Vincent O'Connell

@vincentoconnell.co.uk

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Writer and film maker, here for distraction, information and (occasional) enlightenment. www.vincentoconnell.co.uk

Simon and Simone, two gulls, peering through a kitchen window expecting some food.
Door to the spaceship in The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Still from last scene of John Frankenheimer's 'Seconds', a terrified Rock Hudson being wheeled down a hospital corridor and realising there's no seconds for him.
Dustin Hoffman as a very old man in Little Big Man.
Jim Maclaine and the Stray Cats from 'Stardust'. They had a pretty good drummer.
Printed sign from a right cunt. "This village green is PRIVATE LAND. The use of it is prohibited without prior permission from the landowner."
Front cover of Walter Murch’s ‘Suddenly Something Clicked’.
Still from Godard's Breathless.
Scene from end of The Towering Inferno, Paul Newman, sweaty and covered in ash, looks up at the flickering flames of his nemesis.
A still from the climax of Andrei Tarkovsky's 'The Sacrifice' - the embers of a burning house being watched by its inhabitants.
Pscycho computer HAL and astronaut Dave from 2001: A Space Odyssey
A sublime cafe, interior lit warmly with old fashioned lamps, bright rear daylight through a window, lots of nice people reading books and drinking tea. Brecht poster and old framed photos on the walls.
Final frame of Truffaut's '400 Blows' - the kid reaches the sea then turns and looks into the camera.
Status Quo, a terrible rock group
Rock band Spinal Tap manager has the dawning realisation that the model Stonehenge before him is the size he ordered.
Call out for extras for a feature film called 'Second Skin' , various dates in January, Brighton locations, minimum wage paid hourly. Contact email secondskinoffice@gmail.com.
Juliet Masina in 'Nights of Cabiria' looks to camera as she recovers from heart breaking treachery.
Robert De Niro as The King of Comedy
Poster for Polanski's strange, sado-masochistic thriller Bitter Moon.
Closing shot of 49 Blows. The boy hero stares into the camera, seeing his entire future in a blink. Shuddering moment in cinema.
Poster for Val Guest's British b-feature masterpiece 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire'
World famous rock and rolll singer gets sad he's not as handsome as French actor, as demonstrated by English beauty Marianne Faithfull.
Sir Kier Starmer, the robotic leader of the opp... oh no, PM apparently.
A sublime hat tip from Jules et Jim.
Smashing felt-tipped logo in childlike writing for "NightShine Films"
Lead singer Lee Brilleux and manic guitarist Wilco Johnson giving it wellie for the Dr Feelgood band.
Scottish legend holds sign saying TRUMP IS A CUNT while high-5ing police officer.
'Sinclair C5', the future of transport, being sat in by its creator.
Exterior shot of Duke of Yorks cinema Brighton, with giant can-can legs on the roof. Don't know why.
The Holy Trinity of garlic, ginger and chilli pepper.
Tokyo rush hour, guards pushing people onto packed train. Coming to an Elizabeth Line near you soon.
Pic of a young long haired punk wearing a tie for a wedding c.late 80s
Dua Lipa in concert wearing very similar gear to a Doctor Who sidekick half a century ago.
Lithograph by Munch of man in woman's arms.
"The Medium is the Message" with a photo portrait of Marshall McLuhan.
Oxford Street man carrying bill board saying "LESS LUST BY LESS PROTEIN MEAT FISH BIRD EGG CHEESE PEAS BEANS NUTS. AND SITTING."
Front cover of novel by Hans Fallada, 'Alone in Berlin'.