It’s a Gainsbourg/Gottlieb special! Anna was a crazy musical comedy shot on 35mm color film but for TV. Gainsbourg was a friend of Koralnik’s and wrote some music for it, as well as acted in it. Of course it’s mostly about Anna Karina, and well, what more do you need?
I found some interesting background info on it in this blog post.
In a scene where Gainsbourg is hanging out with Brialy and singing, he leans on a Paradise (Gottlieb, 1965)...
During that scene, the angle changes and we can spot a bit of a Bank-A-Ball (Gottlieb, 1965) as well...
I found this photo by Paul Almásy of Gainsbourg playing the above-mentioned Paradise machine, no doubt during a break from shooting. I don’t know who the other person is (but it’s bad form to block a player’s view like that :-)...
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| Serge Gainsbourg playing pinball, photo by Paul Almásy. |
In the office where Anna works, there is some pinball-themed art with neon tubes hanging on the walls, artist unknown...
Bonus Serge Gainsbourg pinball photos:
Gainsbourg and an Aloha (Gottlieb, 1961). Photo by Roger Kasparian, 1963 (also seems to exist in color, but I couldn’t find a decent-sized one)...
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| Serge Gainsbourg & pinball machine, photo by Roger Kasparian, 1963. |
Gainsbourg playing a Tropic Isle (Gottlieb, 1962) with his daughter Charlotte (8), and Jane Birkin’s daughter Kate (12). Photo by Tony Frank, 1979...
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| Serge Gainsbourg playing pinball, photo by Tony Frank, 1979. |
Yup, looks like Gainsbourg was no stranger to pinball, and they are all Gottlieb machines.
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