Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of Ken Adam's greatest works was Dr Strangelove. The war room was iconic and memorable, as well as his Fort Knox in Goldfinger. I saw IPCRESS again only this year, and it is a terrific counter to the Bond mania of the time. IPCRESS doesn't seem to be currently in print, but exists in bittorrent space. -rei On 08/11/2010 05:01 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > The production designer for Dr. No was Ken Adam. > It was innovative and changed the field. > He also did a dozen later Bond films. > One of my favorite films: The Ipcress File (1965) he did. > And the funniest film of all time - funnier than Fish named Wanda he did: > Addams Family Values (1993) > He won an Oscar for Kubrick's on Barry Lyndon. > > And he got me thinking Dr. NO was in black and white. > I think that's a compliment. > > > > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > >> From: Rei Shinozuka<shino at panix.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:40:37 -0400 >> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nixies >> >> Not only is Dr. No in color, but when you see the new restored DVD and >> Blu-Ray, it's gorgeous color. I was really struck by its color in a >> recent viewing, the early part of the film especially evoked an old >> world style where filmmakers had technicolor consultants on hand to >> make sure every scene had a full and pleasing complement of colors. >> >> -rei > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information