Clockwise?

Which way does she spin?

Oil

At The Cafe, 1878, Eduoard Manet.

Vertigram

designed 1987, Rick Rodine.

Situations

An announcement over the loudspeaker to the entire staff of the OTTO MANNIX REPORT is heard at least once a week: "We've got a Situation," whereupon each officer and staff member drops what he or she is doing, scoots his or her chair back, and immediately exits his or her cubicle. We then convene in the Situation Room. The tension in the air can be cut with a plastic knife as the workers jostle about, clumsily fighting for seats closest to Mr. Mannix. Coffee from the Bunn machine is poured into styrofoam cups and passed around to the anxious participants, some of whom add various milk or sugar substitutes.

The lighting in the room is quite unusual, and for a very different reason. The anti-lights mounted in the ceiling cast a necessary darkness over the proceedings, leaving only the intensely hot, bright metal halide lamps mounted under the table to illuminate the Situation. Extreme conditions such as these are what forge the necessary determination of this team of dedicated and self-serious journalists.

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Torn

Two images of works by Mimmo Rotella, perhaps the most famous out of a handful of artists who worked in the medium called Décollage.

70 Pine

One of two carved limestone replicas of the American International Building at 70 Pine Street in downtown New York. The sculptures stand guard over the two main entrances of this under-appreciated skyscraper on Pine and Cedar Streets.

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Immediately after snapping this digital photograph, the Otto Mannix staff photographer was told by a security guard to refrain from taking any further pictures. Click on the photo for an enlarged jpeg.

Office

We know many of you are curious about the inner workings of the OTTO MANNIX New York Headquarters. So in the interest of full disclosure we present this digital photograph of our electronic computer, from which all this important information is disseminated. Clearly, we've consolidated all the hardware into one small room, a truly 'state-of-the-art' operation. NEXT MONTH: a full-color photograph of our Situation Room!

Kovacs II

Two shots from PSYCH-OUT. Laszlo was able to perform only one test of the psychedelic lighting, the liquid projections being the tricky part. The film's budget did not allow for the testing he would have preferred, but the results made this scene one of the best in the movie. PSYCH-OUT is enjoyable despite itself, mostly for the visuals. (Jack Nicholson, above center, 'rocking out', was in many of Kovacs' earlier films including FIVE EASY PIECES, bottom.)