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c o v e r i m a g e g e n t l e m e n p r e f e r b l o n d e s ( c o u r t e s y p a r k c i r c u s l t d . )
The Big Picture
ISSN 1759-0922 © 2010 intellect Ltd.
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When Suzy arrives in London tovisit an old school friend, she isunwittingly plunged into theruthless world of the ‘groupie’. Soonher exciting new world of sex anddrugs leads to tragedy. Includescomplete bonus feature,
Bread
.In 1960s London, a beautifulcontinental au pair finds herself caught up in the affections of threemen. But fun and freedom soonturn to shame and despair and shemust confess a terrible secret. Theworld premiere release for thispreviously unseen sixties gem.Steve Shorter, the biggest pop star of his day, is loved by millions. But, inreality, he is a puppet whosecarefully managed popularity isdesigned to keep the country’s youthunder control. From thecontroversial director of
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04 / Reel World
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38 / Screengems
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42 / Parting Shot
Invisible Men
44 / Competition
Who’s that girl?
46 / Listings
Films coming to a bigscreen near you
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Issue Six. February 2010
Features
06 / Spotlight
Bright Ideas:Evocative colour useon the silver screen
14 / Art & Film
Dream Catcher:Stephen Coates and therevival o
Dreams ThatMoney Can Buy
24 / Widescreen
Terror Vision:A re-appraisal o 3-D’slatest incarnation
30 / 1000 Words
Beautiul Creatures:Ray Harryhausenand stop-motionphotography
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‘I was partial to tragedyin my youth. That wasbefore experience taughtme that life was tragicalenough without myhaving to write about it.’ Ammon
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Movie moments don’t come any bigger than those that herald the end o the world. Lucky or us it’s just make believe.
Wrds by Gabriel Slmns
Whoops Apocalyps�
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, it couldbe argued that an atomicexplosion, with its ensuingiconic mushroom cloud, is thegrandest o them all. Puttingaside the small matter o massdestruction, post-apocalypticallout and the eradication o all known lie (save perhapsthe odd cockroach or two),the awesomness o thesegod-awul explosions isundeniable. So much so thatmovies have oten exploitedtheir wide-screen-riendlygrandeur to ull eect, asmulti-megaton kabooms laywaste to large swathes o the world’s population. Nonehave been more eectivethough than the stock ootageo nuclear blasts used in thenale o Stanley Kubrick’sascerbic parody o war
Dr.Strangelove or How I learnedto stop worrying and lovethe bomb.
The nal scene – asurreal medley in which VeraLynn’s “We’ll Meet Again”is played over several shotso nuclear explosions (anidea suggested by master o the obscure sight gag, SpikeMilligan) – incorporatedstock ootage o 19 nuclearexplosions, the ninth o whichis nuclear test “Baker” rom“Operation Crossroads”, therst post-war nuclear tests onthe Bikini atoll (see image).The genius o this scene isin its choreography and theblacker than black humourelicited by such inspired juxstaposition o humanity’sdemise alongside a rousingsing-song. With no realoption other than to use stockimagery o real explosions(special digital eects werestill in their inancy), Kubrickharnessed their nakedpotential to create one o the nest and most apt lmendings ever – an ending thatboth terries us and makes ussmile. Go gure.
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Kubrick harnessed the nuclear explosion’s naked cinematic potential to create one o the nest and most apt lm endings ever.
abovetHe “baker” explosion, part of operation crossroadspHoto by united states department of defense
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The Day Ater (1983) / Miracle Mile (1988) / Terminatr 2 & 3 (1991/2003)
aboveslim pickens drops out in
dr. strangelove orHow i learned to stop worrying and love tHe bomb
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