Yes it's the blog everyone has been asking for. Which film features the best use of a duffle bag. Well let me tell you I have whittled down the shortlist and here it is as follows, in reverse order to heighten suspense.
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| Never seen it, never will. |
NUMBER 5
8 HEADS IN A DUFFEL BAG
Yes wow, crash bang wallop!! I mean not only does the film star Joe Pesci but it has the word Duffel bag in the title of the film. Unbelievable. Now I must confess I gave this film a miss because it looked shit. Currently sitting at 11% with the critics on Rotten Tomatoes so I was right. Although we should never judge a book by its cover, unless it has a picture of Katie Price or Martine McCutcheon on it, then judge away my friends.
NUMBER 4
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| "I wanna go home, Johnny!" I said "With what? I can't find your fuckin' legs!" |
RAMBO FIRST BLOOD
Now admittedly the Duffel bag does only turn up for the first ten minutes of the film. But it is integral to the overall theme of Rambo as a drifter, an outcast from society after the Vietnam war like so many American Veterans were. The bag is a statement. It tells you that this man has nothing. No place of work, no fixed abode, no material possessions, apart from a huge fuck-off knife of course. I really enjoyed the bags cameo in this flick.
NUMBER 3
THE GREAT ESCAPE
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| Baseball check, Catcher's Mitt check, endless supply of Jonnies check. |
Yes! Now if anyone can make a duffel bag sexy it's this man. Steve McQueen was the monument of cool back in the day and this duffel bag is probably worth a fortune nowadays. It has a wonderful aesthetic to it. It's so wonderfully retro, it was probably retro before retro was even invented. Just think how much that duffel bag would be worth nowadays. At least 20 quid.
NUMBER 2
BOURNE IDENTITY
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| I don't remember anything, except how to kick ass |
This duffel bag was beautifully cast in this film. The red really stood out against the icy backdrop and was a must have bit of kit for Bourne as he needed something to keep all those passports in as he kicked the crap out of the French Police. I imagine sales for red duffel bags quadrupled as a result of it being so heavily featured in this flick.
NUMBER 1
HEAT
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| Bestest baddest ass bag ever |
Possibly the best use of a dufflebag is for storing an exorbant amount of cash. If you have just robbed a bank and are looking to mobolize that cash through the streets of downtown L.A then there really is no other bag for the job. This Bag was really put through the ringer in this movie as Robert de Niro shot down an entire road block in his bid to escape Al Pacino's clutches. This was a very black, sleek looking duffelbag that certainly did the job for De Niro. Hands down the best duffelbag ever used on the big screen.
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