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Question about the end of “Se7en”
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:18 pm
The movie takes place in NYC. Why does the final scene look like it’s in California.
Anyone know where this scene was filmed?
Anyone know where this scene was filmed?
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Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:23 pm to theantiquetiger
They never said it was NYC.
They purposefully left the location vague.
They shot in LA, but also in some of the more rundown (New Yorkier) places in LA to give it a kind of LA/NYC hybrid feel.
(Edit: Truth be told, the first time I watched it, I just naturally assumed that the setting was LA. But no character ever states the setting. And Fincher and the production designer have stated they were going for a fictional town with the hybrid aspects of both NYC and LA.
Also, the library Somerset visits was the location used for the bank in the Jim Carrey movie The Mask [1994].)
They purposefully left the location vague.
They shot in LA, but also in some of the more rundown (New Yorkier) places in LA to give it a kind of LA/NYC hybrid feel.
(Edit: Truth be told, the first time I watched it, I just naturally assumed that the setting was LA. But no character ever states the setting. And Fincher and the production designer have stated they were going for a fictional town with the hybrid aspects of both NYC and LA.
Also, the library Somerset visits was the location used for the bank in the Jim Carrey movie The Mask [1994].)
This post was edited on 12/11/20 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:29 pm to theantiquetiger
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:37 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I may as well have been Seattle, it rained during the whole movie.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:53 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
Yeah I definitely never got an LA vibe. Much more Gotham, but maybe Midwest like Chicago or Detroit
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:55 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
quote:
I may as well have been Seattle, it rained during the whole movie.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:55 pm to theantiquetiger
Location was left unnamed on purpose in the movie
Posted on 12/11/20 at 3:55 pm to theantiquetiger
For the same reason Harlan County, Kentucky looks like California countryside in Justified.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 4:11 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
"Se7en" ended up setting an odd record when it was recognized by a popular electronic-trivia system used in the U.S. as part of a question that was easily the most wrongly-answered one in the system's history. The question was, "What city does SE7EN take place in?" Most respondents answered New York City, with the remainder being divided between other Northeastern cities (including Boston and Philadelphia) and only a few correctly answering that the location of the film is unspecified
Fincher likely wanted it vague so he had his own world to play in.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 4:15 pm to wildtigercat93
I've still never seen the alternate ending
Posted on 12/11/20 at 4:55 pm to theantiquetiger
I knew it was LA when I saw the Quality Cafe. The Quality Cafe has been in many movies.
etc.
etc.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 5:02 pm to GetCocky11
Filmed in LA but the plot is not located in LA specifically
Posted on 12/11/20 at 5:27 pm to Tiger Voodoo
quote:
Yeah I definitely never got an LA vibe. Much more Gotham, but maybe Midwest like Chicago or Detroit
I always got a Chicago vibe myself
Posted on 12/11/20 at 5:49 pm to JustLivinTheDream
quote:
I always got a Chicago vibe myself
Especially with the train
But it doesn’t particularly matter
Posted on 12/11/20 at 6:03 pm to theantiquetiger
I’ve always thought it was Somewhere in CA
This post was edited on 12/11/20 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 12/11/20 at 6:06 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
quote:
it rained during the whole movie.
It stopped when John Doe turned himself in
Posted on 12/11/20 at 7:38 pm to LSUlefty
quote:
I've still never seen the alternate ending
There's an alternate ending?
Posted on 12/11/20 at 7:40 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
quote:
I may as well have been Seattle, it rained during the whole movie.
I always thought it was set in Seattle. Haven't seen it in a long time but I guess I didn't realize that the setting was unspoken/vague. I always thought it was Seattle and they ended up in the desert down in California for some reason lol idk. Great movie, need to rewatch.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 7:50 pm to boxcarbarney
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There's an alternate ending?
Not really. The original cut of the film ended with a smash cut to credits once Mills kills John Doe.
Tests audiences were floored by the shocking ending.
The producer convinced Fincher to add a denouement to give the audience a teeny-tiny bit of a chance to process what they just saw.
Posted on 12/12/20 at 9:50 am to UndercoverBryologist
Oh I thought they had an entirely different ending. Bummer.
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