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Most depressing apartment ever filmed?

posted 18 years ago by tricksofthetrade
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While I like most this movie for its orginality, damn that apartment is just soooooo depressing!

Man is it depressing, mopey, shotgun to the head in winter depressing.

I don't think there has ever been a movie filmed that had a more gloomy apartment. No sunlight, shades drawn, messy, laying about the apartment all day in your jelly stained pj's depressing.

If it wasn't for those damn apartment scenes I would probably purchase this movie to add to my collection.

"You sent us to guard the wrong man Mr. Chalmers."

[–] jewellrunner 18 years ago

I completely agree, 100%

Actually, I don't even remember the apartment, so I guess I lied.

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[–] ccdel 18 years ago

oh, i didn't think the apartment was that bad. It just needed to be tidied up a bit.

I think the apartments in Dark Water and Mullhulland Drive (second half) are much more depressing.

[–] PenTheater 18 years ago

While I like most this movie for its orginality, damn that apartment is just soooooo depressing!

I would think it was true to life too. It also brings up more character developement. and begs the response, some things you can't control, but your home (if you have one) you can.

[–] rasbrryswirl 17 years ago

"...mopey, shotgun to the head in winter depressing. [...] No sunlight, shades drawn, messy, laying about the apartment all day in your jelly stained pj's depressing."

Ha! I agree. I thought it was pretty depressing. The mess would drive me nuts. But I also agree with the above poster (altpensacola) that it's pretty true-to-life, which is maybe one of the reasons why it's so depressing. :)

"If it wasn't for those damn apartment scenes I would probably purchase this movie to add to my collection."

For me, I think the rest of the movie makes up for the downers (i.e. the apartment and such) enough that I'll probably purchase it.

[–] Jonossity 17 years ago

Watch Eraserhead.

Rubber tubing, gas, saw, gloves, cuffs, razor wire, hatchet, Gladys, and my mitts.

[–] EmpComm 16 years ago

Travis' apartment in Taxi Driver is pretty depressing.

[–] 16 years ago

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[–] sandifay62 16 years ago

Hands down. The most depressing living space is James Gandolfini and Susan Sarandon's place in Romance And Cigarettes. Yuck.

Same goes for the movie. :-D

[–] mr_x350 10 years ago

what about rocky's apartment in rocky?

[–] daverindone 9 years ago

Rico Rizzo's in Midnight Cowboy.

It didn't see so bad when Harv and R were just hanging out, drawing, talking comics and listening to jazz, but it seemed to mold once Joyce got there.

[–] wylierichardson-966-922691 9 years ago

My nominee for 'most depressing apartment in a movie' is the crime scene in "Se7en", with that dead fat guy. (Fun fact: that actor (playing the corpse) was actually the film's screenwriter.)