The Day of the Locust : location question

location question

Hey guys!
I don't want to drop any spoilers so I'll make this question as neutral as possible:
the house with the "dead horse" in the pool looked alot like Harrison Ford's apartment in Blade Runner.
Is it?

The walls are gorgeous.

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it is the famous Frank Lloyd Wright "Ennis House" and it has been used in tons of movies and commercials (there's one on now with ellen degeneres meditating about her socks). typical of LA (I live here) it has been neglected and is in need of restoration:
http://www.ennishouse.org/htmls/photo_page.htm

there's another house in LA using the same cast concrete brick style (inspired by FLW's trip to Japan), called the Hollyhock House.


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I could tell at very first viewing that it was a FLW house, and planned to do some research on it. Thanks for the info.

I thought the location shots were wonderful and pondered how they found such unspoiled sites in LA. They surely would not have been computer generated, or altered in 1970s.

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Actually there are areas in Los Angeles that still look very much the same, especially the vintage hillside homes the area up by Griffith Park and the Hollywood(land) sign... although they would have to "dress" the streets with period correct streetlights, signs and such. Some of the scenes on movie lots and soundstages was really beautifully done too.

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Visual effects master Albert Whitlock did much seamless work on this film. His other films include 'The Birds', 'Earthquake' and 'The Hindenburg'. He was more than a matte artist - he pushed the limits of the craft. Most of his work goes unnoticed as audiences assume what they are seeing is all real and in camera.

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I don't think anyone has mentioned it - bu that house is also the house used in long shots for "House on Haunted Hill" (Vincent Price 1950s version).

If you think it looks great during the day, have a look-see when it's lit up eerily at night (stonework creates creepy shadows!).

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"I don't think anyone has mentioned it - bu that house is also the house used in long shots for "House on Haunted Hill" (Vincent Price 1950s version)."

Yes, and for the interiors, they used a set that didn't resemble the FLW house at all. Strange. But I guess they needed a basement. What's a haunted house movie without a basement?
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