zeph’s pop culture quiz #16
In which city is the street in the picture? All right, I confess, the screencap is not from a recent movie, but it has a direct connection to a very recent one. And for those faithful readers—if any of them are left, that is—of ↑ye ole xirdalium: I’ve been there once … long, long time ago.
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looks like the part of Paris in “Inception”…
No, sorry, it’s neither Paris nor ‘Inception,’ and there’s no virtual reality technology, of which kind whatsoever, involved at all.
Instead there is a lot of surveillance technology involved, I guess. Could it be a part of Budapest?
That is one hell of a guess, I have to say! Yes there is surveillance technology involved, but no, it’s not a part of Budapest ;-) … But with that guess I think you were perfectly aware of that.
I got a bit confused with that screencap not to be from a recent movie, but as it seems it is not even from a movie at all?
:-) Well, that is a matter of definitions. Nevertheless it is correct that the screencap is not from a full length feature film that hit the cinemas’ big screens, rather it is from a television series. But still there is a connection to a very recent feature film, as you seem to know …
Brno (Brünn)…
I tried to zoom in the road sign, but it failed..damnit! Nevertheless I concentrated on this damn sign and finally I got it ;)
And the connection you mention is between the BBC series and Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy, I guess? Jim Prideaux got was tortured in Czechoslovakia…
mentioned…
That’s absolutely correct, congratulations! Yes, it is a street scene in Brno, bach then Czechoslovakia, nowadays Czech Republic. And yes, it’s from the ’70s BBC miniseries ‘Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy’ … I’ll update the post as soon as possible.
is it prague?
No, klandestino was correct with Brno. Sorry, I didn’t get around writing a comment earlier.