Did you just watch John’s Woo «Silent Night» and now you’re wondering where in America is this dangerous and offbeat town? First things first, Las Palomas is not a real town. Las Palomas is a fictional town created specifically for this movie by screenwriter Robert Archer Lynn, stating a deep contrast between the peaceful and almost magical name (The Doves, in Spanish) and the cut-throat violence within the city limits. Now we know Las Palomas is not a real town, where is located in the universe of Silent Night?
All the license plates shown in the film scream of a Lone Star location, in the Big State of Texas, not that far from the border. Now, if you ask me, the general vibe of Las Palomas is way far removed from the Texas vibe, feeling more like a So-Cal town, maybe closer to a San Bernardino’s energy, perhaps?
Though clearly a melting pot for people of Latin American descent (México, Central & South America), John Woo makes a good job to establish Las Palomas as an american town, maybe with the clear intention to show that danger, crime and drugs are not a thing just below the South Border.
But if you find a little bit hard to believe that there is somewhere in America looking like Las Palomas does, even right next to the border, you are right. All that we see in the movie, the whole Las Palomas, is just Mexico City. In fact, the whole movie was shot in the mexican capital.
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