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Craft guide / 2 tracks

Using city locations to create suspense

Nathaniel Thompson and Steve Mitchell discuss subway locations, transit details, and New York street geography in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. William Friedkin explains Los Angeles locations, mechanical stunts, sound, and editing in To Live and Die in L.A. Both tracks describe how real locations affect the action.

Reading order

Read the commentaries in order.

  1. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three poster

    Part 1 of 2

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

    Nathaniel Thompson / Steve Mitchell

    Multi-voice / 1h 43m / 236 segments

  2. To Live and Die in L.A. poster

    Part 2 of 2

    To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

    William Friedkin

    Director / 1h 54m / 263 segments