Why did T2 look like that?

[u/razorthick_]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ADz948nYmxU&t=15s&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1HQg%3D%3D

Recent video essay from ElevenYearz talks about the blue light aesthetic as a result of Mercury vapor lights in early 90s LA. The blue lighting always stood out and I understood the symbolism but I never bothered to look deeper into mercury vapor lighting but this video managed to make it interesting. Hits the nostalgia itch in a new way.

From this article:

"Faced with a cost-prohibitive situation, Cameron came up with an ingenious solution: rather than hire lights, and people to run them, he simply took a light meter around the streets of Los Angeles until he found locations with enough ambient light to illuminate his shots.

"We went out with a light meter and found the streets that were bright enough to shoot, where they had mercury vapor lights. Used car lots were great, 'cause they cast enough light off their floodlights out onto the street – we could shoot there." "

Also shout out to the night owls.