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location: Viktor Baskov's apartment tower |
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Q.
What is it supposed to be on the show?
A. An apartment building.
Q. Where is it supposed to be on the show? A. 1420 Brickell, in Miami.
Q. When did we see it on the show? A. In Episode 1, of Season 7, "Are You...?". Dexter has discovered the fingerprint of Viktor Baskov in the car of a murder victim, and suspects him of killing both the dead stripper in the trunk, as well as detective Mike Anderson. But, as usual, Dexter needs more proof of Baskov's guilt, before Harry's Code will let him kill him. So he looks up his address, and goes to his apartment tower. Inside
Baskov's apartment, Dexter examines Baskov's clothing and discovers
evidence of both blood and gunpowder, convincing Dexter of his guilt. Checking Baskov's computer, he sees that he has bought a ticket to Kiev, with the plane leaving in just two hours. He then stalks him to the Miami International Airport and kills him there. We
see the apartment tower again in Episode 4, "Run", when Isaak breaks
into Viktor's apartment (which still has a police seal on it) and looks
at a photo of himself & Viktor and comes to tears, revealing that
he had genuine affection for the young killer. He then swears that he
will avenge his death. It shows up again in Episode 8, "Argentina", when Dexter breaks in again, planning to kill Isaak there. But he's surprised to find someone already there, a mob hitman sent to kill Isaak himself. He pulls a gun on Dexter. Dexter slits his throat. Q. What is it actually in real life? A. An apartment building/tower. |
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Q. Where can I find it in real life? A. This is a well-known Long Beach landmark, the International Tower, located at 700 E. Ocean Boulevard (at Shoreline Drive). In the establishing shot, the camera is looking west/southwest. Not only does the circular building slightly resemble the famed Capitol Records building in Hollywood, but it has starred in a hit movie as well. In the opening scene of the original "Lethal Weapon", a drugged-out young woman jumps to her death from a balcony of the tower. Once inside the apartment, though, the view from the windows is not the view of Long Beach one would get from inside the International Tower. In fact, it appears to be a view of Miami. I confirmed that they shot
this in the studio on a set, and faked the view out the windows (something
they're good at on this show). The interesting thing here is that the fictional address, 1420
Brickell, actually is an apartment/condo tower in Miami, with a similar view
that looks out over Biscayne bay, complete with an arching bridge. But the building seen outside the apartment's windows appears to be the condo located at 1900 Purdy Avenue,
in Miami Beach, which wouldn't be readily visible from that Brickell
address, plus the taller twin buildings seen to the right of the Purdy
condo aren't there in real life. All of which leads me to believe
that the probably created the Miami panorama in PhotoShop, using actual
buildings & bridges in the city in the mix, and then used that
montage as the backdrop for the window view. But there's no doubt that the exterior was the International Tower.
Q. How the heck did you figure out where it was? |
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