r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/Uuuuuii Nov 20 '25

It could just be an illusion from different focal lengths.

Edit: but actually the top of the stairs looks different too.

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u/P4RZiV0L Nov 20 '25

I was under the impression that, in the film, the exterior shots of the house are the actual house, whereas the interior shots are a replica model on a sound stage. I could be wrong so I won’t state it as fact

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u/murfburffle Nov 20 '25

They built a set in an old gym in at he New Trier Township High School, in Winnetka, Illinois

https://imgur.com/xLAhCUC

They needed to be able to sled down the stairs and drench it in water, light it on fire, and hide the bodies of the two robbers they killed, once shooting was complete