60s / 70s era British films

[Guy Profumo]

What is it with the obsession with the bizarre sound effects with people running walking?

esp. action movies

e.g. Villain

https://youtu.be/Uhej8MZn2aQ?si=-8MDLYUvuo8TJ1we

[Stumpy Pepys]

The Amalgamated Union of Sound Effects and Allied Trades (AUSEAT) pretty much controlled the British film industry in those days.

[Guy Profumo]

And another thing

Huge big heads of the "star" on 50s British films posters

What's that all about?

[Lang Spoon]

You should complain to the manger of your local picture house of 70 years ago.

[Nocturnal Submission]

And another thing

Huge big heads of the "star" on 50s British films posters

What's that all about?

Personality-based film promotion? Graphic design trends of the time?

[Benjm]

I went to see Robin Askwith's one man show the other night. He's a very entertaining raconteur of the 60s/70s British film world but a lot of his films from the period are much more enjoyable in the retelling than having actually to watch them would be.

[Nocturnal Submission]

I went to see Robin Askwith's one man show the other night

A sentence I never expected to see on OTF.

[Benjm]

A sentence I never expected to see on OTF.

It's fine - he's mates with Stewart Lee.