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Noodles takes the key hanging inside the
mausoleum, collects a suitcase of dollars and walks nervously by the waterfront
Filmed near to the Manhattan end of
Brooklyn bridge. Can't get quite near enough
on Google
but roughly the right location
On the DVD commentary, Schickel thinks
that the frisbee scene may be part of a longer scene. The problem with
this interpretation is that the original screenplay/script is quite clear.
Throughout the movie Leone uses many intricate transitions, visual links and
match cuts - a lamp in an opium den changes into a street light, rear lights on
a garbage truck change into the headlights of a vintage car etc. There is
no additional filming in the script - it is just another intricate
transition. In "The Hoods" Harry Grey has a similar experience
where he is nervously carrying a suitcase full of money along a dark
street. He sees a stranger with a bulge in his jacket pocket. The
stranger reaches inside his jacket and pulls out ... a banana.
The "prison" is the Long Island Island City Court building in Queens
Sternberger warehouse in the background
map of the area
photos (2008)
Sergio Leone is very much a hands on director
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