The Cooler : Which year was it based on?
Re: Which year was it based on?
Well remember the name of the casino was The Shangri-la, so the casino itself was caught in an ideallic time warp, which would explain why things felt dated inside and yet there were modern cars outside.
Re: Which year was it based on?
Yeah!
Re: Which year was it based on?
It is present day, as Shelly is shown getting into a 2001-03 Lexus LS430 near the end. Great cars.
Re: Which year was it based on?
Yeah, I felt it must be close to the present day (at the time the movie was made - early 2000s, in other words). The idea of making the Shangri-La sort of "family friendly" was not a novel one. It felt as if this was an attempt to play catch-up with the big casinos on the Strip, which had already gone in this direction. The Shangri-La was a holdout from the old days, so inside it felt sort of 1980s and a bit rundown.
Flat, drab passion meanders across the screen!
Flat, drab passion meanders across the screen!
Which year was it based on?