Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For some time I read that the inspiration for the Dr. Strangelove character was Henry Kissinger, but I believe it was a physicist from Germany who lost his hands in a reactor incident in their WWII bomb program. Can't recall his name, but I remember reading that after his immigration to the U.S. he would entertain people at cocktail parties by walking around with a martini balanced on one of his prosthetic hands (with a black glove). I think that was in Sylvia Nasar's book on John Nash, "A Beautiful Mind", but not sure. Ken -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 5:42 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Weegee On Jun 17, 2013, at 5:34 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > On Jun 17, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4Y_fAvOgY >> >> He speaks. Worth a look, and the bonus is apparently Weegee's accent was the inspiration for one of Peter Seller's voices in Dr. Strangelove. > > Thanks Douglas. > > I watched this movie over the weekend > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105187/> > > certainly seemed based on a very Weegee like character the trailer <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3cjZPwjCg> Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information