I don't understand the apartment's architecture... how is it possible for the two characters to live side by side (door next to door) and yet burt lancaster is clearly watching sarandon from across a narrow alleyway.. It's a nitpick.. but a glaring one imo.
shareI was wondering that myself. They didn't share walls, and the building must have had a small gap between her bathroom and his living area, but from the hallway it didn't look like the apartments would be quite that close. It seems like it wouldn't have been necessarily to have them living next door to each other. But I agree: It's just a little distraction in an excellent film.
shareWhat I really loved about the film, as I grew up in AC, was how accurately Malle captured the city at that point in time. Those apartments and buildings the characters lived in were vintage Atlantic City and he also managed to display the grand transformation that was going on because casino gambling had just been legalized the year before filming took place. There were so many buildings being demolished and new construction was replacing them. Even the sleazy motel that was featured later in the film was genuine West Atlantic City/Absecon. A pure "shot-on-location" film except for some of the interiors. It's quite a nostalgia trip for people like me.
shareFor those of us who have never been to Atlantic City, as well as for those who have, this film is almost a documentary about the "changing of the guard." Louis Malle must have been coordinating these shoots for months. The final scene is particularly impressive, where the camera pans from the actors to the wrecking ball in action.
shareThey showed about half a dozen shots of the front of their building, clearly showing two sunken recessed columns between apartments. You can see a row of windows down this column.
sharethe building was the 'vermont'
it had a recessed shape,not quite like below,enabling certain units to view others
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Breakers-Atlantic-City-NJ-Vintage-Postcard -/160386032303
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Could also be what is called an air shaft, a lot of building codes required them for ventilation.
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