At its essence, the city of Chicago is as much of a character as the sophomoric Rob, which is why 15 years after its release today, High Fidelity is arguably the truest Chicago-based film ever made. Gordon is a small business owner in a boho neighborhood, and his coworkers are self-professed music snobs, but they remind us of bona fide people that you would encounter not only in real Wicker Park record store Reckless Records, but also Chicago in general. A showier Chicago film like Ferris Bueller's Day Off employs numerous clips of the Sears Tower (it'll always be the "Sears" to Chicagoans), but in High Fidelity the characters populate "real Chicago," which is centered in the non-touristy Wicker Park. Otherwise, only viewers who have spent good time in the city and are well-versed in its music scene would observe that they're watching Chicago and not, say, Cleveland.
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In fact, the only true giveaways that the movie does take place in Chicago are scenes filmed on the El, a closeup of a fake Chicago address on a piece of mail, and a couple of background shots of the skyline. The word "Chicago" isn't even uttered until 25 minutes into the movie and then it's only used a couple more times. When record store owner Rob Gordon (John Cusack) speaks to no one in particular during the opening of High Fidelity and asks, "What came first, the music or the misery?" he's doing it from his lived-in Chicago apartment that's adorned with local concert posters.
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