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The facade of Londons famous Battersea Power station was used to represent Victory Mansions in the film version of 1984. The combination of neo-classical and power making it an obvious choice.
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May 14th, 2008 at 8:44 am
also seen in another film future dystopia - it was the government building in “children of men”
May 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am
It’s also on the cover of Pink Floyd’s Animals album. Features a floating pig in the foreground. Children of Men also had the pig, which means they were quoting Floyd.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
It’s not a movie, but it appears as a parallel-world-cybermen-conversion-factory in Dr.Who, The Age of Steel.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:27 am
The design was used for the power plants in “Command and Conquer: Red Alert”
“Building…building…Construction Complete.”
July 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Used in Ian McKellan’s “Richard III.” Looks like it’s out in a field.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:53 am
In the video “Eugina” by Salt Tank, the station is in the background of a man dressed in black fannying around on top of a British red phone box.
October 24th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
I must protest Sir!
What, no Bradbury Building / Bladerunner? [it was also restored and used in the movie Jack Nicholson movie “Wolf” where he is an ad executive. . .
No Lautner work from “Diamonds Are Forever” or “Body Double” or “Lethal Weapon 2″ or the soft core porn of Andrew Blake?