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I think he would have forseen the issue & set the clock to the appropriate time that would correspond to the script/storyline. Let's take a closer look at the clock. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/oHt2f3.jpg detail hmm. . .If I squint really hard I might be seeing a faint, faint, faint shadow of the hands of the clock. *rubs eyes* Quote:
And the reason for the door? So that travelers imbibing at the Grapevine's bar felt like they still had one foot in the bus station. Kind of like a bar at an airport. ....p e r h a p s _______________________________________________________________ Here's a closer look at the door in question. . .and something I hadn't noticed before! There is a man peeking from the doorway waiting for Kubrick to finish filming the scene. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/a2ss5E.jpg .............................................................................................Do you see him? . |
Vine Street looking north during WWII compared with a recreation for "Bugsy" (1991)
Last night I watched the Warren Beatty/Annette Bening movie “Bugsy” (1991) and was struck at how well they recreated 1940s Los Angeles. It’s no wonder it won the Oscar for Best Art Direction. But there was one shot of Vine Street at night that I thought was particularly striking. I was pretty sure I had a photo of the real thing so I freeze-framed my TV and took a photo of and went hunting in my archives. Sure enough, I did find a shot of Vine Street Hollywood looking north. It was taken during WWII so it’s darker than the recreation (LA had a lot of blackouts and dimouts during the war) but now that I can see them together, I think they did a marvelous job.
(The top photo is the one taken during WWII and the bottom photo is the shot I took of my TV screen last night.) https://martinturnbull.com/wp-conten...1991-copy.jpeg |
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Detail from a recent shot of Fairplex on the bottom. https://i.imgur.com/gVANaMP.jpg daniellebennink.com :tup: Lwize |
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:tup: Indeed! And great find of the photo, Noir_Noir to confirm it. I've seen shapes of hills and mountains used to identify locations many times here but have not seen such a slam dunk matchup as that. It's uncanny. |
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I agree!! In fact, I feel a bit guilty that Noir_Noir had to dig up the Fairplex photo and line it up. I know there's some explanation for that pine-covered hill. Hollywood trickery, some abandoned exhibit in the parking lot, or maybe they were towing a diorama. |
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With children in the bus station, any connecting door with a bar is not a good idea imo. If there was a connecting doorway, its totally irrelevant to the movie and to this blog. I was in both the bar and the station in 1972 and I don't recall any doorway but there may have been one. its way past being of any consequence. |
Kubrick was known for irrelevant doorways.
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Every night on the local news is something about someone else throwing in the towel with their long-time businesses, not to mention short time ones. Quote:
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Are pine trees uncommon in SoCal? I recall seeing them from a restaurant window in Universal City. This famous Gilligan's Island publicity photo has pine trees in the background. https://www.daily-choices.com/wp-con...pg.pro-cmg.jpg Of course, the two locations I mentioned are backlots of movie studios. But I believe I've seen them in Griffith Park, too. I'm not an expert on the local flora (nor fauna), but this LINK of Common Trees of Los Angeles has a few pines included, like this tall one titled a Canary Island Pine. https://selectree.calpoly.edu/images...ensis-tree.jpg |
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Pines are fairly ubiquitous in greater L.A.: Parks, schoolyards, streets, yards at home . . .
https://i.postimg.cc/J4McRZnX/Pines.jpg gsv; Pines (mostly) along Sunflower Avenue, on the approach to South Coast Plaza. No sunflowers, though. Their cones, needle-drop, and sometimes oozing resinous sap make them less than ideal for street trees; but people tend to look on them favorably. |
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0743c8b3_b.jpg_B090006.jpg by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr They filmed the opening credits for "The Andy Griffith Show" at Franklin Canyon. They do have pine trees in Griffith Park as well, but they're not native. There are also pine trees in the San Gabriels, they're native to the higher elevations. |
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We had a very tall deodar pine tree [Wood of the Gods] in our Alhambra yard in the 1950-60s. The needle drop was huge. One season could easily fill several 55 gallon drums. That tree is still there in 2020....its at least 90+ years old. Its native to India and surrounding area. |
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