Photograph by Dwayne Moser. This beautiful apartment complex in Los Angeles is called the Hightower or High Tower Complex (the High Tower name refers to the central elevator, I believe), and was designed in 1935-1936 by architect Carl Kay - and made famous in 1973 by my favorite film, Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (see Why I Love Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye ). Although Altman used the building as Philip Marlowe's apartment in his somewhat post-modern Long Goodbye (the film plays with references to Old Hollywood and opens and closes with the song, Hooray For Hollywood ), the building has another direct connection to Raymond Chandler. It was apparently the inspiration for Chandler in his book, The High Window (the first Chandler novel I ever read), in which Chandler describes the residence of Philip Marlowe as being on the cliffs above High Tower Drive in a building with a fancy elevator tower. (Thanks to the Society of Architectural Historians Southern...
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Lucky, lucky, lucky. One of my niece's pals is a title designer for Pixar. I love learning about how behind-the-scenes of these blockbusters there are so many talented people helping.
ReplyDeletePixar is a special company, Bz - like the Disney Studios in their classic early years, a place of experimentation, wonder and huge enthusiasm. This has been a great year for Hudson and Paradise. Between Pixar and the Apple campus (and the amazing Jony Ive), they have seen inside the "magic factories" of two of the most innovative and creative companies in the world.
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