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Today AD is joined by architect Valery Augustin to break down ultra-modern movie villain lairs. Often displaying Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired modernist designs, 360 views, and lavish interiors, movie villains always seem to live in the coolest houses on the block. Take an in-depth look at the architectural details and inspirations behind iconic villain lairs in James Bond, The Big Lebowski, Charlie’s Angels, and more.
Director: Hiatt Woods
Director of Photography: Grant Bell
Editor: Leticia Villarinho
Host: Valery Augustin
Producer: Skylar Economy
Line Producer: Joe Buscemi
Associate Producer: Josh Crowe; Landrie Hatcher
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Kariesha Kidd
Camera Operator: Lucas Villicich
Audio Engineer: Will Miller
Post Production Supervisor: Andrew Montague
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow
Additional Editor: William Long
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
00:41 North By Northwest
03:46 Body Double & Charlie’s Angels
06:33 The Big Lebowski
08:49 Goldfinger
11:30 Batman V Superman
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@knives1705 8 месяцев назад

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 8 месяцев назад

If they are so forward thinking how come they can't see their own demise.

@JustMe-dc6ks 8 месяцев назад

Hubris.

@SCARRIOR 7 месяцев назад

@@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.

@Aigra 4 месяца назад

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 ...

@edgar3733 8 месяцев назад

Villains live in ultra modern houses cause they are rich

@beau9956 8 месяцев назад

If they were poor, they'd be living in a trailer and it would be a Criminal Minds episode not a movie.

@hal90001 8 месяцев назад

Period.

@solomonwilliams9708 8 месяцев назад

Which leads to the question: Are the villains rich? Or are the rich villains?

@freddybell8328 8 месяцев назад

@@lorenzoblum868Modern houses aren't cold.

@JustGeorgeGG 8 месяцев назад

They could get a traditional architecture Mansion. They chose modern cliff house. It's not about money

@swulabs 8 месяцев назад

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!

@al28854 8 месяцев назад

lethal weapon 2 .... too

@Studeb 8 месяцев назад

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.

@Studeb 8 месяцев назад

Oops, spoke too soon, of course he mentioned it later in the video.

@GlennS95 8 месяцев назад

I could watch this dude talking about films and architecture with his deadpan delivery all day! Love it

@ceruleangolem4936 8 месяцев назад

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!

@robertwalker2052 8 месяцев назад

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.

@littlenest 8 месяцев назад

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! ❤

@feelin_fine 8 месяцев назад

As a fan of both, love it too

@paillette2010 8 месяцев назад

Now do houses of the billionaires. See if there is a Venn diagram here.

@beau9956 8 месяцев назад

Its just a circle

@originaluddite 8 месяцев назад

There are exceptions. Plenty of villains (and billionaires) also love a very traditional style of mansion.

@rouelejour4080 7 месяцев назад

Tony Stark's house?

@risk5riskmks93 8 месяцев назад

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?

@echognomecal6742 8 месяцев назад

Ladies & gentlemen of the jury, I present Exhibit A.

@hal90001 8 месяцев назад

Yes. You are.

@risk5riskmks93 8 месяцев назад

@@echognomecal6742Fair enough. Hahahahah (villainous laugh)

@risk5riskmks93 8 месяцев назад

@@hal90001I’ll try to hold myself back, then.

@davidserlin8097 8 месяцев назад

Yes.

@francoisb.4453 8 месяцев назад

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!

@magicknight13 8 месяцев назад

Totally agreed!!!

@acecarrera1 8 месяцев назад

It even had private runway complete with lights, perfect for escaping the country.

@toastnjam7384 8 месяцев назад

There's a CGI tour of the house on YT.

@hopsiepike 8 месяцев назад

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

@SmallBlogV8 8 месяцев назад

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.

@PeterEconomy 8 месяцев назад

Great topic -- love Valery -- he really brought this one to life!

@JeremyTalksWitU 8 месяцев назад

Im stuck on how pretty his ring is

@Ms.synthwave-runner 8 месяцев назад

I completely agree! I really wanted him to stop and talk about his beautiful ring, it kept pulling me into him 😍

@rutemalumadance4449 8 месяцев назад

Love his voice, very beautiful. He explains architecture so well, and beyond with interesting information.

@lancebane3088 8 месяцев назад

I REALLY enjoyed this presentation! More please!

@scottperezfox 8 месяцев назад

Small fact check: Dazzle Camouflage was introduced during the first World War, not the second.

@mpetersen6 8 месяцев назад

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.

@joshuarosen465 8 месяцев назад

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.

@lakrids-pibe 7 месяцев назад

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.

@lucyscutekitchen3537 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant!!!! So much awesome information. Wish I was as cool as this host. ❤ great job! Beautiful architecture .

@grahammills7593 8 месяцев назад

Great analysis. The Astral House in 1999's "The Limey" immediately came to my mind!

@aaronleverton4221 8 месяцев назад

Ah, the house built on "faith".

@ZephyrsTuneOfficial 8 месяцев назад

Loving seeing things intersect. My late mother loved Frank Lloyd Wright and my dad loves North by Northwest.

@echognomecal6742 8 месяцев назад

Did your dad ever notice the little boy who reacts to the loud noise (I think a gun shot) before it happens?

@echognomecal6742 8 месяцев назад

@@dalmienpichardo1099 ?

@ZephyrsTuneOfficial 8 месяцев назад

@@echognomecal6742 He had, he points it out each time he watches it 😁

@tonypitsacota2513 8 месяцев назад

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....

@karlkarlos3545 8 месяцев назад

The Mountain Top Layer in On Her Majesty's Secret Service needs a mention too as well as the beach house in Hail Caesar.

@claudiamann7111 8 месяцев назад

Great video. That is so interesting to learn more about movie architecture. Thank you so much for sharing.

@irvansaugustin6480 8 месяцев назад

Loved this presentation!!!

@RealDealy 8 месяцев назад

This is something I never even thought about Love it! 💯

@deanedge5988 8 месяцев назад

Superb essay. Of course the ultimate villains lair which they all reference is Hitlers Berghof. Brilliantly rendered in film by Alexander Sokurov in Molloch.

@Venejan 8 месяцев назад

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!

@19cosmo91 8 месяцев назад

Pretty cool how the Sheats Goldstein House was also featured in the Charlie's Angels sequel.

@kathythompson9931 8 месяцев назад

Thank you Mr. Augustin! This was very interesting and fun too!

@erindemastes 8 месяцев назад

I enjoyed this video a lot! I also learned recently that John Cage briefly studied with Erno Goldfinger

@Chris-pt1bl 8 месяцев назад

I loved the north by northwest house it was soo cool by far my favorite 🤩

@BGTuyau 8 месяцев назад

Interesting and original! Let's see more of this architecture-and-design-related film criticism.

@SharonYungViolin 8 месяцев назад

brilliant perspectives, thank you!

@mattwales2734 7 месяцев назад

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!

@JeniWoo 8 месяцев назад

What a fascinating breakdown of the modern villain’s lair

@JPhillipeNelson 8 месяцев назад

That was fascinating. Check out "The Girl Before" with David Oyelowo. The house itself became a weapon.

@dayala6024 8 месяцев назад

Excellent host, excellent video! 🙌

@slartibartfast7921 7 месяцев назад

Fascinating insight. Love (most) of these structures, but all are interesting.

@Lili-xq9sn 8 месяцев назад

❤ this series!

@theblondebomber 8 месяцев назад

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.

@Venejan 8 месяцев назад

Wasn't the Ghostwriter house a constructed film set? I recall hearing that in the "making of" feature on the DVD.

@theblondebomber 8 месяцев назад

@@Venejan yes - much like the North By Northwest house

@JohelSouza 8 месяцев назад

Great! Thank you very much!

@josephpiskac2781 8 месяцев назад

Great presentation.

@trentinuit7880 8 месяцев назад

Lots of fun. Would have liked more detail too. Nice reference to dazzle camouflage. FWIW, that was more WWI than WWII though.

@lida1445 7 месяцев назад

Superb explanation - thank you

@johnmclean6380 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant-thanks!

@mbcase 5 месяцев назад

Great insights! The only houses unmentioned that come to mind are in "The Ghost Writer". and "The Glass House".

@TaylorJohnson1 8 месяцев назад

This makes me want to be an architect!

@williamj.dovejr.8613 8 месяцев назад

Love modern house architecture...a place for everything and everything in its place.

@rvg202 8 месяцев назад

I liked the Lautner house that's in Palm Springs that was in the film Diamonds are Forever.

@alexbenson245 6 месяцев назад

Love the theme of this AD!

@urlauber2884 8 месяцев назад

He has such a soothing voice, I could listen to him for hours

@tuesdayg7030 4 месяца назад

A great video

@AishaBibi 8 месяцев назад

g]great video, very interesting breakdown

@gregoryfranks7347 7 месяцев назад

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

@magicknight13 8 месяцев назад

Best video ever!!!

@BoneZoo 8 месяцев назад

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

@BoneZoo 8 месяцев назад

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

@shadow1961 8 месяцев назад

it's kind of amazing that you can have a suave urbane villain in south dakota

@griviljava 8 месяцев назад

Dang, I've always loved the place in the Hitchcock film!

@chrisflores4788 8 месяцев назад

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.

@funkykoval2099 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! It's a great explanation for someone born in ex-soviet country..

@andrefigueredo34 5 месяцев назад

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.

@medardbitangimana4580 8 месяцев назад

I've never clicked on a notification faster!

@emilymannix5103 7 месяцев назад

I went to an event at the Sheets-Goldstein residence and it was truly an incredible space!!

@pbxn-3rdx-85percent 7 месяцев назад

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. 🤣

@jhickox 8 месяцев назад

Should do one on Glass Onion.

@kireland8 8 месяцев назад

you are brilliant!

@ivac9075 8 месяцев назад

Original Oldboy villain pad is rad too.

@DonJoyce 8 месяцев назад

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.

@GeorgeVenturi 8 месяцев назад

Awesom vídeo

@clam_baked 7 месяцев назад

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.

@Psykel 8 месяцев назад

My goal in life is to live in a Connery era Bond villain lair.

@mpetersen6 8 месяцев назад

Not me. It never ends well for the villian.

@SO-ym3zs Месяц назад

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.

@tuckkirby9194 5 месяцев назад

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

@michaelchristian6945 2 месяца назад

Kudos for acknowledging Rosenbaum's portrayal

@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 8 месяцев назад

Wants 10%... sounds like an architect.

@the_resourceful 8 месяцев назад

One villians lair, please! 👌

@SusanB16 7 месяцев назад

that Charlie's angels house was iconic

@with-inreason Месяц назад

Shout out to Stellen Skarsgard's house in David Finchers The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

@beamanact 7 месяцев назад

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.

@skyspring7704 8 месяцев назад

Modern architecture is menacing. It's top-heavy, dimly glowing and hollow.

@chrisflores4788 8 месяцев назад

The house on stilts in Lethal Weapon 2 comes to mind.

@incogenator 8 месяцев назад

that zaha hadid building is awesome as well as the ship camouflage trick!

@aleksandrasporysh6406 8 месяцев назад

Glass Onion is a perfect example

@ashleyd85 8 месяцев назад

See! This is why North by Northwest is my favourite movie of all time😅

@sarahthomas7692 5 месяцев назад

I think lex luthor's greatest architectural achievement was the luxury adjustment he put in the sewer in the first Superman movie

@philpaine3068 8 месяцев назад

My favourite house in ANY movie: the house of Morbius in Forbidden Planet (1956). I've spent a lifetime dreaming of owning that house.

@donnahuang5567 5 месяцев назад

I guess I'm just a villain at heart. I'd easily cuddle up with a cup of tea in any Lautner

@paulh2468 8 месяцев назад

As a Super-Villain, I approve of this video!

@redbarchetta8782 7 месяцев назад

North by Northwest is an amazing film.

@KaritKtana 8 месяцев назад

Favorite villain lair has to be The Incredibles' Syndrome's volcanic Island ❤️‍🔥

@BrokenCurtain 7 месяцев назад

As an engineer, I'm not surprised by the connection between architects and villainy.

@rutgaurxi7314 8 месяцев назад

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.