 The production selected two adjacent properties on the Warner <unk> 's " <unk> Street " for the <unk> and <unk> ' homes . The crew rebuilt the houses to incorporate false rooms that established lines of sight — between Ricky and Jane 's bedroom windows , and between Ricky 's bedroom and Lester 's garage . The garage windows were designed specifically to obtain the crucial shot toward the end of the film in which Col. <unk> — watching from Ricky 's bedroom — mistakenly assumes that Lester is paying Ricky for sex . <unk> made sure to establish the line of sight early on in the film to make the audience feel a sense of familiarity with the shot . The house interiors were filmed on the <unk> , on location , and on soundstages when overhead shots were needed . The inside of the <unk> ' home was shot at a house close to Interstate 405 and Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles ; the inside of the <unk> ' home was shot in the city 's Hancock Park neighborhood . Ricky 's bedroom was designed to be cell @-@ like to suggest his " <unk> " personality , while at the same time blending with the high @-@ tech equipment to reflect his <unk> side . The production deliberately <unk> the use of red , as it was an important thematic signature elsewhere . The <unk> ' home uses cool blues , while the <unk> ' is kept in a " depressed military palette " . 
