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What movies, TV shows, books, comics etc. first formed your opinions about:
New York
Paris
London
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Rome
Berlin
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DavidS - Oct 19, 2008 3:51:53 pm PDT #5380 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Oct 19, 2008 3:54:14 pm PDT #5381 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
New York
Paris
London
No, it goes, "New York, London, Paris, Munich..."
And no Chicago? Actually, my impressions as a child came almost entirely from visiting it....
DavidS - Oct 19, 2008 3:59:29 pm PDT #5382 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And no Chicago? Actually, my impressions as a child came almost entirely from visiting it....
Let's include:
Chicago
I'm trying to think what formed my opinions of Chicago. John Hughes movies? The Blues? Freebie and the Bean? Was that in Chicago? Saul Bellow.
Cashmere - Oct 19, 2008 4:00:40 pm PDT #5383 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
New York--Barney Miller
Paris--Aristocats
London--Oliver Twist
Los Angeles--Valley Girl (film)
Tokyo--Tokyo Pop (film)
Rome--Spartacus
Berlin-Cabaret
Barb - Oct 19, 2008 4:02:28 pm PDT #5384 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
What movies, TV shows, books, comics etc. first formed your opinions about:
New York- Easter Parade, Hello, Dolly! and the book Roller Skates Oh, and I Love Lucy
Paris- An American in Paris, Gigi
London- My Fair Lady
Los Angeles- Sunset Boulevard, The Beverly Hillbillies
Tokyo- music videos from the early 80s when the fascination with everything Japanese was really kicking into gear
Rome- The Thorn Birds
Berlin- Cabaret
And my bonus, Honolulu- Hawaii Five-0
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2008 4:05:59 pm PDT #5385 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I feel weird. I think my impressions of cities came from news and other non-fiction sources. Well, other than, say. Manchester. Anything I thought about Manchester was overwritten by Life On Mars, unflatteringly.
Or visiting, of course.
In fact, once I moved to LA I then queued up LA movies to see what I was supposed to think. All those Clueless and Swingers refs went right over my head.
Dana - Oct 19, 2008 4:08:44 pm PDT #5386 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That's the danger of not being subbed to every thread. I'm invariably behind somewhere.
You're a bad board citizen!
I just made pasta with prosciutto, mushroom, onion, garlic, and peas. With some olive oil and lemon juice.
Anne W. - Oct 19, 2008 4:09:49 pm PDT #5387 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
New York - Barney Miller (good heavens, I loved that show), The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Paris - the "Pink Panther" movies, the Madeleine books
London - Mary Poppins, 101 Dalmatians (books)
Los Angeles - Warner Bros. cartoons
Tokyo - Anime and manga, no doubt.
Rome - Asterix et Obelix
Chicago - Running Scared
Berlin - one of the innumerable war movies my dad used to watch on our local TV station on Sunday afternoon
DavidS - Oct 19, 2008 4:11:54 pm PDT #5388 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I feel weird.
That's because you are weird. Well socialized but weird. Embrace the weird. You mess up all the curves anyway.
Paris--Aristocats
Ooh, good call. London was probably Mary Poppins and Peter Pan (animated) for me.
Los Angeles- Sunset Boulevard, The Beverly Hillbillies
There's a spread.
Berlin- Cabaret
What else did Berlin have before Wings of Desire?
DavidS - Oct 19, 2008 4:12:56 pm PDT #5389 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Definitely! Good one.