Flint’s penthouse pad is a conglomeration of Playboy's apartment illustrations and has design schemes to fit different moods- all immediately changeable at the flick of a switch. Erotic paintings and sculptures revolve into the wall to be replaced with modern décor and canvases by Modern masters. The rooms are eclectic: futuristic gadgetry, military traditional, neo-classical- all shades of the male fantasy. An aperture monitors the front door to a clear security panel that rises electronically from a clear coffee table (shades of Lucas’ private screening room). The library area is like an editor's office, filled with books (that Flint wrote), and the patio sports a dolphin tank where Flint conducts his research for a Dolphin dictionary. He is the modern man!
The bad guys have it even better! Their vast evil lairs embody male fantasy and freedom that predates the Playboy Mansion (sorry, Hef!), which didn't start its Shangri-La renovations until 1971. The movie has ultra-stylized sets, including beauty salons, hot tub spas, a disco with go-go dancers, ancient Roman bacchanalia, a drive-in theater for backseat necking, cryogenic chambers, and an array of Space Aged labs, control rooms, and corridors. This pair of cult-classic spy adventures was produced with wit, care, and quintessential Spy Vibe cool.
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What can I say about the FLINT films? It was love at first sight. The circular bed features prominently in that 1962 PB Townhouse link I sent you, so the Hef ethos definitely applies to Flint.
ReplyDeleteOn a less-exalted level, "Mission: Impossible" team leaders Dan Briggs and Jim Phelps also had nice pads from which to plot the IMF's next assignment. I wonder if we'll see their digs here, too?
BTW, CINEMA RETRO's plugged SPY VIBE at their site today; congrats.
Thanks! and Thanks :) Yes, I love the apartment in Mission Impossible, as well. Didn't they often start out with a high-angle establishing shot? Looked very cool! Yes, we might see it here soon :)
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