Fence in living room
Why did Humphrey Bogart have a gated iron fence in his living room? Was it just a popular design feature in those days?
shareWhy did Humphrey Bogart have a gated iron fence in his living room? Was it just a popular design feature in those days?
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I wondered this myself. Maybe the apartment was meant for more than one family, so they could each lock off their own living space?
shareI kinda liked it. Sort of a wrought-iron/see-through version of a front hall.
shareYes, it was interesting, and added the feeling of the movie.
I wonder is that was a real place or a Hollywood set.
I've seen plenty of apartments/townhouses with security features like that. Maybe it was to allow delivery or service people access without giving them the run of the whole place.
These days that would hardly work because very few know of care about their neighbors and someone could smuggle in a saws-all and break-in in minutes.
That was such a strange movie. And Gloria Grahame was a wonderful actress.
I'm guessing a Hollywood set. My understanding is that they shot more on sets in those days than they do now. Still, you never know. It does seem like the kind of thing that might really exist.
It would be a pretty good security gate, yeah; I had a similar thought while watching the film.
Saws-all would do the trick, but would attract attention. Lock-pick'd get you through in about thirty seconds, though - and no noise!
Strange movie, maybe, but I thought it was brilliant. It started out as a classic Bogey noir and elevated into something way beyond that, pulling no punches, and diving into some really heavy territory as the witty banter gets sidelined for drama that felt like it was real life.
The writing! Oh, wow, it was great. The grapefruit scene, the ending scene, the piano scene - there's so much subtlety and layers going on in every second. I want to find everybody who's ever accused older films of melodrama and being "over the top" and throw this stuff in their faces.
I'd much rather see movies from these times that 99% of what comes out today. The contemporary movie industry and TV is almost totally disgusting and what isn't disgusting is idiotic. In A Lonely Place was a real story with something to think about.
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