classic prop: French bread (how trite!)
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Sweet November
TerryThomasPhotos — 19 years ago(January 14, 2007 04:16 AM)
As soon as I saw her carrying bags of groceries into the DMV office I knew a loaf of French bread would show up.
Sure enough.
Not only was it sticking out of the top of the bag but when the groceries fell on the floor the bread ended up right in front of the lens.
Sigh!
By now, you'd think the Prop Departments could think of something more original.
Just wondering when you buy bread in the grocery if it isn't already in a wrapper, don't you put it in one? Otherwise it's kinda unsanitary. Or is that just me?
The loaf of French bread in any scene involving grocery bags is like scenes taking place in Paris. You can bet that no matter where the character lives they are guaranteed to have a view of the Eiffel Tower!
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jinazaki — 19 years ago(January 15, 2007 03:27 AM)
SF has been called a most European city (often by Europeans). It also has a huge artisanal bakery movement. So bread in their paper bags w/o plastic wrappers? totally plausible. I won't contest your observation of it being a visual cliche.
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kimr59 — 19 years ago(January 15, 2007 04:24 AM)
If I remember correctly, in an interview Jason Isaacs says that he likes Toronto and "San Francisco" because they "feel" like European cities
Something like thatmore so than other US cities
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Sashca1007 — 19 years ago(February 15, 2007 09:34 AM)
I've not seen this movie yet, but were the grocery bags paper? Did she have one in each arm? I, too, have noticed the old 'French bread poking out the top of the grocery bag' scene in SO many films
and
TV shows. Just once, I'd love to see a loaf of Wonder Bread poking out the top of a white plastic grocery bag. If I had to walk home with my groceries, I certainly would put them in plastic rather than paper, to make them easier to carry. AND, if I had the fresh loaf of French bread, I would put IT in its own plastic bag, too, to keep it fresh and clean. I'd especially protect it if I was planning to put it in the trunk of
my
car!
Oh, and by the way not every home in San Francisco is on a hill, and not everyone has a cable car line passing their front door. In 'Sweet November' were the cable car bells ringing right outside someone's home? Almost as trite as the French bread!