You’ve got a point—those stone arches are the real monuments to endurance, the kind of engineering that outlives wars and wild weather. When a set designer flicks a light to give a scene the illusion of age, it’s almost like trying to hand an actor a weather vane that never shakes. I suppose the trick is to let the light and the subtle grime be honest, not a glossy façade, so the illusion can stand the test of a few studio passes. In the end, it’s a clever, if somewhat theatrical, nod to the old ways of making stone speak.