London Films

[Elpenor]

Broadway Market in Hackney is shown at the start of Buster, an enjoyable Phil Collins vehicle (I think they were trying to make him the next Dudley Moore) about the great train robbery. Some gloomy and grey shots of what is meant to be early 60s London.

 

[Sue]

Broadway Market in Hackney is shown at the start of Buster, an enjoyable Phil Collins vehicle (I think they were trying to make him the next Dudley Moore) about the great train robbery. Some gloomy and grey shots of what is meant to be early 60s London.

They also used the Turkish barbershop in Broadway Market for Eastern Promises*. They had a thank you letter from David Cronenberg up in the window.

* See also Ironmonger Row baths.

 

[Elpenor]

I like his music too , I’m clearly #notproperurbanz

 

[D'wards]

I like his music too , I’m clearly #notproperurbanz

I like Phil too! Music and the man.

I started a thread about it and was castigated more than the racist and conspiraloon ones which crop up occasionally

 

[DaveCinzano]

Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and, uh, Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.

 

[Elpenor]

That comeback is a bit old and hackneyed now!

 

[DaveCinzano]

That comeback is a bit old and hackneyed now!

 

[krtek a houby]

That comeback is a bit old and hackneyed now!

And not funny anymore, it may have been a satire on materialism but the way Bateman and his misogyny became part of pop culture is slightly upsetting.

Not having a go at the poster. Have quoted the book in the past.

But yeah, Phil Collins and his acting career, eh.

 

[Eggby]

Edgar Wright's retro horror could be a contender

Saw this last night and it was pretty good, the London of the 60s evoked very well I thought, also worth watching if you're a fan of the Toucan off Soho Square or Mrs Doyle from Father Ted.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

View attachment 271049

And The Firm, also directed by Clarke.

One of the boozers in it is close to Columbia Rd and now a residential property.

 

[Orang Utan]

And The Firm, also directed by Clarke.

One of the boozers in it is close to Columbia Rd and now a residential property.

a load of that (The Firm) is filmed in Woolwich too. Oldman’s dad’s place is just round the corner from where Belushi used to live when i first got to know him.

 

[Brainaddict]

Can't believe some people recommended 'The Blue Lamp' on here. It's such relentless copaganda that I couldn't bring myself to finish it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Can't believe some people recommended 'The Blue Lamp' on here. It's such relentless copaganda that I couldn't bring myself to finish it.

If you can't watch and appreciate a creative work unless it completely matches your own worldview then

 

[ska invita]

Can't believe some people recommended 'The Blue Lamp' on here. It's such relentless copaganda that I couldn't bring myself to finish it.

i haven't seen it but it looks like its very well shot, which can count for a lot i think...old films often require a fair bit of squinting and looking past some of the messages IME. Copaganda does sound annoying though

 

[Brainaddict]

If you can't watch and appreciate a creative work unless it completely matches your own worldview then

I watch a lot of stuff that doesn't accord with my worldview, like most Hollywood films. However I can't enjoy the Hollywood films that, for instance, cast the US as the good guy in the Vietnam war. Likewise I can't enjoy a film that casts cops as the good guys in London, particularly when it reads as fairly blatant propaganda. It's not just a 'different' worldview, it is a very harmful worldview propagated by those who wish to keep people divided and subjugated.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I watch a lot of stuff that doesn't accord with my worldview, like most Hollywood films. However I can't enjoy the Hollywood films that, for instance, cast the US as the good guy in the Vietnam war. Likewise I can't enjoy a film that casts cops as the good guys in London, particularly when it reads as fairly blatant propaganda. It's not just a 'different' worldview, it is a very harmful worldview propagated by those who wish to keep people divided and subjugated.

Yeah whatevs Bigbrain

 

[blossie33]

This film from 1969 seems to be doing the rounds of alternative cinema in London at the moment - Bronco Bullfrog - set in East London.


Here are where the locations are now..

Bronco Bullfrog: how the locations from the suedehead classic look today

With the cult British youth film Bronco Bullfrog on re-release in the US, we went looking for the film’s east London locations. Would Del recognise the Stratford of today?

www.bfi.org.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Some good shots of a pre-swinging sixties London in Offbeat, a British B movie crime / cop caper

Offbeat (1961) - IMDb

Offbeat: Directed by Cliff Owen. With William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling, John Meillon, Anthony Dawson. An MI5 officer goes undercover to catch a gang of criminals.

m.imdb.com

A gem found on TPTV