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Hello dear Art! You made me laugh so loud when reading your announcement in the Live thread of my misplaced post. Lol!!
I finally decided to re post it again after double checking I was in the right thread! Lol!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and interesting answer to my post above. You are right collecting watches with film affiliations could be the next trend after (blue) gloves!! Lol!
Now, regarding Blow Up, which I viewed in around 1966/67 when it was premiered in my Country and then a couple of more times during the following years, is some kind of a cult film among movie aficionados and a film that has always fascinated me.
Anyway your correlation to JFK assasination and Zapruder film never came to my mind but find it so appropriate and amazing. Interesting to read that Quinn made same observation in that early review. You surely did a deep reading on the meaning of this film. I haven´t viewed My Dinner with Andre but you inspire me to search and view it.
I feel like you that your 321 new version of Ed White model would be the best stunt double on First Man!! That´s a wonderful watch, probably the most important variant among the modern Speedmasters I feel.
Thank you so much for your answer to my post and sharing these interesting thoughts.
Have a nice Sunday my dear friend. A big hug for you Art!!
Best, Abel
Our theme this week will be . . .
. . . focused on cinema. We all have favorite films and scenes . . . be prepared to share them along with the watch on your wrist about 36 hours from now. My all-time favorite scene is the anti-climactic dialog between Jimmy Stewart, Richard Attenborough,...
Good choice Art …
With The Oscars just announced and everyone loving a good movie, I’m sure we will all enjoy this edition of WristScan. All I need to do now is to choose a watch or two !
Flight of the Phoenix is an epic and
fantastic movie. I recall studying it in college for a look at the shifting of power. Good choice, Art.
Stewart's initial reaction to learning Kruger designs model airplanes . . .
. . . is priceless. No matter how many times I watch that clip, it renders me in awe of his enormous subdued acting talent. He could say more with a raised eyebrow than Lawrence Olivier with half a minute of dialog. Art
Hello dear Art! Nice to have you hosting next weekend.
Love your theme! I love cinema and I can’t resist trying to identify the watches worn by the actors/ actresses in films. The Flight of the Phoenix is a classic!! Yes, I can well remember that scene!! But anyway the German designer could make it fly!! Inte...
There's video of the flying stunt . . .
. . . that killed the pilot, Abel. These days, a studio would hire a computer graphics expert to create this scene. That's precisely why cinema before CGI was more compelling than it is now. Reminiscently, Art
Hello dear Art: great theme you choose. I’m very fond of cinema…
… and the films you brought to your opening post and those posted by our friends bring me so many fond memories of nice hours spent in theater seats. To answer your theme I thought about a four favorite films and related them with watches in my collection...
You've taken film and watch appreciation, normally separate interests, and . . .
. . . fused them together, Abel. Collecting watches with film affiliations could be the next trend after gloves. Blow-up is one of a handful of films so subliminally powerful it exerts a hold on the imagination beyond its nominal confines. When I first sa...
Hello dear Art! You made me laugh so loud when reading your announcement in the Live thread of my misplaced post. Lol!!
I finally decided to re post it again after double checking I was in the right thread! Lol! Thank you so much for your thoughtful and interesting answer to my post above. You are right collecting watches with film affiliations could be the next trend afte...
Our Favorite Films thread is now closed . . .
. . . and decisions will be posted shortly. Art
