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Name:
Ian
Favourite
combination of colours:
Red
and black.
Favourite
visual gag in a movie: Indy
shooting the sword-wielding baddie in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
I've always thought that gag would have suited equally well in
a Bond movie.
Film
I'm ashamed not to have seen:
The Godfather, nor its two sequels.
Only
film I've seen twice in a row with no break in between:
Betelgeuse. I really think Tim Burton needs to move away a
little from the gothic / Johnny Depp / Helena Bonham-Carter
routine. I recently saw a trailer for Sweeney Todd and it
almost looks like a spoof of a Tim Burton film.
Favourite
cocktail:
The blue minty one I had in Budapest in August 07 called, I
think, a Swimming Pool.
Subject
I wish I knew much more about:
Astronomy.
Favourite
way of dealing with cold callers:
Quietly leave the handset on the table but don't hang up and
walk away leaving them talking to themselves.
Place
I'd most like to visit:
Japan. I really want to see if it is like walking round a
giant Blade Runner set.
Favourite
way of relaxing:
With a coffee and a copy of National Geographic or
Geographical.
Ideal
job:
Designing movie posters.
Subject
I probably know a bit too much about:
Jack the Ripper. I'm still waiting for the definitive movie
version. I enjoyed the most recent attempt, From Hell, a great
deal but it had about as much basis in fact as Gremlins 2 The
New Batch. Knowing as I do a lot of the lesser well-known
characters makes things rather frustrating for me when all
they do is concentrate on Abberline (the Depp character) and
the 6 prostitutes. There are lots of other important
peripheral characters.
Favourite
fake on Movie Bunker:
The Laurel and Hardy one. People are always surprised when I
say I'm a big fan of Laurel and Hardy. I think their humour
has dated remarkably little. For me, no-one has surpassed
Oliver Hardy when it comes to despairing looks to camera. On
an uninteresting point, my grandmother went to Stan Laurel's
sister's wedding. How or why that happened has been lost in
the mists of time!
Favourite
holiday moment:
Racing in buggies across the sand dunes of Morocco as the sun
set. A real 'am I really here?' moment.
Rather
unusual 'talent':
I can say the alphabet backwards. Don't ask me when or why I
learnt it!
Favourite
actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood: Spencer
Tracy. I saw a couple of his films fairly recently - Bad Day at
Black Rock being one of them. I still find his acting style
very modern and fresh.
Place
I've never been inside:
A betting shop. I'm so not interested in gambling so it's
perhaps surprising that Chris and I intend to visit Las Vegas
next year. However, as Chris pointed out, it's one of those
places you have to see before you die.
Main
job on Movie Bunker:
Roving Photographer.
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