‘Drive’ Was One of the Last Films Shot in LA Before LED Street Lights Took Over

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A person sits in a car at night, looking out the passenger-side window toward a dimly lit street with distant streetlights and a shadowy figure on the sidewalk.

2011's Drive was one of the last Hollywood movies shot on the streets of L.A. before the iconic orange-yellow sodium vapor lights were replaced by the more clinical white LEDs -- much to the chagrin of photographers and filmmakers.

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