Evil Lairs

An excellent article about the Evil Lairs in the James Bond movies.  Good work Adam Hinterthuer.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2008/11/gallery_bond_lairs

My only wish is that I’d never seen it.  I like the concept but, like buying tight fitting pants on-line,  the “end-product” was poor in practice.  The plot:  Neil Patrick Harris as an aspiring mad scientist super-villain/evil genius + songbird.  This was (ill) conceived during the WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) Strike and was released for internet distribution only.  This should be some indication of the quality of this production.  I did, however,  appreciate his “evil moisture buddy”  sidekick,  Moist.

Sir Ken Adams is the brilliant and beautiful mind behind the greatest evil lairs in film.  Here, he describes the inspiration behind Dr. Strangelove (by Kubrick) and Dr. No:  Ken Adam, designer – Cold War Modern

John Lautner is, undoubtedly, the best lair designer of the 20th century.    You may have seen his houses in movies such as Charlie’s Angels, The big Lebowski, and Less Than Zero.  For a complete list of movies that have featured the homes of Lautner, click here.