Fall films with settings you can simply fall into.Explore the London of Bright Young Things What: Bright Young Things, the directorial debut of out actor-writer Stephen Fry (Wilde), follows the eccentric social creatures that live their uninhibited uninhibited /un·in·hib·it·ed/ (un?in-hib´i-ted) free from usual constraints; not subject to normal inhibitory mechanisms. lives in the sparkling art deco clubs (and gossip columns) of 1930s London. Where to see more after the credits roll: * The dizzy opening sequence, a romp through the devilishly dev·il·ish adj. 1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a devil, as: a. Malicious; evil. b. Mischievous, teasing, or annoying. 2. Excessive; extreme: devilish heat. debauched de·bauch v. de·bauched, de·bauch·ing, de·bauch·es v.tr. 1. a. To corrupt morally. b. To lead away from excellence or virtue. 2. , crimson-saturated Inferno Party was shot in Bedfordshire at Luton Hoo, a stately 18th century manor now being converted by the Elite Group (011-44-13-4282-4988) into a luxury hotel to open in early 2005. * The film's second party, Moonlight, was shot in one of London's finest art deco interiors, the entrance hall of the Park Lane Hotel The Park Lane Hotel is a 5 Star hotel on Piccadilly, London. The hotel was built in the 1920s in the Grand Art Deco Style by Sir Bracewell Smith. The building is a fine example with a mansard roof and Portland stone facade. The building is Grade II listed. (Piccadilly; 011-44-20-7499-6321). * For decadent deco, production designer Michael Howells also suggests the sumptuously refurbished barber shop in the basement of Austin Reed department store (103 Regent St.; 011-44-20-7734-6789). Breathe the Buenos Aires of Testosterone What: "It's just your average boy-meets-boy, boy-dumps-boy, boy-chases-boy-to-Argentina noir thriller," explains director David Moreton (writer of Edge of Seventeen). Where to see more after the credits roll: * Most of the film's action takes place in the Recoleta neighborhood, where Eva Peron is buried. "[Her grave] is not easy to find," says cowriter Dennis Hensley. "It's not like they have a big neon sign that says, SHE'S OVER HERE, QUEENS!" * The Relax Full Bathhouse (Viamont 1770; 011-54-11-4371-7263) was in a scene cut from the film. "The place had bean bag chairs and Billy dolls under Plexiglas bubbles on the wall." * The huge phallic phallic /phal·lic/ (-ik) pertaining to or resembling a phallus. phal·lic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus. 2. Obelizco on Avenida 9 de Julio. "We made the point of showing it before we show Antonio Sabato Jr. naked because we didn't want the obelisk obelisk (ŏb`əlĭsk), slender four-sided tapering monument, usually hewn of a single great piece of stone, terminating in a pointed or pyramidal top. to feel bad." |
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