| Author | Message | ||
     Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 996 Registered: 4-2009 |
I dont watch many movies but i would like to see anything that now has historical content that was unintended at the time of film production. I would like to watch a movie where I can enjoy seeing the cars that just happened to be part of the movie at the time. So - what is the best movie to watch??? I know we have been talking about the Itallian job in a different post - and yes that is a great film but I have seen that. Any others? | ||
| Geoff Wootton Grand Master Username: dounraey Post Number: 1557 Registered: 5-2012 |
Hi Omar There's a film called "Blow Up" from 1966. It is so long since I watched it I can't remember if it is any good, but it is centered around London and is full of cars which are obviously from that period. The main character, a photographer, drives a convertible Cloud III and there are plenty of shots of it. There is a youtube video containing a few clips of the car, but these clips do not do justice to the full length film. The aspect ratio is wrong and the car looks too narrow. It does however give a flavor of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDERXmnYChc Geoff | ||
| Chris Gillings Prolific User Username: chrisg Post Number: 101 Registered: 4-2001 |
Just a few suggestions: Jacques Tati's Traffic (1971) Cars everywhere throughout the movie. Get Carter (1971) Lots of scenes with cars, including a funeral with no fewer than seven RRs. The Knowledge (1979) Numerous scenes of London streets with traffic. They're A Weird Mob (1966) Numerous scenes of Sydney streets with traffic. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 997 Registered: 4-2009 |
wow - thanks guys - that should keep me busy for a while................ | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 902 Registered: 4-2016 |
Omar, since you and some others here like American cars, Casino is good for 70's yank tanks, they look awesome. Just be sure to get the remastered blue ray version, as the cars and the colours of Vegas look fantastic. | ||
| Mark Aldridge Grand Master Username: mark_aldridge Post Number: 389 Registered: 10-2008 |
For a light hearted film try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlrZq6oHRZM Mark | ||
| Vladimir Ivanovich Kirillov Grand Master Username: soviet Post Number: 663 Registered: 2-2013 |
The Bank Job is a good one for cars Omar. Basically a late movie but set in 1970s. Fantastic looking Bentley in it but it has a lot of sex and violence in it so not a good one for the wife or kiddies. Well worth a look old boy. Vladimir | ||
| John Beech Prolific User Username: jbeech Post Number: 169 Registered: 10-2016 |
That was great. Just watched it with my lady love, and she didn't even fall asleep! | ||
| Benoit Leus Prolific User Username: benoitleus Post Number: 286 Registered: 6-2009 |
Omar, there is another movie that is really good for spotting cars : Carnapping http://www.imcdb.org/movie_78853-Car-Napping-Bestellt,-geklaut,-geliefert.html Altough it was released in 1980 there are still a lot of '60 cars featuring. More so, it's full of real rarities, with the star of the movie being the B+B CW311. As for Rolls Royces, a Shadow I plays a minor part in it and there are several Clouds and Shadows featuring in the background. Benoit   | ||
| Patrick Ryan Grand Master Username: patrick_r Post Number: 918 Registered: 4-2016 |
I will have to check that one out as well Benoit. Thanks for the tip. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1000 Registered: 4-2009 |
Thnaks Benoit - sounds like my kinda film..... | ||
| Robert Noel Reddington Grand Master Username: bob_uk Post Number: 1293 Registered: 5-2015 |
You Tube Film Noir yields lots of old cars. | ||
| Alan Ford Prolific User Username: herne13 Post Number: 144 Registered: 8-2016 |
If you can get it on TV, try the series Foyles War. There is no end of old cars and it's not a bad story line either. It makes for interesting reading the reviews etc on Google too. | ||
| ross kowalski Prolific User Username: cdfpw Post Number: 277 Registered: 11-2015 |
Omar, There is of course the James Bond film "The man with the golden gun" that features a field agent not bothering to follow a green RR shadow in Hong Kong because she knew where it was headed. (As Patrick could tell us it's the Peninsula hotel of course) Unfortunately the rest of the film is cars from the 70's. | ||
| Omar M. Shams Grand Master Username: omar Post Number: 1075 Registered: 4-2009 |
Dear Ross, The family are watching old James Bond films now. I will get their sequence changed to see this one next. Thanks mate. Omar |
