The Steve McQueen Affair
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| Title: | The Steve McQueen Affair |
| Creator: | dreamybluemeany |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Length: | 02:33 |
| Music: | "I Wanna Be Your Steve McQueen" by Eytan Mirsky |
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| Fandom: | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. |
| Footage: | original source material |
| URL: | *Vidder's YouTube Page *Vid on YouTube |
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"The Steve McQueen Affair" is a Man from U.N.C.L.E. vid by dreamybluemeany. It was uploaded to the vidder's YouTube page on April 16, 2008.
From vidder's notes: "Solo and Illya fantasize their way through Steve McQueen movies. Made for Pavlowsdog, the wonderful supplier of lovely uncle videos who has not seen a Mcqueen movie and therefore has never seen Mr McCallum in his RAF uniform or Mr Vaughn in his very nice cowboy hat.
The idea is that Illya and Solo want to impress each other, but feel insecure, bless them , that they're not cool enough and so are pretending to be all suave and McQueenish."
Reactions/Reviews
This vid was recommended by Azdak on Crack Van on April 26, 2008: "This is a splendid example of how fanworks are as much in dialogue with other fanworks as they are with their source texts. pavlowsdog, playing with the fact that both Robert Vaughn and David McCallum had been in movies with Steve McQueen, whipped up a video based on the McQueen connection (you can watch it here). In their turn, the bluemeanies expanded on the idea, intercutting MfU material with shots from McQueen movies. The end result is fast-paced, funny and sweet. It's amusing to see our two spy heroes dreaming of an even bigger hero, and there's something oddly thrilling about the juxtaposition of material from the actors' other incarnations with Illya and Napoleon's story. It's also visually very impressive, matching movements and moments from the various sources to create interconnections. If you haven't already seen it, rush over and watch it now!"