she's talking to Trish.”<br />
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Inevitably, Chris declined to answer whether Julie would make a great Doctor Who – this was probably his last chance to talk about Broadchurch before moving on to his new job. Of the question he said: "I'm not going anywhere near it. But thanks for trying!" he quipped.<br />
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And after nearly 40-minutes of questions, the cast and crew said goodbye to their adopted town, nearly five years after filming began. Happily posing for selfies and signing cast postcards, there was a real sense of pride from all involved, as well as the end of era. Pockets of change were also emptied into the collection buckets at the exit doors. We’d only paid £5 a ticket, and for such a great evening these worthy organisations deserved so much more.<br />
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I joked with Chris that his next challenge was to set a Doctor Who story along the Jurassic coast. “Wow!’ he laughed. “Now THAT would be a challenge. I’ll let you know how it goes!”<br />
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Find out more about the inspiring work being done by <a href="http://www.dorsetrapecrisis.org/" target="_blank">Dorset Rape Crisis</a> and <a href="http://www.the-shores.org.uk/" target="_blank">The Shores</a>.<br />
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<br />Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-4191970329194724042017-02-10T15:39:00.002-08:002017-02-10T15:39:23.173-08:00An opening night visit to Odeon BH2 in Bournemouth: The isense experience<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Tonight, 10th February 2017, Bournemouth opened up it's new Odeon cinema to the public within the BH2 complex. With my own Boy Wonder (Andy) at my side, we experienced The Lego Batman Movie in the isense auditorium. This is not a review of the movie - it's a review of the cinematic experience.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">My first observation is that the place is geared up to sell you food and drink. Having entered the main foyer there's a Costa coffee, drinks fountains, popcorn stands, nachos, sweets and more. You enter via an escalator if coming up from Bournemouth Gardens or at ground level if via the main road opposite the Moon in the Square pub. </span><br />
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Having bought your tickets and foods, it's through a ticket checkpoint and then up another escalator to the floor where the 10 screens are. It's very open-plan and space-age. The corridors are quite dimly lit but there are big numbers on each screen to help direct you. On this first floor you can also buy a drink from the bar and some 'pizza and plank' food. I couldn't see how much the food was but the pizza itself didn't look very substantial. There's a great view of the gardens from the window in the bar area. Kids were in there too, so I guess it's not an age-restricted thing.<br />
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As I've already mentioned, we opted to see the movie in the isense auditorium (facts are below). You access it along a curved corridor with a huge video screen on one side which was showing some sort of forest scene. When you enter the auditorium the size of the screen really hits you - It's BIG! We were five rows back from the front and any nearer would probably be a strain on the neck and eyes. We had standard seats rather than those fancy leather recliners as advertised in some of the online stories. We also had cup holders rather than tables and it was nice that they weren't sticky from too many Coke spillages.<br />
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The projection was, as you would hope, crystal clear and the enhanced sound VERY LOUD. When they did the promo ad for Dolby Atmos to show off its capabilities you really did feel the Earth move below your feet. Unfortunately, watching a U certificate film at a teatime meant we had chattering kids with legs swinging into the back of your seat, but I can hardly blame Odeon for that. <br />
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Is it worth paying the extra money for isense? You pay an extra £2.50 for the privilege. Honestly, I'd save it for the one or two times a year you want the optimum experience - the next Star Wars or Bond movie perhaps. For regular movies (and they were showing 50 Shades Darker next) I can't see isense adding much, unless you want your on-screen orgasms to shake your world that much stronger!<br />
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<li>BH2 is Odeon’s new 10-screen cinema, replacing the ABC and Odeon cinemas on Westover Road. </li>
<li>It’s largest screen is in the 340-seat iSense auditorium, which has Dolby Atmos sound using 56 individually-controlled speakers. This means that sound is not just around you, it’s over and below you. </li>
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It's a purely functional building, but it looks and feels fine. It's airy and light in the main areas and will hopefully be a popular destination for tourists and locals alike, being well placed near the beach and town centre. It's a bit sad that all the posters on the walls are now digital rather than the old fashioned paper quad posters clipped inside illuminated displays. But that's progress for you I guess. </div>
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And as the lights are switched off at the Odeon
Cinema in Bournemouth on February 9th 2017, it signals the first time since June 1937 that no cinema
has been open on prestigious Westover Road, ‘Bournemouth’s Bond Street.’</h3>
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It’s a bittersweet feeling, as the buildings are beautiful
and I have so many happy memories of spending afternoons and evenings there in
the ABC (later the Cannon in 1983, then the MGM from 1992 before reverting to
ABC again in 1996) and the Gaumont (Odeon from 1986). On February 10th, the new cinema
opens in central Bournemouth – a flagship cinema for the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century, complete with luxuriant auditoria, pin-sharp projection, and in its
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Don’t get me wrong, I embrace new technology and look
forward to the enhanced picture and sound, raked seating and being able to book
a specific regular seat. The older cinemas have been deteriorating for some
time – the conversion job of the Odeon from 2 screens to 6 was not entirely successful,
with the walls being too thin and allowing sound spillage from neighbouring
screens. Seats were past their best and the cinemas were strange shapes with
poor sight lines. And yet the ABC Screen 1 was magnificent to the end. A
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My first film I recall on Westover Road was the inauspicious
When the North Wind Blows starring Dan (Grizzly Adams) Haggerty in the mid-70s.
Greater things were to come, and here are my magnificent seven Westover Road movie memories:</div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><b style="font-weight: bold; text-indent: -18pt;">1. The Pearl & Dean adverts</b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><b> – </b>It felt like they went on forever, and they were SO random, but the adverts that followed the catchy Pearl and Dean jingle are indelibly etched on my mind. From the politically incorrect ‘too orangey for crows’ Kia-Ora to ‘Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet’ to Vic Lawton’s Motor Body Repairs – ‘Oooh madam, we’ll soon have your body so bee-utiful again!’ they were a crackly, mismatched, block of 70s or 80s consumerism in one compact hit. They still show those awful ads for hot dogs (I think they were Westlers back in the day) but they still look horrible and cost an arm and a leg.</span></span><br />
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<b style="text-indent: -18pt;">2. The
underage viewing</b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> – Is there anything more exciting than watching a film
when you’re not actually legally old enough? Instead of the ‘U’ or ‘A’ films,
it wanted to see the ‘AA’s (14 or older) and for those ‘X’-rated treats – you
had to be 18. My first underage film should have been Blade Runner in summer of
1982 – I was 13 ½ and you had to be 14 - but the woman at the ABC was having
none of it. I had to wait many years for its re-release to finally see it in
its widescreen splendour. Instead, I walked up the road that same day and was
allowed to see the equally AA-rated Who Dares Wins (featured in the photo above!) a pretty ropey Lewis
Collins SAS actioner. Other ‘illegal' AAs that year included Firefox, Conan
the Barbarian and Fame (yes, really!). </span><br />
<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Frustratingly, a couple of months before my 14</span><sup style="text-indent: -18pt;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">
birthday they increased the age from 14 to 15 with the introduction of the new
15 certificate – grrrr!</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">My first ‘18’
cert film was A Nightmare on Elm Street (the original) which I went to at the
Odeon when I was 16. I brazenly lied about my age, smugly walked in, sat down, opened
my glasses case and realised I’d left my specs at home! So, I sat in the front
row, squinting my short-sighted eyes into some sort of focus as Freddy Kruger
sliced his way through Johnny Depp and co.</span></div>
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<b>3. The queuing up the alleyways</b><span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span>– Back in the day, because
you couldn’t buy your tickets in advance, either online or by phone, you had to
queue up and take your chances. This meant that for blockbusters like Star Wars
or James Bond movies you invariably had to queue up outside the cinema, which
then snaked round into one of the alleyways that linked Westover Road with Hinton
Road. And you waited. If you were lucky, you would get in to the next
performance, but if you weren’t, you had to stay in that queue while the film
played and hopefully got in for the next one. I remember queuing like this for
around five hours to see The Spy Who Loved Me.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>4. The double and triple bills</b> – While
this still happens in some rep cinemas, the double bill (or double feature) or triple bill is a
thing of the past for modern cinemas, quite simply because you don’t make as
much money. Sure, there’s the odd ‘marathon’ or over-nighter when a new film
comes out in a franchise, but I’m talking about the Star Wars Trilogy or double
bill – the first three Star Trek movies in one day - and even more fascinating, the weirdly
unrelated programmes. For example The Amazing Spider-Man TV movie and Sinbad
and the Eye of the Tiger, or Smokey and the Bandit and The Conquest of Earth (three
edited episodes of Galactica 1980), and even Buck Rogers in the 25th Century along
with Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack. Great value for money too! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>5. The non-smoking side</b> – Even now,
when I walk into a cinema auditorium I tend to favour the right-hand side. I
think this is because from a very early age I conditioned myself to sitting
there because that’s the ‘no smoking’ side. Contrary to what common sense and
basic science would suggest, there’s evidently an invisible force field that
sits dead centre of the auditorium and prevents toxic tobacco smoke from
drifting across to the right side? Well, no actually, your clothes still came
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<b>6. The restaurants/bars</b> – Both the
Odeon and the ABC had upstairs bars/restaurants. However, I really can’t
remember being old enough to go in to them or seeing them actually open. The
Odeon’s catering space was actually turned into a small 140-seat auditorium in
1995, six years after the downstairs was split into four screens. The ABC’s
still existed as a redundant space right up to when it closed, typically only used
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<b>7. The Continuous performances</b> –
Nowadays you watch a watch, the lights come up, you leave and the popcorn boxes
are swept up. Back in the day you went in as and when you pleased. The
performance times were more of a guide rather than clearing out times, meaning
that you could watch the first performance of the day and stay in to watch it
again, as I did on a couple of occasions (Battlestar Galactica and Clash of the
Titans for sure). I also saw the last twenty minutes of Jaws 3D before sitting
through the trailers and support programme and then the start of the film. I
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Like
they say, nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, and I apologise if I misremembered
anything. Of course, the greatest fun was raving about the movies afterwards
and saying ‘Remember that bit when…?’ So a big shout out to all family and
friends who made the trips even more exciting, with honourable mentions to fellow
cinemagoers Andy, Richard, Michael, Jim, Craig and Claire. </h4>
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Master of Horror John Carpenter is facing a tour schedule that would scare the fainthearted. But then, this is the man who brought Halloween mainstay Michael Myers into our nightmares and established a synth sound that still resonates today. He may be in his sixties but he’s pretty laid back about what the year is likely to bring and is looking forward to hitting the road to perform to his fans.</div>
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Take a look at the reviews of successful recent movies like It Follows and Midnight Special and you’re likely to find mention of the soundtrack channelling John Carpenter or being ‘Carpenteresque’. His is a style that’s synonymous with 80s synth sounds – repeating motifs overlaid with ominous chords – and not only did it influence his fans, it clearly resonated with composers who are now providing homage to this soundtrack sub-genre in their own work. And while one might reason that the resurgence in the distinctive sound might be down to the lack of new product, nothing could be further from the truth.<br />
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In February 2015 he unleashed John Carpenter’s Lost Themes, an album of tracks for movies that never existed. Quite simply, these were snippets and sketches from movies-yet-to-come, or would only ever live in your mind. A collaboration between the composer, his son Cody and godson Daniel Davies, the album made enough of an impact to warrant a follow-up a year later, and this time they’re taking the show on the road. <br />
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While this might be his first tour, it’s not the first time that John Carpenter has been in a band. You might remember the music video to Big Trouble in Little China featuring a performance by Coup de Villes with Nick (The Shape in Halloween) Castle and Tommy Lee (Halloween III) Wallace supporting Carpenter. He chuckles at my suggestion that this new tour is really a front for getting a reunion of the group, conjuring up images of ‘The Blues Brothers’ antics in getting the band back together. “Yeah, that’s it,” he deadpans. But did the experience of working with the Coupe de Villes help ground his expectations of what the forthcoming tour might bring. “I have no idea what to think. I don’t know what it’s going to be like,” he confesses. “I have no idea. I’ll just take it as it comes. It won’t always be perfect and it won’t always be great. It’ll be up and down… but we’ll see.”<br />
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We caught up with the composer in the week that La-La Land released its 30th anniversary edition of Big Trouble in Little China and his first gig on the tour officially sold out at LA’s Bootleg Theater. If ever he had any doubt that there was an audience for these gigs, this surely put that fear to rest? “Well, we’ll see. We’ll see what happens.” It’s an optimistic caution that will be prevalent during our conversation. As we go to press, Los Angelinos still have the opportunity to grab a ticket to see the show at the Orpheum Theatre in June.<br />
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The tour is evenly split between major cities in the US and European venues including Germany, France, Italy, Iceland and Greece. Tantalisingly, the London gig falls on October 31st – what better way to spend your location for Halloween? – while the German gig is part of Oberhausen’s Weekend of Hell Festival.<br />
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Let’s pause for a moment – the composer has gone from never touring before to 30 gigs in a year. In fact it grew from 26 to 30 in the two days between me looking at the schedule and could well have grown by the time you read this. “That’s quite a schedule isn’t it?” Carpenter offers. “Quite a lot of time on stage, but there are interruptions along the way.” As opposed to the lengthy ‘living from a suitcase’ press junkets he’s previously experienced. “It’s not as intense as talking about the same movie, all day, every day. We’ll perform for a few days, have a week off and go back again. That should make things a little easier… I hope,” he chuckles.<br />
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International tours of this nature don’t just ‘happen’, so what was the catalyst? “It started off with my son and godson who said ‘Hey, why don’t we tour this?’ I spoke to my wife and she said ‘You’d better do it’ and then it just grew…and kept on growing… and here we are!” For someone who has always had a passion for music, it would be easy to assume that Carpenter had always held a desire to tour, and this might the last chance to do it. “On no, not at all,” He gently corrects me. “It was just an opportunity for me… at my age… to go out with my kids and play. And why not?”<br />
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It’s not unusual for a performer to bemoan the fact that the crowd are only there to hear a certain signature song, and that must be true for many of the fans who have purchased tickets to hear the main themes from Halloween and Escape from New York. But with a tour that spans seven months isn’t there a chance that Carpenter himself will tire of playing the soundtrack of a certain Haddonfield serial killer for the umpteenth time? “Oh no, I don’t see THAT happening,” he counters. “Hey, it’s going to be fun. THIS is all fun.” Ask him what tracks the band will be playing and he’s understandably tight-lipped, but does reveal the likely ratio split in the material. “I would say it’s 75-80% soundtracks and 20-25 % from the Lost Themes albums.”<br />
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Fellow band members Cody and Daniel are co-composers on the Lost Themes albums and by being one step removed from the original movie soundtracks they are able to be impartial and suggest improvements for the live performances. “They help with everything,” Carpenter clarifies. “They help adapt [the score] to make it work well live. Hey, we’ve got a six-person band on the stage.” Inevitably, concessions need to be made between what can be recorded in a studio and what sounds good performed live, but this doesn’t trouble him. “You have to adjust for a live performance – it can’t be exactly the same. You have to make certain changes, but it’ll be close – it’ll be as close as we can get it.”<br />
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Carpenter has a presence on social media, boasting active accounts on both Twitter (nearly 120k followers) and Facebook (over 260k followers). In a recent post he asked his Facebook fans to let him know what tracks they’d like to hear performed live. The 700 comments were a great way to confirm what he probably already knew were the favourites (Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13), while less expected was the request to include the underscore from the deleted bank robbery scene from Escape from New York! “Ha, yes, I saw that,” he recalls. So does it amaze him that out of EVERYTHING in his oeuvre, that one track should be singled out? “Does that amaze me?” he repeats the question. “Everything amazes me now. I’m just so happy to be around doing this.” And of the immediacy of social media? “It’s a wonderful thing, but it’s not going to influence what I do,” he confesses.<br />
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In April 2016, Sacred Bones released John Carpenter’s Lost Themes II, a follow-up to the previous album which re-established ‘the Carpenter sound’ to a chart audience. The composer recalls how it all happened “The story for the first one is that Cody, Daniel and I were ad-libbing some music that we’d put together and created what was a basically a score sampler.” The tracks were composed and compiled over a number of years. Cody had previously scored his father’s ‘Cigarette Burns’ and ‘Pro-Life’ episodes of Showtime’s Masters of Horror, as well as contributing music for Vampires and Ghosts of Mars. Daniel, among other projects, had co-scored horror feature Condemned. “I’d got a new music attorney who asked me if I’d got anything new,” Carpenter senior continues. “I sent her this stuff and four months later I had a record deal [with independent label Sacred Bones Records]. It was that simple,” he shares.<br />
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Popular enough to create demand for a sequel, the new release was put together at greater speed – something that Carpenter is used to (he famously had one day to score Assault on Precinct 13 and three days for Halloween). He also directed the music video for lead track Distant Dream, his first directing gig since 2010’s horror flick The Ward. As with most contemporary releases, Lost Themes II has also been released as a limited edition vinyl – in raspberry swirl! The fact that both Lost Themes albums are sequenced with a Side A and a Side B I wonder if Carpenter yearns for the days of the 12-inch record, or is he happy to embrace the latest digital mediums? “I love ‘em all!” he emphasises. “Vinyl reminds me of the old days. But it doesn’t matter what the format is – everything’s good when it involves music.”<br />
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John Carpenter’s father, Dr Howard Carter, was a music professor and a founding member of The Nashville Strings. It’s little surprise that John has such a passion for music, which he has passed on to his son. “I grew up with music. It’s always been there,” he states matter-of-factly. I recall an incident the previous week on public transport where someone’s cell phone rang in a packed train carriage – it was the main theme from Halloween? Does he witness events like this, and what does he make of a 38-year-old improvised score still making its presence known today? “Yeah, that also happens to me! My wife (producer Sandy King) has it on her phone, but that’s fine - it’s ALL great.” But surely that’s just being too modest?<br />
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Disasterpeace’s score for It Follows and David Wingo’s for Midnight Special have a sound that critics are very quick to describe as ‘Carpenteresque’. Is imitation the greatest form of flattery and is he happy to take the compliment? “I’ll take any compliment anyone want to give me,” he admits. But is it lazy journalism to compare any 80s throwback synth score to Carpenter’s work. “Man, I don’t really know. I just do what I do, and that’s a particular sound on a synthesiser. Other than that I don’t really know what it [the comparison] means.”<br />
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Carpenter has frequently described his greatest music influence to be the great Bernard Herrmann. I ask him what that legacy was. “I think that everybody has learned THE Bernard Herrmann chord. Other than that, it’s that every one of his scores just was a signature for the movie. The only person close to him in modern times is composer Hans Zimmer; his scores provide a signature – he’s amazing.”<br />
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Looking back at his early movies in the mid-1970s it’s astounding to see that John Carpenter not only wrote the movies, he directed them and composed the scores.<br />
Was self-composition out of necessity because there was no budget for a composer, or was it a choice job that he wanted to hold onto for himself? “I was there, saying ‘I don’t have any money for this.’ I could do something simple but make it SOUND big with the synths.” In much the same way that Carpenter uses anamorphic lenses to give his movies a widescreen feel, he used synths to make the films sound like they cost more than they really did. “That’s something you’re always trying to do,” he reasons. “It was just me trying to service those movies, to support the big scenes and give them some feeling.”<br />
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While Carpenter predominantly scores his own movies, on occasion he handed over duties to others – Shirley Walker for Memoirs of An Invisible Man, Jack Nitzsche for Starman and Ennio Morricone for The Thing. Was it hard to do this when he himself could have tackled the task? “I never thought like that. A lot of the time it was such a big project and I needed that help. In the case of Morricone… I got to work with Morricone!” The Italian maestro recently had two of his unused tracks from The Thing soundtrack used in Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Does Carpenter feel that music should transfer between movies in this manner? “I haven’t seen The Hateful Eight. He used the same tracks? Hmm, he’s done that in other projects too.” So, it’s not something that he would do? “Who me? Oh no, that’s just not my style.” Being a huge western fan (and writer of TV movies Blood River and El Diablo), might we one day get to hear a western score by him? “I don’t know.” Pauses. “There’s probably one resting in there somewhere.”<br />
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Our time is drawing to a close, so a couple of quick-fire questions. At the end of the tour, and after a well-deserved break, might there be a Lost Themes III? I couldn’t say one way or another. You never know,” he offers. What’s coming up next? “I’m working on several things but I can‘t share any of them with you right now,” he apologises. But he’s not planning on retiring any time soon? “I’m semi-retired now, but I’m loving life,” he laughs.<br />
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I sign off with the promise to catch up with Carpenter and the band at his London gig on Halloween, looking forward to hearing the date-perfect rendering of his seminal score. “Oh, really?” he mock teases at the suggestion he wasn’t going to play it that day. I warn him, in the words of Brit pop band the Kaiser Chiefs, that if he doesn’t play the track then I predict a riot. “Oh, OK, I’ll remember that,” he suggests, making a mental note, though somehow I think that Michael Myers’ theme was always going to be present and correct this October. <br />
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Star Trek’s 50</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 15.6pt;">th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6pt;">anniversary
here, it feels like a good time to reflect on just why this sci-fi
franchise means so much to me for six important reasons.</span><br />
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action figures: My first sci-fi toys<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– A
good couple of years before Palitoy released their 3 ¾” Star Wars figures in
the UK I was given a 8” Mr Spock figure by my parents. I loved it. A Klingon,
Captain Kirk, McCoy, Scotty and The Keeper (Balok the puppet from The Corbomite
Maneuver) followed in due course, but how I loved the removable phaser and
communicator. Even when McCoy’s leg broke at the knee and I had to Sellotape it
solid, nothing diminished my love for these toys, which were also compatible
with the Mego Planet of the Apes figures, thus allowing a crossover of the
franchises some 40 years before IDW’s comic book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Star Trek annual: My first sci-fi book</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 15.6pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6pt;">– In hindsight, the World Distributors Star
Trek annuals we’re pretty poor. They seemed light years away from the show that
I was watching on TV, but they were in full colour, unlike what I was watching
on our small black and white set. And I could read the stories whenever I
wanted. I didn’t have to wait for the next episode to be shown on – this was
Star Trek on tap. The 1971 one was acquired for me second-hand from a jumble
sale but it was a great </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 20.8px;">alternative</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6pt;"> to my other comics and kid literature. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Todd interview: My first professionally published interview</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– Having read starburst as a child I
finally felt that I’d made it when my first interview was published in the
magazine. Interviewing the Candyman actor at the 1997 Starfleet Ball in
Bournemouth, the experience was exhilarating, Todd was an affable guest and
there was a real thrill seeing the article in print with my name next to it. 19
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Nimoy interview: Meeting my hero</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">– Of
all the people I have ever interviewed, Leonard Nimoy is the one where I was
most star struck. Even as I was asking the questions, inside me I could
feel the inner fanboy screaming ‘Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! Ultimately he
was just, of course, an old man with a hearing aid, answering questions
he’s heard umpteen times before. But he was gracious enough to treat me as if
he’d never heard them before. They say you should never meet your heroes as
they are bound to disappoint. Nonsense. You just need to choose the right
heroes. When he died in February last year I shed some big tears. I felt like
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Stewart</span></b><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">: My first
official licensed interview</span></b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> – While meeting the good Captain Picard
was not my first Star Trek interview, it was the first to appear in the official,
Paramount-licenced Star Trek Magazine. What a buzz in seeing this as the lead
cover story and knowing that this was being sold around the world. Mr Stewart
(not yet a Sir) was at the Starfleet Ball in Bournemouth and I caught him in a
break between photo and autograph sessions. He asked for a drink – it wasn’t
tea. Earl Grey. Hot. Reality kicked in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our wedding in Vegas, Justine and I visited the Star Trek Experience in the Las
Vegas Hilton. We squealed as Borg implants dug into our back during Borg Invasion 4D, we gasped as we materialised onto the bridge of the Enterprise in The Klingon Encounter, we ate tea in Quark’s Bar, marvelling at the menu which included s alas
called Sulu Toss. Sadly, its shut down 2.5 years later in September 2008,
just before the new films revitalised the franchise. As you’d expect, we also
did the behind-the-scenes tour, and Justine’s first printed document with her
new surname was a certificate proclaiming that she’d survived the encounter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that’s just the tip of the warp nacelle. I’ve also watched over 700 episodes,
13 movies, read countless articles, books and comics, interviewed 50 actors
within the Trek-verse (including George Takei, Brent Spiner, Kate Mulgrew),
collected Weetabix cards, attended exhibitions, conferences, conventions and
concerts, and gone as Spock in fancy dress (not cosplay, that didn’t exist as a
phrase back then). I’ve also written a 20,000 word history of the first 40
years of star Trek. As you can see, Stark Trek and me - we’ve got history.</span></div>
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<b>It would be reasonable to think that all location shooting for
Broadchurch takes place in or around West Bay in Dorset, home of those
imposing cliffs that feature in the show’s marketing. But you’d be wrong in
that belief, as a lot of the filming actually takes place on the northern coast
of Somerset in Clevedon, some 70 miles north of its Dorset cousin.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Clevedon is a Victorian seaside town overlooking the Severn
Estuary, sitting 13 miles down from Bristol and 10 up miles from
Weston-Super-Mare, just off the M5. Many people visit for the famous Grade 1 listed
pier (featured in movie Never Let me Go and One direction’s video ‘You and I’) but
our eyes are on the Broadchurch trail and six key locations NOT found in Dorset.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>1. Broadchurch parish church and cemetery</b> - Starting at Marine
Lake it’s a quick walk along the coastal path (Poet’s walk) to <a href="http://www.standrews-clevedon.org.uk/">St Andrew’s Church</a>, a 12<sup>th</sup>
century structure with sprawling graveyard that looks out to the estuary. Many
scenes form both seasons one and two of the show were filmed here, notably
Danny Latimer’s funeral and subsequent exhumation. Depending on the day you
visit you may be able to go inside, but it was locked on the Saturday afternoon
we called by.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>2. The Latimer house</b> – Bear south from the churchyard, cross
the small Land Yeo river and you’re on Marshall’s Field recreation ground where
you’ll soon spot the Latimers’ house on the perimeter. Many scenes have been
filmed looking out of the kitchen window and across the green to the steep
bank. The Latimers’ house is privately owned, so do respect their privacy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>3. Amusement arcade</b> – Loop back to Salthouse Fields play park
and skateboard park behind Marine Lake carry on north up towards the pier. You’ll
find a tiny amusement arcade on your right which is where the Latimer’s had a
game of air hockey in their brief moment of fun. I was going to take a photo
but the controller/overseer looked a bit formidable...<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>4. Jack Marshall’s newsagents</b> – Possibly the greatest
difference there has ever been between the exterior and interior of a
newsagents – 70 miles! With exteriors in west Bay and interiors in Clevedon, there’s
some time rift going on here! Continue north form the amusements, past the bandstand
and turn right directly opposite the pier (though it is itself worth a stroll).
At 16 Alexandra Road you’ll find Alexandra News – you can’t miss it as they
have stills with cast members in the window.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>5. Broadchurch Echo office</b> – Turn left onto Bellevue Road and
follow it round until it becomes Hill Road. Here’s the Broadchurch high street where
the families walked in the re-enactment of Danny’s disappearance. The newspaper
offices are actually The Food Market @ Seeley’s, an indoor market which sadly
was derelict when we visited.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>6. The Traders Hotel </b>– Directly opposite the newspaper’s office
is The Trader’s hotel where David Tennant’s Hardy and stayed in Season 1 and the
defence team stayed in series 2. It's actually a former Lloyds bank. Interiors were filmed up the coast, along Wellington Terrace to <a href="https://www.bestwestern.co.uk/hotels/best-western-walton-park-hotel-83764">Walton
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Broadchurch locations. Come for the Broadchurch locations but stay for the atmosphere
and spend some time in the boutiques, coffee shops and art shops. <o:p></o:p></div>
Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-20965523576261913902015-05-28T13:13:00.001-07:002015-05-28T13:13:08.455-07:00Doctor Who: On location in Cardiff for Season 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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location filming up close and personal is surely there on the bucket list? You get
to see a scene or two played out in front of you, your favourite characters are
in full costume and you might be able to grab a selfie and autograph or two. But by its very nature, you can’t plan for it, and that’s what makes the experience
so sweet.</b></div>
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Crashing a location shoot relies on being in the right place
at the right time. Having booked tickets for the Cardiff leg of the Doctor Who
Symphonic Spectacular some four months previously, it was always a hope that the
visit would tie-in with some filming, but what were the chances of finding out
in good time, and what if they were in a private location or the studio those
days? <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’d already been alerted that filming had taken place on
Friday 22<sup>nd</sup> May at Canal Park, sitting somewhere between Cardiff Bay
and the city centre. This felt like awful timing – why couldn’t I have been
there that day? But then the word on the street was that filming at the location
would continue on the Bank Holiday Monday (the same day as the concert) and
minutes away from my hotel. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And so, at midday on 25<sup>th</sup> May I joined a crowd of
around 30-40 fans, locals and tourists in watching a series of takes focusing
on the TARDIS as The Doctor (Peter Capaldi), Clara (Jenna Coleman) and Osgood
(Ingrid Oliver) said their farewells. I won’t spoil any more of the story
points which have already started circulating, and the BBC had already revealed
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The playground location has previously appeared on the show
in Army of Ghosts and where Rose spotted the ‘Bad Wolf’ graffiti in The Parting
of the Ways. This time round a mysterious alien ‘paw print’ had been added to
the park signage. Friday’s filming had centred on a Zygon attack in the season
9 two-parter by Peter Harness, today it was all about fond farewells. What
really strikes you about watching filming is just how long everything takes,
just how many people are involved, and how the lighting crew are constantly compensating
for the changing light – filling in, blocking and adding light sources where
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loves his fans. In the 2.5 hours I was present he came over and saw fans at the
barrier on four occasions, signing autographs and posing for photos. He took time
to talk to everyone, asking where they’d come from and generally being as nice
as you’d want him to be. Jenna Coleman and Ingrid Oliver also visited the fans
and were equally polite, though understandably it was Peter who was doing the
lion’s share of the work. I’d met him twice before, but seeing him kitted in his
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the actors were working until 11pm that night so wouldn’t get the chance to
watch the Symphonic Spectacular, and they also had to work on a Bank Holiday! A
big thank you to the cast and crew for indulging this fan boy, making it feel
special to be a fan and being able to witness a part of this 50+ year old
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By scoring two series of ITV's popular crime drama Broadchurch, the composer has indelibly etched his mix of weeping string quartet, dissonant trombone, wayward horns and keyboard/piano on this stretch of Jurassic coast. Walk along the quay or up the steep incline of the cliffs up from West Bay and it's Ólafur's beautiful compositions that you'll hear, and that's why hundreds of locals and fans dragged themselves out on a cold and wet Monday night. Of course, the added attraction was the way that the gig had transformed itself from being just a date on the tour to being a local première of Broadchurch's season finale.
Coincidence or just serendipity? Whatever the reason, the opportunity was taken to show the last episode on the big screen, with the added glamour of series star Jodie Whittaker introducing it. </pre>
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But the screening, celebrity intro and media interest were just the icing on the cake. The main event was Ólafur's wonderful music and he didn't disappoint with a set of nearly 90-minutes, carefully leaving time for the stage to be struck in time for the 9 o'clock screening. </pre>
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Arnalds also played a track from the finale we were about to watch, and while it was possible to pick it out during the episode, it was competing with the on-screen drama. What we got here wasn't quite Broadchurch unplugged but Broadchurch uninterrupted - pure music without all the acting, sound effects and scenery. </pre>
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Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-6971755137691154072014-12-01T12:08:00.002-08:002019-07-18T23:46:09.893-07:00Meeting the Doctors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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occasion to see Patrick was on 4 April 1983 at the legendary Longleat Doctor
Who 20th Anniversary convention. Luckily we had tickets, so weren't turned away
at the gates as so many fans were. After hours of queuing outside the Orangery, I met Pat (and Sarah Sutton) and he signed a publicity photograph from The Five Doctors. Sadly, this postcard has been long lost.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Update: August 7th 2018 - Special Edition of Doctor who Magazine has a photo of Trina and I with Patrick at the above event! This photo was taken 35 years previously and i never knew it existed. I never knew that I was in a photo with him. What an amazing discovery!</span><br />
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Jon Pertwee at the Longleat event on 4 April 1983. Jon was being interviewed by
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Peter Davison</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - I've met Peter on
many occasions. First was a signing event at the Stamp Centre in central
London, followed by autographs at The Doctors convention in Time Quest 2 and Projects
MotorMouth 1 and 2 in 2013. I also saw him live on stage at the Doctor Who Prom
2013 and the Excel 50th Anniversary conference. He was also be host at the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular and I saw him at the launch of his autobiography in October 2016.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Colin Baker</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - I first met Colin
on Bournemouth Pier after a performance of farce Run for your Wife in 1995. I
then interviewed him for TV Zone at a Doctor Who Longleat event in August 1998.
Further autos were picked up at Fleet Air Museum, Time Quest 2 and PMM1, though
sadly he was too late to be in the group photo for the latter. I also saw him
as Inspector Morse in the touring stage play in September 2010 and at the Excel
November 2013. I finally got his photo at convention in Salisbury in July 2017!</span><br />
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<b>Sylvester McCoy</b> - I first met Sylv
at the RSC Stratford following his performance as a Fool in King Lear in
September 2007. I then saw him as Mushnik in The Little Shop of Horrors musical
in Brighton October 2009. He was at Time Quest 2 and PMM1 conventions, as well
as Fleet Air Museum. I also him on stage at the Excel, November 2013.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">John Hurt</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - I met John Hurt at Brighton Film and Comic Con in November 2015. I had tickets to see him in Kenneth Branagh's production of The Entertainer in summer 2016 but he had to pull out due to illness and sadly passed away soon after. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><b>Christopher Ecclestone</b> - I met Chris
at the Donmar Warehouse stage door following his performance with Gillian
Anderson in A Doll's House June 2009. I also watched him on stage at National
Theatre in June 2012 for Antigone (which also starred Jodie Whittaker in the lead role), but he didn't come out to sign that time. Finally got his photo at a fund-raising event in April 2016 in Newbury and at the RSC Stratford in July 2018.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>David Tennant</b> - First saw David on
stage at the RSC Stratford after Hamlet in October 2008, where I grabbed an
autograph among the throng of admiring fans at the stage door. The same month
and at the same venue venue I saw him in Love's Labours Lost? I also also saw
him on stage with Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing. It was PMM1 in
Jan 2013 when I finally got a decent autograph from him and a group photo with
the other Doctors present. I also saw him at Stratford RSC again as Richard
II in October 2013 and in Don Juan in Soho in April 2017.</span><br />
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<b>Matt Smith</b> - I first saw Matt in
person at a BAFTA event for the premiere of The Pandorica Opens June 2010
though I didn't get his autograph until the official BBC convention in Cardiff
May 2012. I got a photo with him at the 50th Celebration on 22 November 2013.
Elsewhere I saw him on stage at the July 2011 and 2013 Doctor Who Proms, the lead in American Psycho the Musical at the Almeida in December 2013 and Unreachable at the Royal Court in July 2016.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Peter Capaldi</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - I joined the scrambling masses at the barriers of the Deep Breath
premiere in Cardiff and was lucky to get an autograph from him (and Sam
Anderson) in August 2014. There's also a photo of the back of my head next to him - though
that hardly counts. So it was great on November 30th 2015 to get a decent photo and
less scribbly autograph. In May 2015 I watched Peter filming The Zygon Inversion in Cardiff. In November 2015 I was lucky enough to interview Peter at the BBC and have a photo with him at the Doctor Who Festival at the Excel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Jodie Whittaker</b> - And now Doctor 13. I was lucky enough to meet Jodie in March 2015 at a Broadchurch event in Bridport. Dorset, where she signed my BluRay sleeve. She's also the first Doctor I've seen in a play (and with a former Doctor - Eccleston) prior to being cast. On 11th August Jodie presented a special Behind the Screen: Films of My Life event at Somerset House. At the end she agreed to pose for selfies for all 60 people. What a star! </span><br />
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Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-7069112104203427342014-11-13T06:21:00.001-08:002014-11-19T00:51:03.337-08:00This is why I won’t be using Halfords Christchurch for my bike repairs ever again<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Halfords are really convenient. They're open 7 days a week,
and til 8pm most days. My local bike shop is only open six days a week but
shuts before I get home. I’d rather support a local business, but unfortunately
Halfords wins here.
<br />
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<br /></div>
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That’s until I actually use them. I currently am waiting for
a phone call to say that my bike is repaired. They've had it for two weeks. It's
a simple case of replacing a set of gears wheels (not the technical term<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- I leave them to do work that out).</div>
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Here's the story so far:</div>
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<ul>
<li>Tuesday28 October – 6pm I take in bike because chain keeps slipping.
Am told that earliest they can look at it is Friday 31st. They’ll call me when
they’ve looked at it.</li>
<li>Friday 31 October – No call all day</li>
<li>Saturday 1 November – I call, but phone rings and rings. No
answer. I decide to call in in person. The technician isn’t in today so no-one
has any idea what he has diagnosed. He’ll call me tomorrow.</li>
<li>Sunday 2 November – No call all day</li>
<li>Monday 3 November – Call shop again. I still haven't had a
call. Speak to technician. Oh yes, you need some new parts to be fitted. I’ve
ordered them. Should be in by the end of the week.</li>
<li>Friday 7 November – Call in again. Technician isn’t in today
so I don’t know what’s going on. He’ll call you tomorrow</li>
<li>Saturday 8 November – No call all day (But then you probably
guessed that didn't you)</li>
<li>Monday 10 November – Got through to technician. STILL
waiting for parts. We’ll call you when it’s done.</li>
<li>Thursday 13 November – No call, no idea what’s happening</li>
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So Halfords have had my bike for two weeks now for a fairly simple
repair. It's a bike that they themselves sold to me two years ago and the parts
as such shouldn’t be hard to get.</div>
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I ride my bike to work every day (20-mile round trip).
Luckily I’ve been able to borrow another bike but why should I have to?</div>
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I will instead go to my local bike repair shop. They might only
be open for shorter hours but at least they return my calls and tell me what’s
going on. They aren’t more interested in making up lots of kids' bikes for Christmas
or selling me 3 for 2 inner tubes.</div>
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This isn't even the first time this has happened. I've had occasions
where my chain broke on the way home but I couldn’t leave the bike there over
night because their stock room was full. One time I got so fed up being ignored
that I stood at the desk and RANG their switchboard so that the phone next to me
would ring. They then stopped chatting among themselves to see what I wanted.</div>
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Here endeth my rant. They don't care about me. When I eventually
get my bike they will try to sell me some Gold star service plan, which I will
politely decline. I will explain why and say goodbye.</div>
Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-59174830274111035082014-11-09T12:52:00.000-08:002014-11-09T15:13:13.235-08:00Doctor Who Season 8: End-of-term report <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And so, just three months after Peter Capaldi met his adoring public for the
first time as Doctor Who at the Deep Breath premiere in Cardiff, we've had the
opportunity to enjoy his entire first season. None of this split-season
nonsense - a full batch of 12 episodes to give him a run-in, and what a season
it has been. Spoilers follow.<br />
<br />
Here's my review of the episodes in transmission order:<br />
<br />
<b>Deep Breath (8) </b>- An accomplished introduction of Capaldi, and by the
end we were in no doubt (if ever there was any) that we're in safe hands.
The scenes of Clara in the clockwork robot's lair are very tense, as is the
meeting between Clara/The Doctor in the restaurant. Great direction by Ben
Wheatley, and by using THAT cameo and surrounding The Doctor with the Paternoster
Gang this helped the transition. It looked and felt very different to what we
were used to. <br />
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<b>Into the Dalek (7)</b> - Fab Dalek spaceship action and some great
battles. The inside of the Dalek itself didn't quite feel right, as evidenced
by various bits of cheap tubing. Sam Anderson makes a great intro as Danny Pink
(we'll be seeing more of him!) <br />
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<b>Robot of Sherwood (5)</b> - I love Mark Gatiss as a writer, but this one
just seemed a bit inconsequential. The bickering between The Doctor and Robin soon
grew very tiring, and even if Clara looked great in her flowing robe, this just
didn't work for me. It could have been any Doctor playing this one and the
resolution with the golden arrow just felt lazy. <br />
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<b>Listen (9)</b> - Now this is more like it. Moffat doing big, creepy
ideas. Addressing the monster under the bed, some timey-wimey science and a
flashback to The Doctor's childhood, What's not to love? <br />
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<b>Time Heist (6) </b>- Ocean's 11 in space, or sci-fi Hustle, the premise
is sound and familiar, and this rates as one of those solid episodes that just
sits there, filling the season's quota. Keeley Hawes is notably OTT, but The
Teller is a fun monster with the ability to turn your brain to soup. The ending
is just a variation on the previous season's Hide and was anyone really
surprised at the identity of the mastermind behind it all? <br />
<br />
<b>The Caretaker (6)</b> - Less The Lodger/Closing Time and more like his
Sarah-Jane Adventures, Gareth Roberts' Grange Hill with a robot is actually more
fun that it initially promises thanks to some clever dialogue and a great
performance from Ellis George as rebel school kid Courtney. Danny really comes
into his own here, which helps divert you form the pretty rubbish big bad - the
Skovox Blitzer <br />
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<b>Kill the Moon (7)</b> - Taking the show completely into the realm of
fantasy (the Moon is an egg?) this boasts such huge conceits that it wins points
for its cheek. Great monster, nice cool supporting performance from Hermione
Norris, an allegory for abortion and The Doctor showing his ruthlessness. Wow!<br />
<br />
<b>Mummy on the Orient Express (8)</b> - No-one expected this to be good, so
what a treat that it not only ticked all the right boxes but also proved to be
a rollicking adventure with a cool high concept idea (the clock ticks down
on-screen as the monster sees you) harking back to old Who. And a great new
writer in the form of Jamie Mathieson.<br />
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<b>Flatline (8)</b> - Proving that he's no one-trick pony, Mathieson's other
script this season again confounds initial fears that it's going to be a ho-hum
Earth-set filler. Instead we great some neat ideas about a 3D menace, some
amazing CGI effects, comedy gold around the shrinking TARDIS and a cool hero
moment at the end. Spooky and fun.<br />
<br />
<b>In the Forest of the Night (5)</b> - Frank Cottrell Boyce's fairy tale
about a magic forest just didn't work for me. Not enough jeopardy, some very
dodgy animal CGI, a reset switch and a general lack of pace - this was the
season's lop point for me. And what was it with the missing sister appearing
from behind the bush at the end? WTF<br />
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<b>Dark Water (9)</b> - Loved this. Great pace, a fantastic reveal, a
labyrinthine plot, some huge shocks and a wonderful performance from Michelle
Gomez as Missy. This is what cliffhangers were invented for - a story that
fully deserves its long running time.<br />
<br />
<b>Death in Heaven (8)</b> - Inevitably, this cannot match the power of the
first-part, mainly because the big surprises and twists have been revealed.
Great set-piece on the plane and in the graveyard, though not happy about the
Brigadier Cyberman. Just seemed a bit macabre. The final departure is very well
done, with the double-lies of Clara and the Doctor meaning that they are both
in a bad place. Really not looking forward to the Santa meets Alien Christmas
special. <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Average season score –
7.2</b></div>
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I loved Capaldi. He’s just wonderful as The Doctor. He hasn’t
set a foot wrong all year. Jenna Coleman has also been given the chance to
shine as Clara – right from Deep breath and up to her departure. Has this been
at the expense of developing The Doctor? Maybe, but it also meant she could
become more than The Impossible Girl. Kudos also to Sam Anderson as Danny Pink,
the man with demons who paid the ultimate price. </div>
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In all, a solid season with
plenty of evidence that even at 51 this programme is still willing and able to
take risks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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...with a new design, and I promise to post more frequently. Well, more frequently than once every 20 months!</div>
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First up, here's a reminder of this DHDWF (Die-hard Doctor Who fan) as seen on Meridian News back in April.</div>
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This was by far my most shared and commented upon social media item EVER. Just goes to show what dressing up with a Tom Baker scarf at the opening of a new TARDIS police box in Boscombe can do for your profile. The Police Box was still there last weekend and looking in good shape.<br />
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I'm also hoping to post some of my older interviews and articles on this blog, not least because a lot of the magazines I wrote them for are no longer around and won't be worrying about things like copyright.<br />
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A fortnight today I'll be up at the newly regenerated Dcotor Who Experience in Cardiff, so photos and a full review are inevitable, as will a new Radley handbag for Mrs Joy (again, the price I pay for being a DHDWF).<br />
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And then at the end of November my fellow Timelord Andy and I will be attending attending <a href="http://www.tenthplanetevents.co.uk/conventions---project-motormouth-3-800-c.asp">Project Motormouth</a> in Slough where we'll be meeting Peter Capaldi, getting autographs and photos, all for charity. <br />
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50th anniversary? That's soooo last year!Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-91726710138046607872012-12-31T07:53:00.002-08:002012-12-31T07:57:37.816-08:00Hollywood Costume at the V&A<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/exhibition-hollywood-costume/"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Calibri;">Hollywood Costume</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> exhibition at the V&A proved to be a great post-Christmas treat (runs until 27 January 2013), giving you the opportunity to rub shoulders where the rich and famous have already rubbed shoulders. Even for the casual movie fan there’s a real thrill in seeing Darth Vader’s original clunky costume or Audrey Hepburn’s LBD from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Arranged in three very different halls, the exhibition’s focus is not just on the costume itself (which is of course the centrepiece) but the work involved in producing it. And so we follow every step of the creative process from the initial script to discussions with the director and fittings with the star. At the end of the day, it IS ‘just’ a dress, but when you see what craft went into its journey to the screen you realise that this is no mean feat. Of note is Tippi Hedren’s plain green suit from Hitchcock’ The Birds. The suit is itself a well-designed piece of couture by Edith Head, but it’s only when you read (or watch one of the many video films running alongside the exhibits) about what it needed to represent, and how many different iterations were required, that you get the full appreciation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Understandably, some of the costumes have fared better than others, with the most modern required to stand the scrutiny of high definition. Marilyn Monroe’s billowing dress (arguably the Mona Lisa of Hollywood costumes) is wisely stood behind a plexiglass screen, though others are available for you to lean in close – though clearly no touching or photography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Personal highlights were inevitably Han Solo’s simple attire from Star Wars, Indiana Jones’ hat and bullwhip, Christopher Reeve’s ropey Superman suit and the modern gadgetry of Batman’s latest incarnation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s no great surprise that the exhibition has been sold out on the most popular days – there’s plenty to see and it’s well-priced for London entertainment. The £25 catalogue is a bit steep (£35 for hardback) though is packed with plenty of glossy stills and designs. If you get the chance to see it before the end of January it’s well worth the trip. Even during our recent trip to Hollywood we didn’t see so many iconic exhibits in one place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I passed on the Ballgowns exhibition which is also showing at the V&A – not really my thing. But what’s a bit worrying is the restrictions on viewing. Not only can you not touch or take photographs, you’re also forbidden from sketching. Bizarre. I’m sure that I could Google a good high quality image of any one of the exhibits. Is sketching such a risk? I wonder if you get a fully body search for pencils and then a memory wipe afterwards just in case you were tempted to rush out and furiously sketch what you’ve seen on the back of a napkin? Perhaps they could use the Memory Worm that was used to great effect in the Doctor Who Christmas Special. What do you mean you don’t remember it?</span></div>
Nick Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865970143972801523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6683902109348181471.post-11483181530729386442012-12-19T11:49:00.002-08:002012-12-19T11:49:47.368-08:00HFR and the Hobbit – What works best for you?<div class="ecxMsoNormal">
And so, it’s finally here – The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey. And I wonder if J R R Tolkien would have expected
that his slender tome would have endured such an unexpected journey from
page to screen with such media attention. Quite apart from the
last-minutes changes to the structure resulting in a three-picture epic
rather than the previously planned duo, we now have to work out which
format to go for. Many people have come up to me in recent days asking
what the difference is between regular 3D and 3D HFR. And while I was
able to explain the mechanics of what HFR was (essentially you get 48
different frames per second instead of 24) I couldn’t say which was
best. Having seen the move in both formats, here’s my verdict.</div>
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Before
I go into detail, let’s just park the whole 3D thing. I’m not a 3D fan –
for every Avatar there’s a dozen Clash of the Titans cynically
converted post-production so that the studios can justify adding a
couple more quid to the ticket price. You get the occasional auteur like
Ridley Scott who with Prometheus used the format to add depth, but for
many directors there’s too much temptation to throw boobs or other
objects at us (Piranha 3DD stand up!) So, yes, I don’t see 3D as the
future of cinema, I’m looking forward to movies going flat again and I
really do think it’s just a fad. The 3D in The Hobbit is better than
most – you get a real sense of 3D rather than the pop-up book layering
used in some productions – Gandalf’s nose is particularly impressive.
The New Zealand vistas are of course sumptuous, but did this movie NEED
to be in 3D? Not really. But enough about that – what about the HFR?</div>
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To
make a meaningful comparison between HFR and regular frame rate I
decided to go to view the movie in IMAX and then HFR. As anticipated,
IMAX was crisp, beautifully loud and delivered the goods. HFR, by
comparison made the film look cheap. Comparisons with BBC studio-based
costume dramas are spot-on. Imagine one of those BBC Narnia adaptations
shot on video or outside broadcast units. It has its own look because
that was the limitation of the technology. To deliberately (what I see
as) retrograde the picture does not endear this technology to me. It
looks too clear but not in a filmic way. This isn’t a case that hi-def
is spoiling the show – it’s more than that. HBO’s Game of thrones is
shot in hi-def and yet it looks filmic, The Hobbit HFR looks like it was
shot on video, but with amazing CGI effects. This is amplified in the
scenes shot in Bilbo’s house, which make it feel even more like a cheap
Channel 4 home improvement show (Hobbits under the hammer?). Exterior
close-ups fare little better, with some of the movement just not
scanning correctly. But it’s not all Mount Doom and gloom, as the
sweeping vistas look great, the CGI of Erebor is very impressive, and
even the Rivendell scenes are less of a distraction.</div>
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Ultimately
it’s down to personal taste – I’ve spoken to others whose experience
ranged from not noticing the difference to having a wretched night out.
My tip is to go for IMAX if you can, or regular 3D digital. HFR is a
well-intentioned curiosity and I welcome innovation. Sadly, I cannot
de-programme what I consider a film should look like. The tech isn’t
going to have to refine itself before I regard this as my format of
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