For the sake of brevity, I left out screen grabs that were solely dedicated to the lighting that was chosen for residential sets. Most of the movie’s action takes place in or around Las Vegas casinos, so there are only a small handful of Hollywood stage sets, like the one above. on the DVD re-issue, we learn that the vast majority of the movie was filmed on location in Vegas and inside the 5 casinos that were “being robbed.” This makes Ocean’s 11 a valuable snapshot of what Las Vegas once looked like, a celluloid form of historical preservation for a town that has no use for such things.
According to the exhaustively detailed commentary by Frank Sinatra, Jr. Ocean’s 11 released in August 1960, but began 2 weeks of filming on January 11, 1960. Previously, we covered why Frank Sinatra is the Godfather of Mid-Century Modern, and now we check in on him in 1960 and see that he continued to personify the MCM lifestyle some 13 years after moving into Twin Palms.
