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The art deco lobby of Freemasons' Hall in London is, before my eyes, being transformed into an olden-day version of Madrid railway station. A carpenter is hanging up a panel that reads: "Señoras | Caballeros". Elsewhere, hand-painted and artfully aged, a sign saying "Objetos Perdidos" is being mounted above a lost property desk, on which sit a period telephone and Spanish ticket stubs. And on a vintage luggage trolley laden with old suitcases, there's a wooden cello case bearing a faded tag that, on closer inspection, has an address and a shipping date, written in a spidery, old-fashioned scrawl.
The attention to detail is extraordinary, especially since much of it will pass largely unnoticed when the film...
The art deco lobby of Freemasons' Hall in London is, before my eyes, being transformed into an olden-day version of Madrid railway station. A carpenter is hanging up a panel that reads: "Señoras | Caballeros". Elsewhere, hand-painted and artfully aged, a sign saying "Objetos Perdidos" is being mounted above a lost property desk, on which sit a period telephone and Spanish ticket stubs. And on a vintage luggage trolley laden with old suitcases, there's a wooden cello case bearing a faded tag that, on closer inspection, has an address and a shipping date, written in a spidery, old-fashioned scrawl.
The attention to detail is extraordinary, especially since much of it will pass largely unnoticed when the film...
- 2/4/2013
- by Hannah Booth
- The Guardian - Film News
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