I grew up loving (among other things) comic books and movies and thus I love it when the two cross over. Keep in mind that I am from an era when there wasn't a new multi-million-dollar flick based on a comic book coming to theaters every other month. I'm especially a fan of spotting real-world comic books that are in movies just incidentally. You can see my recent post of a photo from Cape Fear (1991) for example.
The other day I was watching Richard Lester's HELP! from 1965 which, if you didn't know, stars The Beatles. Within the film, they all share a giant house full of, shall we say, "eccentric amenities" catered to each Beatle (think Pee-wee's Playhouse meets any really swinging pad of that era's James Bond movies).
Paul McCartney's portion of the house features a door to a lower level from which an organ rises on a platform through the floor.
What I noticed this time was that instead of sheet music, Paul is reading comics! They mostly seem to be issues of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, with a Superman and maybe an Archie mixed in as well?
Nice choice, Paul! Were I ever able, I would have this exact setup in my home as well.
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Blackbolt & Captain Marvel in CAPE FEAR
It's less of a capital T- Thing nowadays but I grew up in an era where comics didn't have the widespread pop-cultural appeal they do now. So whenever I see references to real comic books or comic characters in movies, but especially respected, not-for-kids movies, I pop (to use the wrestling terminology). Basically the forever-pre-teen version of myself that lives in my head sees a comic reference and yells "Aw, sweet!"
So that just happened again the other day, re-watching Cape Fear (1991) when I spotted these in Max Cady's (Robert De Niro's) prison cell collage:
So that just happened again the other day, re-watching Cape Fear (1991) when I spotted these in Max Cady's (Robert De Niro's) prison cell collage:
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