Cyd Charisse and Kirk Douglas in Two Weeks in Another Town, Vincente Minnelli, 1962
Brigitte Bardot and Jack Palance in Contempt, Jean-Luc Godard, 1963
Terence Stamp in "Toby Dammit," from Histoires extraordinaires or Spirits of the Dead, Federico Fellini, 1968
Especially in Italy.
Posted by: haice | February 07, 2011 at 02:21 PM
It must be a by product of all those open topped sports cars they drive in that country!
Posted by: colinr | February 07, 2011 at 04:54 PM
I guess a still of Grace Kelly driving in Monaco in To Catch A Thief would have been too meta, huh?
Posted by: lazarus | February 07, 2011 at 10:39 PM
As it's Monaco and not Italy, both too meta and not meta enough.
Posted by: Glenn Kenny | February 07, 2011 at 10:52 PM
Now I have to address a blind spot in my movie watching and see Godard's CONTEMPT which has been languishing in my DVR for months.
Posted by: Tony Dayoub | February 08, 2011 at 09:53 AM
How about a still from the ending of ANGEL FACE? Jean Simmons, now there's someone you don't want to get into a car with!
Posted by: edo | February 08, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Yeah, ANGEL FACE. So...that happened.
Posted by: bill | February 08, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Always wondered if that scene in Two Weeks inspired Toby Dammit. Another Kirk Douglas attempt at film suicide by sports coupe can be found in Kazan's THE ARRANGEMENT.
Posted by: skelly | February 08, 2011 at 01:26 PM
Just to be safe you might want to avoid any car that Jean Simmons comes into contact with, unless you want to end up like Herbert Marshall.
Posted by: Asher | February 08, 2011 at 05:20 PM