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THAT CLASSICAL TOUCH

posted 15 years ago by finnegansword
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I was reminded of that introductory scene where we see General Vladimir for the first time walking erect along the pavement in front of the British Museum. The shot rests upon a railings poster of Caesar Augustus for a few moments.

Those of you in Britain who listen to Radio 4 may even have heard the "History of the World in 100 Objects" today, about the bronze head of Augustus within the National Collections. The look of horror on the face of the sculpture is not out of place considering the fate that befell the General (and his dog).

If you want to see the image I have taken off the screen, copy the following into your browser:-

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3584/dscf2238copy.jpg

[–] alfa-16 15 years ago

Nice observation.

[–] finnegansword 14 years ago

Somewhat late-in-the-day I have discovered a means of attaching a JPEG illustration to the IMDb Message Board by using something called ImageShack. By pasting the URL into your browser, the picture can be brought up on your screen (always provided that you are sufficiently interested, of course).

In the case of the British Museum poster, you may not think this very important, but the other day I put an illustration up on the WATERLOO movie site of a veteran survivor of that battle that was taken in about 1860. There can't be too many existing photographs of survivors some 45 years after that event, so the application does have some merit.

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