really? i never knew that! any idea where?

Further to (& contrary to) the bollocks I wrote the other day (addled mind) on the subject of the 2CV in American Graffiti, this picture is from the 1959 French New Wave film A Bout de Souffle. The lead character (played by Jean-Paul Belmondo) boots the 2CV to symbolise his rejection of French crapness, cos he's a gangster-worshipping American B-movie loving punk. Kurt doing the same in American Graffiti is George Lucas's movie-buff in-joke signalling his love of French New Wave cinema, blah-blah-drone-drone ect.

I'd heard that most of it was shot in East Anglia (where I lived at the time) and the big battle scene was shot at a disused gasworks on the Thames. This is Wikipedia has to say about it:

"Kubrick shot the film in England: in Cambridgeshire, on the Norfolk Broads, and at the former Beckton Gas Works, Newham (east London). A former RAF and then British Army base, Bassingbourn Barracks, doubled as the Parris Island Marine boot camp.[4] A British Army rifle range near Barton, outside Cambridge was used in the scene where Private Pyle is congratulated on his shooting skills by R. Lee Ermey. The disused Beckton Gasworks portrayed the ruined city of Huế. Kubrick worked from still photographs of Huế taken in 1968 and found an area owned by British Gas that closely resembled it and was scheduled to be demolished. The open country is Cliffe marshes, also on the Thames, with 200 imported Spanish palm trees and 100,000 plastic tropical plants from Hong Kong." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal ... hotography

The whole thing was filmed in the south of England! I think a lot of the Helicopter scenes were filmed around Hurn Airfield (a bit of 'nam too!) those Heli's are all ex RAF Wessex painted up! Its all very clever with prop palm trees and stuff!

^^ there you go Snowy beat me to it with a bit of actual research ^^

Citroën 2CV Parked on a Corner by Walter O. Koenig

That's pretty/interesting, I'd like to have the opportunity to see if it's as purposeful as it looks.

See more in the set lomo and France .