Stanley Kubrick filming a scene from “Spartacus” above Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles, 1959
While watching Stanley Kubrick’s “Spartacus” I’m kind of glad I didn’t know that they shot part of the movie on the Cahuenga Pass. It made sense, though. They needed a hillside and the Pass is maybe a 10-minute drive from Universal Studios, where much of the movie was shot. But knowing that just out of shot was the Hollywood Freeway (seen here in the background) might have spoiled my suspension of disbelief that I wasn’t actually watching the Roman Empire, circa 100BC.
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Thanks for ruining one of my favorite movies Martin!
I kid (maybe)…
Yeah, sorry about that, Alistair. I doubt I’d be able to watch it in quite the same way again…!
The shot in question happens at 2:41 in the movie — had to find it for myself. No traffic noises can be heard.
Thanks. I’ll look for it the next time I watch it.
The traffic noises in the BG would have been a dead giveaway. 😉
“in the BG”?