Director responds to the mystery of the mansion in Home Alone: ​​Mother is a designer

Every Christmas, the classic movie "Home Alone" always becomes a classic that people revisit again. However, the mansion where the McAllister family lives in the film often arouses the curiosity of the audience: What on earth did this couple do to be able to afford such a mansion? Recently, Chris Columbus, the director of "Home Alone", explained.

Chris Columbus told The Hollywood Reporter: "My mother was a very successful fashion designer. My father was probably in advertising, but I don't remember what he did. But it wasn't organized crime."

According to feedback from netizens, the "Home Alone" residence in the suburbs of Chicago is priced at $5.3 million (the area is large enough to accommodate half a basketball court and a home theater).

Netizen: The worst part about rewatching Home Alone is that you find out that Kevin's parents spent $250,000 to buy the house.

The story of "Home Alone" takes place in Winnetka, a wealthy area in the northern suburbs of Chicago. The red brick mansion of the McAllister family in the film is impressive. According to estimates by real estate websites, this house is located near Lincoln Avenue in reality, one of the most expensive communities in the United States. This mansion with multiple bedrooms, guest rooms, and spacious space was worth a lot of money in 1990.

Home Alone is not just a Christmas comedy movie, it also reflects the imagination of middle-class life in American society at that time. The McAllister family has a spacious house, many children, and plenty of vacation trips, all of which constitute the American yearning for a wealthy life at that time. The discussion of luxury houses also indirectly reflects people's concern about social class and wealth distribution.