Peeping Tom film
Posted by: graham55 on 14 October 2005
This infamous Michael Powell film is being shown on ITV late tonight. The lead is played by Carl Boehm (son of the late Austrian conductor Karl Boehm).
The character he plays has an unfortunate tendency to kill young ladies in a particularly gruesome fashion. BUT he does have Quad ESL57 loudspeakers in his flat.
Has Naim equipment ever featured on the silver screen?
Graham
Posted on: 14 October 2005 by Bob McC
It was on TV in early Morse
Bob
Posted on: 14 October 2005 by graham55
The one with the "Roberts" turntable? And what make was that?
Graham
PS I know that I need to get out more!
Posted on: 14 October 2005 by Deane F
quote:
Originally posted by graham55:
BUT he does have Quad ESL57 loudspeakers in his flat.
Like a modern day Western, the simple morality of Hifi...
White Hat = Naim System
Black Hat = (Linn?) System
Posted on: 14 October 2005 by kuma
quote:
The character he plays has an unfortunate tendency to kill young ladies in a particularly gruesome fashion. BUT he does have Quad ESL57 loudspeakers in his flat.
How fitting.
What's more chilling for me was '10 rellington place'...
Posted on: 14 October 2005 by graham55
Not quite sure that I see the connection between serial murderers, Linn Products, ESL57s and black or white stetsons, but the film starts in just over an hour.
Do watch, it's a freaking classic. (As are the ESLs!)
Graham
Posted on: 17 October 2005 by Phil Sparks
quote:
The one with the "Roberts" turntable? And what make was that?
Graham
Dredging deep into the memory banks, I think it was a Roksan, certainly was a big lump of wood. Happy to be corrected though.
Wasn't there are Rega turntable in that Mel Gibson film where he can hear Women's thoughts, 'What Women Want' or something like that?
Phil
Posted on: 17 October 2005 by i am simon 2
I think there is a Michell Gyro or Orbe in Clockwork Orange, just before the main chap bludgons the lady of the house to death. It seems that owning top quality hifi is a dangerous past time!
Posted on: 17 October 2005 by Bob McC
The Morse tournedisque was definitely a Roksan Xerxes.
Bob
Posted on: 17 October 2005 by Sir Cycle Sexy
Dodgy memory of an early Comic Strip Presents take off of Spinal Tap called 'Bad News Tour' with Naim in some geezer’s bedroom. Not quite silver screen though.
C
Posted on: 17 October 2005 by Lomo
Noticed in the Bill and other Brit shows the boxes are always stacked on top of each other.
Posted on: 18 October 2005 by Kevin-W
In the film "24 Hour Hour Party People", the hilarious story of Tony Wilson and Factory Records, there's a scene where Wilson, who has just spent anout £30K's worth of New Order's money on a boardroom table, plays a tape of he new Happy Mondays album (sans vocals). The amps are Naim.
K
Posted on: 18 October 2005 by happychappy
In the first Tomb raider film there is a scene set in the main hall of her residence where the bad guys pop in for a visit, maybe to see the Clearaudio? TT.
Posted on: 18 October 2005 by Phil Sparks
Seems that a having a chunky turntable in your abode in a film seems to be the modern equivalent of having a reel-to-reel in films from the 60s ...
Phil
Posted on: 19 October 2005 by Nick_S
quote:
Originally posted by i am simon 2:
I think there is a Michell Gyro or Orbe in Clockwork Orange
It was a Hydraulic Reference turntable developed by David Gammon in 1964.
J. A. Michell was involved in the making of the models for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Nick
