Plaza de Darth Lawrence
D | Tuesday, July 26, 2005

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I finished watching Lawrence of Arabia over the weekend. Granted I fell asleep twice, but all in all I really enjoyed the film. It is terribly long and all about war, but neither of those things really bothered me too much. See it if you have an extra four hours on your hands.

My favorite part was just before Intermission when the General and his advisor are walking through the hallway of their base/palace/hotel thingie. Turns out, this is the Plaza de Espana in Seville, Spain. And I've totally been there and it is awesome. The plaza, which has stream running around the interior and a large fountain in the middle, is huge and architecturally quite impressive. Google satellite maps show the plaza with a diameter of over 400 feet. It is the ideal exotic location for a movie set, which coincidentally, Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones had a scene or two filmed there. I think it was a conscious tribute by Lucas to one of the movies he grew up on, Lawrence of Arabia.



Lawrence of Arabia



Star Wars Episode II, AOTC

D | 7/26/2005 08:01:00 PM |   Post your comment

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