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Contents
issue
01
Regulars
04 / Reel Life
The Rocky Statue
20 / One Sheet
Ridley Scott’s Alien
28 / 1000 Words
The ‘Trombone Shot’
32 / On Location
Vienna, Austria
44 / Parting Shot
The Great Train Rob
bery
Features
06 / Spotlight
Great Movie Smooch
es
14 / Art & Film
Drive-in Movie Thea
tres
24 / Widescreen
Skyline Residence
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“Tough beans
buddy, ‘cause
that’s the way it’s
gonna be.”
Holly Golightly
40 / Art & Film
Cindy Sherman
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The Big Picture
ISSN 1759-0922 © 2009 intellect Ltd.
Published by Intellect Ltd. The Mill, Parnall Road. Bristol BS16 1DE
Editorial o�ce
Tel. 0117 9589910 / editorial@thebigpicturemagazine.com
Publisher
Masoud Yazdani
Editor / Art Direction
Gabriel Solomons
Contributors
Gail Tolley, Jez Connely, Richard Berger, Tony Nourmand
Special Thanks to
Gabriel Swartland at City Screen, Zoe Naylor at the
independent cinema o�ce and Caroline Haywood at The Picture Desk
info@thebigpicturemagazine.com / www.thebigpicturemagazine.com
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Issue One. March 2009
reel
life
WHEN FANTASY BECOMES REALITY
Created by sculptor A.
Thomas Schomberg
,
the Rocky statue was
commissioned by old Sly
Stallone himself in 1982 for
Rocky III
and was donated
to the City of Philadelphia at
the completion of filming. The
gift caused quite a rumpus
as debate raged about the
statue’s worth as art versus
movie prop, and whether the
Art Museum location was the
most appropriate.
In 2006, the city found a
permanent home for the
statue at the foot of Eakins
Oval next to the Philadelphia
Museum of Art steps (see
image below), giving film fans
an opportunity to visit and
pose with the famous icon.
The steps themselves have
become the scene of endless
re-enactments, as thousands
of wannabe Rockys make
the climb and punch the air
in victory. It all seems to
indicate that the hardened
minds of the museum’s board
and management ultimately
couldn’t resist the appeal and
influence that Rocky Balboa
has on the City of Philadelphia,
its citizens and its visitors.
Everybody now... ‘Yo Rocko!’
Statue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
How America’s favourite underdog became one
city’s symbol of triumph in the face of adversity.
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Rocky
spot
light
MEMORABLE SCREEN KISSES
Flaming
We all remember the ultimate thrill of that first
kiss with someone. The passion and excitement
of the first time your lips lock is never again
realized and is to be cherished. But what makes
for a memorable screen kiss? Is it the passion,
the circumstances, the buildup, the dialogue or
the sexiness and eroticism? The images on the
following pages could be seen to tick one or all
of these boxes to become truly iconic.
The romantic kiss
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
First ever screen kiss
The Widow Jones
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Struggling writer Paul Varjak (George Peppard) moves into a
New York apartment building and becomes intrigued by his pretty,
quirky neighbor Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn). The intensity
and romance of this kiss is what makes it so iconic. Appearing right
at the end of the film, this shot would later influence a raft of films
including
When Harry Met Sally
and
Manhattan
.
Although regarded as “disgusting” and scandalous and
prompting demands for censorship, May Irwin and John
Rice re-enacted a lingering kiss in this 20-second long
short, from their 1895 Broadway stage play The Widow
Jones; it was the first film ever made of a couple kissing
in cinematic history.
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Lips
spotlight
“This is what
you were meant
for. None of the
fools you’ve ever
known have
kissed you like
this, have they?”
Rhett Butler
The same sex kiss
Cruel Intentions
The standout scene of
this
Dangerous Liaisons
remake in which Kathryn
Merteuil’s (Sarah Michelle
Geller) amoral, bitchy,
teen-vamp demonstrated
her manipulative intentions
toward innocent Cecile
Caldwell (Selma Blair) by
teaching her how to slow- and
wet-kiss in the park .
Cross species kiss
Planet of the Apes
Displaced astronaut-human
George Taylor (Charlton
Heston) kissed scientist-ape
Zira (Kim Hunter), following
this dialogue, as they stood
next to crashing waves on a
beach: Taylor: “Doctor, I’d
like to kiss you goodbye.”
Zira: “All right ... but you’re
so damned ugly!”. Classic.
The reluctant kiss
Gone with the Wind
“You’ve been married to a
boy and an old man. Why not
try a husband of the right age
with a way with women?” A
reluctant kiss on Scarlett’s
part but one that nonetheless
shows the passion that these
two (Vivian Leigh and Clark
Gable) feel for each other.
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