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mr. pink’s run from the cops
from reservoir dogs posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Reservoir Dogs and the magic of cinema: After the botched jewelry heist, Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) gets hit by and steals a car at the corner of York Boulevard and Avenue 50 in L.A. but this is after he was running the opposite way toward Avenue 51 on the north side of York chased by three cops that run by the same building twice.
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from wild style posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The East River Park Amphitheater in New York's Lower East Side was the site of the classic hip-hop movie Wild Style's final concert featuring The Fantastic Romantic 5, Chief Rocker Busy Bee and The Rock Steady Crew. Wild Style, from 1982, was about graffiti artist Zoro, played by real life graffiti pioneer Lee Quiñones. You can hear samples of the movie in "A to the K" by Cypress Hill, "Genesis" by Nas, "Professor Booty" by Beastie Boys and probably lots more that I don't know about.
The amphitheater, built in 1941, had fallen into disrepair, but it's since been remodeled and once again hosts public concerts.
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from aeon flux, hanna posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Berlin's Großer Windkanal (or large wind tunnel) was built in the early 1930s as an aerodynamic testing facility for German aircraft. It's located on Humboldt University's campus at Adlershof along with four other buildings that were used to test aircraft in an area they now call Aerodynamischer Park.
The Windkanal was used as a backdrop in both Aeon Flux from 2005 and Hanna from 2011. In Hanna, this is the building she escapes from when she is first captured. I have no idea what it was used for in Aeon Flux (never saw it), but it's featured prominently on one version of the movie poster.
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from mission: impossible - ghost protocol posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Tom Cruise did his own stunts for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, swinging around outside across the windows of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai a.k.a the world's tallest building. I guess it's possible director Brad Bird, whose previous films (Ratatouille, The Incredibles, The Iron Giant) were all animated, had never heard of a green screen.
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from the house of the devil posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
This is the house of the devil in Ti West's 1980s throwback horror movie The House of the Devil. The Victorian house is near Lime Rock Park. The weird goings-on at the hotel where Ti West and the crew stayed in nearby Torrington, Connecticut while shooting this film inspired his next movie The Innkeepers about a haunted hotel.
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