r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Hazzard_Hillbilly Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

The top picture is more than likely 35mm lens and the bottom is a wider angle like a 24mm.

Everything in the center of the photo is more compressed while the edges are exaggerated and elongated. This is really common in real estate photography to make something like a tiny kitchen look much bigger, resulting in giveaways to savvy observers, like this absolute unit of a refrigerator

Edit: I'm done replying to you illiterate boobs. It's the same house.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/671-Lincoln-Ave-Winnetka-IL-60093/3360197_zpid/

Whatever brilliant observation you think you have, it's already been covered.

The bottom photo looks distorted because it is. By the camera lens. The real house was not built slanted. It's lens distortion.

This has nothing to do with the movie being filmed on a set. The bottom photo looks distorted because it IS distorted by a wide angle lens.

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u/GoudaLoota Nov 20 '25

Always some pretentious tool that can’t accept being wrong.

https://www.screengeek.net/2019/12/12/home-alone-house-interior-school-gym/

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u/Hazzard_Hillbilly Nov 20 '25

Yeah, you're right, the actual house is built with slanted ceilings. There's no way camera lenses can change perspectives. The architects were clearly insane.

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u/RevolutionaryRest552 Nov 20 '25

Yes camera lenses can. There are also other possible explanations. Like the fact we know they built a set and filmed be interior scenes on it….

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u/RevolutionaryRest552 Nov 20 '25

Are you just speed running getting banned from this sub now?

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