MarkPrince Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2001 Posts: 5,462 Location: Vancouver, BC Expertise: Professional
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Posted Thu Jan 9, 2003, 8:51pm Subject: Re: Machine Spotting in the Movies
yann Said:
Actually, just another thing really... these look like illy collection or illy espresso cups to me. Since I don't know the collections, I am only assuming.
Interesting way to pour the espresso into the frothed milk though. The espresso looks quite light, and doesn't have any crema. Then again, being a newbie, I'm not altogether certain how lever machines are suppose to work either, and what the outcomes (in terms of espresso) are like.
I'm such a geek I can not only tell you the machine used (La Pavoni Euripocolla) but also the series that Illy cup is from. I am pretty sure it is the first cup pictured below, from the Illy PS1 series. This has become a bit more of a collector's item than intended: one cup in the site features a photo collage of the NYC skyline, which has the WTC pictured in the distance.
Posted Fri Jan 10, 2003, 12:12pm Subject: Re: Machine Spotting in the Movies
Dang it, dtklamf, you took mine!
OK, I don't have any vidcaps, but I spotted a rather nice machine in Keeping the Faith in the scene where they open their multi-faith coffeehouse (don't remember if it was a 2 or 3 group, but it was definitely a commerical machine). If anyone has this movie, perhaps they can shed some light on the kind of machine it was.
Posted Sun Jan 19, 2003, 7:39pm Subject: Re: Machine Spotting in the Movies
This may be slightly off topic since it's not an espresso machine but I spotted a glass vac pot in Sunset Blvd. It was a scene where John Gillis and Betty Schaefer were working on a script. She put it on some sort of heat source and poured coffee and water in the top.
The movie was made in 1950 so I guess this is back in the day when non geeks used vac pots.
Yann Senior Member Joined: 1 Dec 2002 Posts: 230 Location: Wellington (New Zealand) Expertise: I like coffee
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Posted Thu Mar 13, 2003, 11:46pm Subject: Re: Machine Spotting in the Movies
Hmm, back to the spotting again :) Was watching Swordfish and happened to see a behind the counter shot, so thought I would make a grab. I don't really have too much idea about commercial machines, so it's up to someone else to say what this is :)
MarkPrince Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2001 Posts: 5,462 Location: Vancouver, BC Expertise: Professional
Espresso: KvdW Speedster Grinder: Compak K10 WBC Vac Pot: A bit too many Drip: Clive Coffee Drip Stand Roaster: Hario Glass Retro Roaster
Posted Fri Mar 14, 2003, 1:22am Subject: Re: Machine Spotting in the Movies
yann Said:
Hmm, back to the spotting again :) Was watching Swordfish and happened to see a behind the counter shot, so thought I would make a grab. I don't really have too much idea about commercial machines, so it's up to someone else to say what this is :)
The linked one is red, but it's definitely a La Cimbali in that movie still - the knobs on the bottom in front of the drip tray is usually a Cimbali trait.
Well, in movies, where scenes take hours to film an action that takes a few seconds on screen, there are all kinds of food stand-ins that look right for the fleeting view, but aren't the real material.
For example, whenever you see people eating ice cream in a film it's almost always colored mashed potatoes.
So, I would imagine the "espresso" being poured in the Hugh Grant scene might actually be - gasp - tea or any other kind of brown water, and the milk might be some other kind of frothed looking liquid that would stand up to sitting for multiple takes and match each time.
The chance of them actually making espresso on the set to use in the scene is probably nil.
KenL Senior Member Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 13 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: Isomac Millenium, Gaggia... Grinder: Mazzer Mini Vac Pot: Yama 5 Cup Drip: Chemex 6 Cup Roaster: soon!
Posted Fri Mar 14, 2003, 10:08am Subject: Re: Machine Spotting in the Movies
There's a great German movie called "Mostly Martha" (Bella Marta), available with English subtitles. Great movie if you love food and cooking (blows away "Tortilla Soup")
Anyway, Martha has what looks like a La Pavoni Professional in her kitchen at home.
The linked one is red, but it's definitely a La Cimbali in that movie still - the knobs on the bottom in front of the drip tray is usually a Cimbali trait.
Have no screen cap yet... On My Big Greek Family, in the family resturant there is an amazing looking machine in the center behind the counter. Is it coffee, or is it art?
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