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Subject: Re: Knowings and Presumings: Part I Author: BoyScoutKevin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:58:20 02/16/04 Mon In reply to: Jon 's message, "Re: Knowings and Presumings: Part I" on 19:09:35 02/12/04 Thu >The funny thing is, the first time I saw Lair, I had >no idea what year it was supposed to be until I saw >Amanda with a CD. Take that and a few other things >away and it could be a Hammer film from the 60s or 70s. > >>Knowing >>"We didn't expect you back to spring, your ladyship." >>P.C. Erny (Brooke) "It is spring." Lady Sylvia >>(Donohoe) >> >>So, it is a spring month that does not seem like >>spring. >> >>Presumption >>March. We can also presume the film takes place in the >>year it was made, so we are looking at 1988 or "Lair >>of the White Worm" taking place during March, 1988. >> >>To be continued . . . > >There are a couple of things that date the movie as being in the '60's or '70's. One is the car that our Amanda drives in the movie. Jaguar stopped making that make of car in 1973. Of course, there are people who refuse to drive the latest make of car and drive only classics, which that car is. Something that would seem to be a stronger indication that the film was set in the '60's, is the scout or boy scout uniform that Kevin (Pitt) wears in the film. That uniform he wars was replaced by a new style of uniform in 1967. The hat he wears is even more out of date. That style of headwar was being replaced by the beret as early as 1945. Of course, the director, Ken Russell, is something of a jokester, so it would not be beyond him to put an actor in something that is so outdated. On the other hand, not only does our Amanda's cd date the film from a later time, but, so does Lord James' (Grant's) cellphone and speaker phone. Thus, I always tend to date a film as occurring in the year that it was released, unless there is something in a film that specifically says that it occurs in the past or future. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]