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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 20

Last one for this film - a regret post. I tried for ages to find these places - Jacques Tati's apartment, and his sister's 'ultra modern' house, before I found out they were sets, built for the film... Very sad realisation.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 20

This guy, manages to go the whole film without actually sweeping anything up, even though it seems to be his job. This is worth two recent pictures - the church in the first one is somewhat hidden by cars and vans, and the second one shows the building in the background.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 20

A bit further down the same road, Rue du Four, the Nouvelle Librairie is now Central Parc. I didn't select the most recent picture here due to glare from the low sun, but this 2022 image is basically the same as the 2023. The advertising bollard has grown into a beautiful tree.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 20

Rubbish and dogs everywhere in the film. This is Rue du Four, the building on the right in 1958 is behind the tree now, and the door on the left is there next to La Fabrique Cafe. Not sure where the dogs are now.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 19

Jacques Tati, is the titular #MonOncle from 1958. Mostly filmed in Val de Marnes on the outskirts of Paris. Pretty unrecognisable overall, it was still in quite a state in '58: 13 years post war maybe shows? This is the opening shot. Rue de la Procession.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 7

This is bleak. At least it had some a splash of colour on the door in 1965. Avenue de Verdun, Fontenay-aux-Roses. Where are the roses...?
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 7

François steps into the post office on Av Du Chateau, Vicennes, to use the phone. He's just about to meet Émilie (Marie-France Boyer) which is going to change everything for him. Also the building changed. Like the door shifted to the right for one thing. I prefer the 1965 look.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 7

A few meters away, the entrance to the workshop our protagonist, François (Jean-Claude Drouot) works in was even actually (still?) a carpenter's workshop (Menuiserie) in the 2nd image from 2015. The more recent one, only 2 years later has no sign above the door.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 7

While here, the trees are smaller! This is Place du General De Gaulle in Fontenay-aux-Roses. The recent image is a wider shot and a bit grainy as it's zoomed in. The buildings are remarkably similar 60 years later, even the paint colour. Pity the bus blocks the shot a bit.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Apr 6

Bigger trees, not much else has changed. Rue Juliette Savars, Créteil, Île-de-France in Agnes Varda's #LeBonheur. (1965) Recent picture from 2023.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Jan 28

Actually, one more - it survived as a building so far, but as a police station...? It has now permanently closed. No doubt it will be knocked down soon. Enjoy it while it lasts.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Jan 28

If these images don't make you want to visit Bracknell, well... There are no words. Finally something more tangibly recognisable, albeit with bigger trees. All these images have been based around the Wildridings Road area.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Jan 28

Trees growing (and frankly getting in the way for the purposes of these posts) is the theme again. The school girl is attacked at the entrance to the underpass in what is now Mill Park. You can't see it in the recent picture, so I've gone behind the trees to see it closer.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Jan 28

The location is where a school girl gets attacked in the film. This is the school then, and now demolished it has become a community centre. Got to hand it to Bracknell - they do let the trees grow.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Jan 28

From "The Offence" (1973), Bracknell. Sean Connery loses it as a burnt out cop. He's seen too much. If only he knew what they'd end up doing to Bracknell... Loads of scenes in town can't be traced as they pretty much demolished it all. Here, some trees have grown...

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Dec 16

Just one shot this time, it was difficult tracking down modern locations (even other scenes in this area were too hard). From 1965's #TimeToLove, a Turkish classic. Filmed in Istanbul's Prince's Islands, not much change here, apart from the foreground awning. And visitor numbers.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Dec 3

A local cinema (The Dome, Worthing,UK) still has its original wooden floor. During a screening of A Quiet Place someone bought coated peanuts in an open pot, but eating them was too loud for that film so they just held them. Then a jump scare! Nuts everywhere, rolling noisily towards the screen!

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · Dec 3

In-theater slide of the nickelodeon era.

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Dec 3

And finally, a very sad loss. Back in Brighton, the West Pier, closed in 1975, fell apart with plans for restoration over the following years, but collapsed then burned down (arson) in 2003, never to be repaired. The metal skeleton as iconic now as the original, in its own way.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Dec 3

Here, Robert Flemyng has just confronted Bogarde outside St Lawrence Church, Abbot Langsley, in Hertfordshire. This is looking south along High Street, the gable roof and windows here have barely changed. Not much happens in small English towns. The pub sign still swings...
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Dec 3

Here's the bandstand. From the film, the present day and a 'bonus' shot from down by the beach. The restoration is great. Now used mostly not for bands, but weddings, people playing guitar, and late night drinking. So: Brides, Buskers, and Beer. And a half decent cafe below.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Dec 3

From 1955 and also, crucially, from Brighton (my home town) #CastADarkShadow with Dirk Bogarde.
This shot is from the bandstand, which was derelict for a while but has been restored. You can see Embassy Court (far left) and the Ramada (now Mercure) Hotel, both Listed Buildings
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Nov 18

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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Nov 17

The pub is just about the only recognisable thing in the area. Most of the street is 'new' flats. The drunk guy smashes his empty pint glass against this shop. Except the shop is no longer there, replaced by this architectural delight. Someone threw paint at this, rather than beer.
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Silver Streets @silverstreets.bsky.social · Nov 17

Arthur (Albert Finney) goes for a walk from his home in Nottingham, and somehow ends up in London. This is Culvert Road, Battersea. A drunk man leaves the pub, The British Flag - now just 'The Flag' - and stumbles across the road ready for a bit of petty vandalism.
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