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Animated character floating above a rocky coastal landscape with a traditional Japanese building on a cliff edge.
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Discover the Japanese fishing town that inspired Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo

by Adam Marshall

On a vis­it to the Edo-peri­od town of Tomo­noura, Adam Mar­shall explores the real – and imag­ined – back­drop to one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most beloved films.
Car driving through countryside; Stately mansion; Lakeside with gazebo; Stately home on grounds
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On Location: The rural mansion from Night of the Demon

by Adam Scovell

Jacques Tourneur’s clas­sic take on MR James’ Goth­ic chiller makes use of a part­ly-fic­tion­al Eng­lish estate.
Man walking on pavement outside brick building. Grassy field with trees. Paved walkway among bushes. Silhouette of buildings against evening sky.
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On Location: The South London of Alan Clarke’s The Firm

by Adam Scovell

The British director’s con­tro­ver­sial foot­ball hooli­gan dra­ma makes great use of var­i­ous domes­tic locales.
Street view with people; Cinema marquee reads "Première partie le départ"; Town street with red storefront; Lakeside scene with cloudy sky and lamp post.
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On Location: Scenes from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

by Adam Scovell

A walk­ing tour of the French port town evokes a sense of won­der befit­ting Jacques Demy’s roman­tic musical.
Monochrome Tudor mansion, suburban street with cars, half-timbered cottage, cloudy sunset over houses.
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On Location: The houses in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita

by Adam Scovell

As with many of his ​“Amer­i­can” fea­tures, the direc­tor utilised var­i­ous set­tings around London.
Grainy street scene, people passing. Faded image of building exterior. Lush green landscape.
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On Location: Ringo’s wander in A Hard Day’s Night

by Adam Scovell

Retrac­ing the Beatle’s solo stroll through West Lon­don in Richard Lester’s 1964 music film.
Old cinema building with graffiti-covered walls, a person standing in front of it.
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On Location: The graffiti wall from Sympathy for the Devil

by Adam Scovell

Vis­it­ing the West Lon­don res­i­dence fea­tured in Jean-Luc Godard’s leg­endary Rolling Stones essay film.
Top left: Row of multi-storey buildings with shops and cafés on the ground floor, trees lining the street. Top right: Narrow alleyway between old buildings, with a courtyard and stairs visible. Bottom left: Residential buildings with cars parked on the street, trees lining the road. Bottom right: Ornate façade of a large building with wrought-iron balconies and windows.
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On Location: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

by Adam Scovell

A vis­it to two Lon­don loca­tions fea­tured in Michael Pow­ell and Emer­ic Pressburger’s Tech­ni­col­or masterpiece.
Man in suit walking through a doorway with "Blackworth Publishers" sign visible.
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On Location: The door from Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy

by Adam Scovell

Vis­it­ing the scene of the director’s penul­ti­mate thriller, set in a bygone Covent Garden.
A man in a black coat standing on a beach, looking out at the waves. Black and white image.
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On Location: The Normandy beach from The 400 Blows

by Adam Scovell

Fol­low­ing in the exis­ten­tial foot­steps of François Truffaut’s young pro­tag­o­nist, half a cen­tu­ry on.
Woman with a stern expression behind metal bars in an urban setting.
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On Location: The concert house from Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher

by Adam Scovell

The ele­gance of the Vien­na Con­ser­va­toire per­fect­ly con­trasts the raw bru­tal­i­ty of Isabelle Huppert’s actions.
Three men in a dimly lit pub, one man adjusting another's tie.
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On Location: The London pub from Withnail & I

by Adam Scovell

The fic­tion­al Moth­er Black Cap makes a brief but mem­o­rable appear­ance in Bruce Robinson’s cult comedy.