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closeupready

(29,503 posts) Mon Aug 17, 2015, 09:31 AM Aug 2015

Appropo of nothing, I happened to re-watch "Seven" yesterday,

and thought of the scary and sad coincidences between that film and reality, namely Morgan Freeman's character - he's a New York City cop who seeks to retire from the NYPD and New York City's squalor (of 1995). I'd had it on DVR since the beginning of August, and maybe I subconsciously felt driven to re-watch it in light of the sad news about his stepdaughter.

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Appropo of nothing, I happened to re-watch "Seven" yesterday, (Original Post) closeupready Aug 2015 OP

Ah, yes. "Seven" The movie where the Antelope Valley of California is a short drive in a car... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #1

I noticed that, too. There is NOWHERE around here that looks like that, closeupready Aug 2015 #2

I lived in Palmdale for 3 years and used to see location shoot signs all the time. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2015 #3

A HERETIC I AM

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1. Ah, yes. "Seven" The movie where the Antelope Valley of California is a short drive in a car...

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 10:30 AM

Aug 2015

from mid-town NYC.

Good flick, but I just hate when the director assumes his audience is geographically ignorant.

closeupready

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2. I noticed that, too. There is NOWHERE around here that looks like that,

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 11:04 AM

Aug 2015

lots of dust covered with sagebrush - that's strictly the US Southwest.

A HERETIC I AM

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3. I lived in Palmdale for 3 years and used to see location shoot signs all the time.

Reply to closeupready (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 11:33 AM

Aug 2015

That last scene in Seven is very likely from that area - northern LA county. It's only an hour drive from Burbank/Studio City.

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