MIDNIGHT IN ROME, and the boulevards flanking the River Tiber in the city centre are still thick with traffic. Car drivers on either side can’t see what’s happening in the valley alongside them, because of the stone walls that flank the pavements. But the occupants of bigger vehicles – lorries and buses – enjoy a more elevated view. And they must be just a little spooked when they’re overtaken by a helicopter roaring past below their line of vision, just above the river, and then rocketing skywards at the last moment before the next river bridge. No doubt about it: James Bond is in town.
In these days when anyone with a cheap laptop can produce their own movie special effects, we’ve become a bit blasé about the amazing stunts we…
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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015