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Mojave Phone Booth

mojave

I listen to a podcast called ‘99% Invisible’. It’s an American series I have been onto for a couple of years – although I only listen in spasmodically.  Podcast no. 202 is title ‘Mojave Phone Booth’ . Cool.

It has led me to a movie I didn’t know about ‘Mojave Phone Booth’ (2006) and the Wikipedia page on the artefact itself – you guessed it, a phone box in the Mojave desert.

This goes a long way to proving that I am not alone in my fascination for phone boxes.

 

Recent viewing

I don’t actually know this programme but couldn’t ignore the ad, for obvious reasons;

Better call saul

This shot is from the penultimate episode of ‘Humans‘:

Humans penultimate episode

From the recent adaptation of  Jekyl and Hyde:

Jeykll and Hyde

The iconic red box even turns up on a US highway in ‘Austin Powers: the spy who shagged me’.

Austin Powers 2

Halloween favourite

A classic – ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968):

Rosemary's Baby (1)

Rosemary's Baby (2)

Children of Men

In the refugee camp at Bexhill (Children of Men):

Children of Men

Nightime viewing

Here  I like the use of the phone to reflect the woman making the call

Apocalyptic scene

Here is a scene from ‘The day after tomorrow‘ (2004) with a phone in the New York Library being in use to its very end…

Day after tomorrow

Classic film

I am happy to add one of the most iconic films of all time to my blog. I hadn’t realised there was a phone box in the games room of the Overlook Hotel.

The Shining

The Shining

More phones on the screen

Cold Weather (2010)

Cold Weather (2010)

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

Spooks (season 1)

Spooks (season 1)

Seven days in May (1964)

Seven days in May (1964)

More viewing

From the movie ‘No’, set in 1980’s Chile…

no-comp

And tv show ‘Girls’

girls

From Homeland

homeland-comp

Niagra

As in the 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe… There are a few telephone calls made in this film and here are three, including a phone on a boat.

niagra-1

niagra-2

niagra-3