pop culture locations from movies, music, tv & more...
giant penny store
from seven posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The city where John Doe commits his series of murders in David Fincher's Seven is never named, but it was filmed mostly in and around Los Angeles. The sloth victim's apartment was in the building of the Giant Penny store, a five-and-dime on the corner of Broadway and 3rd Street in downtown LA that was closed in 1998.
view full location details...dead man’s curve
from jan & dean posted in music by ratsnamgod
Barry: ...Dead Man's Curve. Jan & Dean.
Dick: Do you know that right after they recorded that song Jan himself crashed his car...
Barry: It was Dean you fuckin' idiot...
Rob: It was Jan. It was a long time after the song.
Barry: Okay, whatever...
view full location details...151 regent street
from blowup posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
David Hemmings spots Vanessa Redgrave here at 151 Regent Street near the end of Antonioni's Blowup. It's a great bit of editing as she just vanishes into the crowd.
Useless trivia: The Permutit Company Limited manufactured water softeners and other water treatment products and is now, I believe, part of Siemens Water Technologies.
view full location details...maryon park
from blowup posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
In Antonioni's Blowup, David Hemmings photographs the two lovers (and accidentally a murder) here in Maryon Park.
Maryon Park is also the location of the tennis courts where the mimes play imaginary tennis at the end of the movie. The mimes are raucous and rowdy while in the jeep and are only creepy and mime-like once the mime tennis match starts. FYI this movie is better while on drugs.
view full location details...economist plaza
from blowup posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The mimes that bookend Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup make their first appearance at the beginning of the movie riding around in a jeep in London's Economist Plaza.
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