It also shows the villain has resources and money to build a brand new pad. It shows he knows exactly what he wants - he’s taken the time to spec out a perfect modern pad, so he pays attention to detail almost obsessively. It shows he’s forward thinking and innovative, he wants things new and different as he thinks outside the box. It gives you an insight into this mastermind just by seeing his modern house.
@@mpetersen6 Plot armour. The plot armour of the protagonist who is the day saving hero will always defeat the villain; The plot armour of the protagonist who is the villain, will always defeat the hero. Sauron in the former; Gru in the latter.
More precisely - the villain has "new money" resources. He does not have an inherited family estate, which suggests that it's not his ancestors who made big money, it's him. Which is a first hint that he might be involved in something illegal ...
In the David Fincher'sversion version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the modern house plays a very important role in the plot. Its placement on the top of the hills, its calculated transparency, its emptiness. Cool!
Its interesting to note that The Big Lebowski house is also Alex’s (Lucy Liu) house in the same Charlie’s Angels movie where the villain’s ultra modern hill house is featured!
The movie "Diamonds are Forever" also is filmed partially in a Lautner house. It is in Palm Springs California. I think it is because they are so photogenic and make people seem so glamorous that modern houses are used. This is a very impressive and enjoyable video.
I think what elevates these is a knowledge of filmmaking and conveying how these swish looking buildings are chosen/designed as part of some very deliberate choices about the wider storytelling going on.
This is so much fun!!! I always thought North by Northwest was one of the best looking movie of all time, due to its design, music, the allure, charm, ambiguity and humor of all the characters and of course, the stunning Vandam house!
Robert Boyle was a humble genius who could stage do anything Hitchcock wanted. Statue of Liberty? No problem. Ok, now do Mt Rushmore and Frank Lloyd Wright
Very nice... I noted that the older Film Noir villains often live in modern houses as well, contrasted to the humble abode of our heroes (and victims!). Full of beautiful Art Deco, Nouveau houses, and Jet and space-race themed automobiles....
Superb essay. Of course the ultimate villains lair which they all reference is Hitlers Berghof. Brilliantly rendered in film by Alexander Sokurov in Molloch.
Hmm, interesting insight... Of course, while the Berghof was fairly traditional in design, it was famous for its giant window facing the Austrian Alps, i.e., a region he would soon annex!
During WWll bright lights were actually used on Anti Submarine Patrol Aircraft. So that during the day at longer range it would be harder to see them as a dark spot against the bright sky. I don't think dazzle worked all that well anyway.
I don't think submarines was equiped with radar in the beginning of ww2. Mobile radar on bombers and heavy fighter airplanes was developed during the war.
Great video. Would’ve loved to see the iconic Ghost Writer house included. Smaller film but amazing use of modern architecture to create an environment that speaks to the protagonist’s unwitting captivity and the villain’s wealth, power, and cunning. Same with The Parallax View’s monolithic tower.
Lethal Weapon 2 had a great scene where a John Lautner house gets pulled down by a Dodge Ram truck. Also: Even though it's not a house, the War Room in Dr Strangelove. Fun topic!
2:45 The cantilever sagging on Falling Water is not Frank Loyd Wright’s fault actually. He did the calculations for the concrete slab and specified them to be a certain thickness. The builder decided to pour the slabs thicker thinking it would be safer but this lead to the slabs being too heavy.
A great topic and you did a great job, worthy of a longer film even. The best villain house might be the Elrod house by John Lautner, in Diamonds are Forever. An interesting modern Hero house is the one in Ironman, that looks like the Concrete Castle also by John Lautner. Worthy of a villain
And, for what it’s worth, the Sheats Goldstein house was originally designed for the Sheats family including their kids, but was continually modified later for Jim Goldstein, the redesign also by Lautner and then by his associate Duncan Nicholson after Lautner died
In the video game Dishonored 2, two of the villains live in modern houses (mansions really). One is reminiscent of Goldfinger's lair and the Monsanto house, where by means of a lever, rooms change into something else.
youre video is very similar to a book i have called LAIR and my favorite hideout is in there. now we are talking hideouts not houses because im a residential architecture fanatic. i would need a lautner- levy house id also need faye jones applegate and tennison rich's original 70's ursa major wilt the stilts house but hideout its a clear winner. the underwater lair of Stromburg in The Spy Who Loved Me. he had matching tenders and bell jet ranger choppers that place is amazing its also in the book. excellent video my friend. top notch. cheers
Since in older times even palaces had a social function and artistically featured the human form in some way, having a villain use futuristic and minimalist homes, conveys a sense of individual power, pride and triumph over nature and society, but also a calculated loneliness, that makes them cold inside.
Great video! As a super villain myself, you have it all wrong. Us bad guys just have too much money and enjoy showing it off. Also, secret rotating panels are just cool.
at 7:18, he says the house is for a bachelor and says the furniture is custom-made + little storager. I understand the storage part, but how does custom-made furniture signal "bachelor"?
Because a bachelor doesn’t need to use their money on things like needs, food, and clothes for other family members, or college funds. They have money to spare
Also, bespoke = expensive If your kids irreversibly damage an Ikea thing - you can go and get a new one or new parts for it tomorrow. Bespoke luxury furniture means it's a museum exhibit basically, more valuable to it's owner then people.
One thing is certain with villains' modern houses, the villains never do the cleaning of their own houses. 😄Another thing, Lex Luthor probably became nuts when the airconditioning system of his metal oven "house" went kaput and baked him inside. 🤣
Speaking of Ultramodernist houses, one is the star of the classic French farce/satire Mon Oncle. You could do a video just about that house and what it means in that film.
Frank Lloyd Wright had actually accounted for the sagging of the cantilevered concrete by having them be domed but the contractor didn’t follow Wright’s plan and poured them flat, hence the sagging
It's possible that the idea of these aeries, these isolated hideouts perched on hills or rising on pedestals, might be inspired by the Eagle's Nest, or "Kehlsteinhaus" which was Hitler's infamous control center on a mountain.
Those lairs certainly speak to me, especially the North by North West design, pure Kino. But talking of pure villainy, Google's certainly on its way there, with way too many ads, there was a reason I had Ad Blocker for this site... But I digress.
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It also shows the villain has resources and money to build a brand new pad. It shows he knows exactly what he wants - he’s taken the time to spec out a perfect modern pad, so he pays attention to detail almost obsessively. It shows he’s forward thinking and innovative, he wants things new and different as he thinks outside the box. It gives you an insight into this mastermind just by seeing his modern house.
If they are so forward thinking how come they can't see their own demise.
Hubris.
@@mpetersen6 Plot armour. The plot armour of the protagonist who is the day saving hero will always defeat the villain; The plot armour of the protagonist who is the villain, will always defeat the hero. Sauron in the former; Gru in the latter.
More precisely - the villain has "new money" resources. He does not have an inherited family estate, which suggests that it's not his ancestors who made big money, it's him. Which is a first hint that he might be involved in something illegal ...
I could watch this dude talking about films and architecture with his deadpan delivery all day! Love it
In the David Fincher'sversion version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the modern house plays a very important role in the plot. Its placement on the top of the hills, its calculated transparency, its emptiness. Cool!
Its interesting to note that The Big Lebowski house is also Alex’s (Lucy Liu) house in the same Charlie’s Angels movie where the villain’s ultra modern hill house is featured!
lethal weapon 2 .... too
It is also an homage to the lair in North By Northwest, that's why he tries to see what is written on the note, only to reveal a phallus.
Oops, spoke too soon, of course he mentioned it later in the video.
The movie "Diamonds are Forever" also is filmed partially in a Lautner house. It is in Palm Springs California. I think it is because they are so photogenic and make people seem so glamorous that modern houses are used. This is a very impressive and enjoyable video.
As a fan of villain's lairs (but not the villains) I have to say this was a great idea, I absolutely enjoyed this breakdown! ❤
As a fan of both, love it too
I think what elevates these is a knowledge of filmmaking and conveying how these swish looking buildings are chosen/designed as part of some very deliberate choices about the wider storytelling going on.
Villains live in ultra modern houses cause they are rich
If they were poor, they'd be living in a trailer and it would be a Criminal Minds episode not a movie.
Period.
Which leads to the question: Are the villains rich? Or are the rich villains?
@@lorenzoblum868Modern houses aren't cold.
They could get a traditional architecture Mansion. They chose modern cliff house. It's not about money
Great topic -- love Valery -- he really brought this one to life!
This is so much fun!!! I always thought North by Northwest was one of the best looking movie of all time, due to its design, music, the allure, charm, ambiguity and humor of all the characters and of course, the stunning Vandam house!
Totally agreed!!!
It even had private runway complete with lights, perfect for escaping the country.
There's a CGI tour of the house on YT.
Robert Boyle was a humble genius who could stage do anything Hitchcock wanted. Statue of Liberty? No problem. Ok, now do Mt Rushmore and Frank Lloyd Wright
Now do houses of the billionaires. See if there is a Venn diagram here.
Its just a circle
There are exceptions. Plenty of villains (and billionaires) also love a very traditional style of mansion.
Tony Stark's house?
If I love this style of house do I need to become evil, or am I unknowingly already evil just haven’t expressed it yet?
Ladies & gentlemen of the jury, I present Exhibit A.
Yes. You are.
@@echognomecal6742Fair enough. Hahahahah (villainous laugh)
@@hal90001I’ll try to hold myself back, then.
Yes.
I REALLY enjoyed this presentation!
More please!
Brilliant!!!! So much awesome information. Wish I was as cool as this host. ❤ great job! Beautiful architecture .
The Mountain Top Layer in On Her Majesty's Secret Service needs a mention too as well as the beach house in Hail Caesar.
Great analysis. The Astral House in 1999's "The Limey" immediately came to my mind!
Ah, the house built on "faith".
This is something I never even thought about
Love it! 💯
Very nice... I noted that the older Film Noir villains often live in modern houses as well, contrasted to the humble abode of our heroes (and victims!). Full of beautiful Art Deco, Nouveau houses, and Jet and space-race themed automobiles....
Superb essay. Of course the ultimate villains lair which they all reference is Hitlers Berghof. Brilliantly rendered in film by Alexander Sokurov in Molloch.
Hmm, interesting insight... Of course, while the Berghof was fairly traditional in design, it was famous for its giant window facing the Austrian Alps, i.e., a region he would soon annex!
Fascinating! I hope Valery examines and narrates more of these themed dwellings.
What a fascinating breakdown of the modern villain’s lair
Small fact check: Dazzle Camouflage was introduced during the first World War, not the second.
During WWll bright lights were actually used on Anti Submarine Patrol Aircraft. So that during the day at longer range it would be harder to see them as a dark spot against the bright sky. I don't think dazzle worked all that well anyway.
RADAR can't be fooled by dazzle painting which made it useless in WW2. Not clear if it was actually useful in WW1 but the theory made sense then.
I don't think submarines was equiped with radar in the beginning of ww2.
Mobile radar on bombers and heavy fighter airplanes was developed during the war.
Loved this presentation!!!
Loving seeing things intersect. My late mother loved Frank Lloyd Wright and my dad loves North by Northwest.
Did your dad ever notice the little boy who reacts to the loud noise (I think a gun shot) before it happens?
@@dalmienpichardo1099 ?
@@echognomecal6742 He had, he points it out each time he watches it 😁
Interesting and original! Let's see more of this architecture-and-design-related film criticism.
Great video. That is so interesting to learn more about movie architecture. Thank you so much for sharing.
Pretty cool how the Sheats Goldstein House was also featured in the Charlie's Angels sequel.
Im stuck on how pretty his ring is
I completely agree! I really wanted him to stop and talk about his beautiful ring, it kept pulling me into him 😍
Great video. Would’ve loved to see the iconic Ghost Writer house included. Smaller film but amazing use of modern architecture to create an environment that speaks to the protagonist’s unwitting captivity and the villain’s wealth, power, and cunning. Same with The Parallax View’s monolithic tower.
Wasn't the Ghostwriter house a constructed film set? I recall hearing that in the "making of" feature on the DVD.
@@Venejan yes - much like the North By Northwest house
Love modern house architecture...a place for everything and everything in its place.
That was fascinating. Check out "The Girl Before" with David Oyelowo. The house itself became a weapon.
I enjoyed this video a lot! I also learned recently that John Cage briefly studied with Erno Goldfinger
Lethal Weapon 2 had a great scene where a John Lautner house gets pulled down by a Dodge Ram truck. Also: Even though it's not a house, the War Room in Dr Strangelove.
Fun topic!
I loved the north by northwest house it was soo cool by far my favorite 🤩
He has such a soothing voice, I could listen to him for hours
Thank you Mr. Augustin! This was very interesting and fun too!
I've never clicked on a notification faster!
2:45 The cantilever sagging on Falling Water is not Frank Loyd Wright’s fault actually. He did the calculations for the concrete slab and specified them to be a certain thickness. The builder decided to pour the slabs thicker thinking it would be safer but this lead to the slabs being too heavy.
❤ this series!
Lots of fun. Would have liked more detail too. Nice reference to dazzle camouflage. FWIW, that was more WWI than WWII though.
Dang, I've always loved the place in the Hitchcock film!
Great insights! The only houses unmentioned that come to mind are in "The Ghost Writer". and "The Glass House".
This makes me want to be an architect!
I liked the Lautner house that's in Palm Springs that was in the film Diamonds are Forever.
it's kind of amazing that you can have a suave urbane villain in south dakota
Great presentation.
A great topic and you did a great job, worthy of a longer film even. The best villain house might be the Elrod house by John Lautner, in Diamonds are Forever. An interesting modern Hero house is the one in Ironman, that looks like the Concrete Castle also by John Lautner. Worthy of a villain
And, for what it’s worth, the Sheats Goldstein house was originally designed for the Sheats family including their kids, but was continually modified later for Jim Goldstein, the redesign also by Lautner and then by his associate Duncan Nicholson after Lautner died
Original Oldboy villain pad is rad too.
Fascinating insight. Love (most) of these structures, but all are interesting.
brilliant perspectives, thank you!
In the video game Dishonored 2, two of the villains live in modern houses (mansions really). One is reminiscent of Goldfinger's lair and the Monsanto house, where by means of a lever, rooms change into something else.
Great! Thank you very much!
youre video is very similar to a book i have called LAIR and my favorite hideout is in there. now we are talking hideouts not houses because im a residential architecture fanatic. i would need a lautner- levy house id also need faye jones applegate and tennison rich's original 70's ursa major wilt the stilts house but hideout its a clear winner. the underwater lair of Stromburg in The Spy Who Loved Me. he had matching tenders and bell jet ranger choppers that place is amazing its also in the book. excellent video my friend. top notch. cheers
Love the theme of this AD!
Since in older times even palaces had a social function and artistically featured the human form in some way, having a villain use futuristic and minimalist homes, conveys a sense of individual power, pride and triumph over nature and society, but also a calculated loneliness, that makes them cold inside.
Should do one on Glass Onion.
Great video! As a super villain myself, you have it all wrong. Us bad guys just have too much money and enjoy showing it off. Also, secret rotating panels are just cool.
My goal in life is to live in a Connery era Bond villain lair.
Not me. It never ends well for the villian.
Best video ever!!!
that Charlie's angels house was iconic
Kudos for acknowledging Rosenbaum's portrayal
at 7:18, he says the house is for a bachelor and says the furniture is custom-made + little storager. I understand the storage part, but how does custom-made furniture signal "bachelor"?
Because a bachelor doesn’t need to use their money on things like needs, food, and clothes for other family members, or college funds. They have money to spare
Also, bespoke = expensive
If your kids irreversibly damage an Ikea thing - you can go and get a new one or new parts for it tomorrow.
Bespoke luxury furniture means it's a museum exhibit basically, more valuable to it's owner then people.
I went to an event at the Sheets-Goldstein residence and it was truly an incredible space!!
that zaha hadid building is awesome as well as the ship camouflage trick!
Modern architecture is menacing. It's top-heavy, dimly glowing and hollow.
One thing is certain with villains' modern houses, the villains never do the cleaning of their own houses. 😄Another thing, Lex Luthor probably became nuts when the airconditioning system of his metal oven "house" went kaput and baked him inside. 🤣
g]great video, very interesting breakdown
Superb explanation - thank you
Thank you!
It's a great explanation for someone born in ex-soviet country..
@6:43 is this the same location as Doja Cat's Say So music video?
As a Super-Villain, I approve of this video!
Speaking of Ultramodernist houses, one is the star of the classic French farce/satire Mon Oncle. You could do a video just about that house and what it means in that film.
Wants 10%... sounds like an architect.
Brilliant-thanks!
A great video
One villians lair, please! 👌
Glass Onion is a perfect example
Valery is the best AD host
As an engineer, I'm not surprised by the connection between architects and villainy.
See! This is why North by Northwest is my favourite movie of all time😅
Frank Lloyd Wright had actually accounted for the sagging of the cantilevered concrete by having them be domed but the contractor didn’t follow Wright’s plan and poured them flat, hence the sagging
The house on stilts in Lethal Weapon 2 comes to mind.
Shout out to Stellen Skarsgard's house in David Finchers The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I thought my leg was being pulled the first time I saw how wartime ships were painted 😄
My favourite house in ANY movie: the house of Morbius in Forbidden Planet (1956). I've spent a lifetime dreaming of owning that house.
I think lex luthor's greatest architectural achievement was the luxury adjustment he put in the sewer in the first Superman movie
Peter Fonda's house in The Limey was peak villain.
It's possible that the idea of these aeries, these isolated hideouts perched on hills or rising on pedestals, might be inspired by the Eagle's Nest, or "Kehlsteinhaus" which was Hitler's infamous control center on a mountain.
North by Northwest is an amazing film.
I guess I'm just a villain at heart. I'd easily cuddle up with a cup of tea in any Lautner
Favorite villain lair has to be The Incredibles' Syndrome's volcanic Island ❤️🔥
you are brilliant!
Nice bad guy mansions, I prefer the Goldstein Sheet mansion in the big Lebowsky.
I think it says a lot about modern design that it's a thing for villains to live in modern houses
Now I understand why "Team America: World Police" has their headquarters inside Mount Rushmore. It's an homage to North by Northwest. Thanks!
His voice tho 😮
Ahh!!! Excuse but that deep divine talking to me about house…!!!! 🫢🤗
Well, my Georgian-revival in Hancock Park must surely attest to my moral rectitude.
Now i want ro know about villians' personal style. The young villians with stringy hair cant be a coincidence? Or how about no hair?
Those lairs certainly speak to me, especially the North by North West design, pure Kino.
But talking of pure villainy, Google's certainly on its way there, with way too many ads, there was a reason I had Ad Blocker for this site... But I digress.