it has great architectural diversity and some of the prettiest suburbs in all of America. In the 80s and 90s it was a common setting for all sorts of films. But I can't name 5 big films in the last 20 years that have used it as a setting.
I'm an architectural student and visiting Chicago is one of my top bucket list items. I'd love to see the Loop and maybe take a river tour. The John Hanwiener tower would be awesome to visit as well.
but most of his movies were based in an imaginary town but often filmed south of San Francisco or in British Columbia or Masison Wisconsin (not sure why Madison since it's real close to Chicago) but it has to do with Weather and I think Filming Fees are butt fricking expensive. San Francisco and Chicago have some of the highest Filming Fees. but the SF Bay Area outside of SF is diverse with many different scenery. it's a Micro Climate. you can film anything in the SF area or California from Desert Scenes to New England to UK to Swiss Alps to France all in the Bay Area alone (minus deserts)
is the picture you posted some weird artsy movie about a kid who wants to die?
i was thinking about it earlier and i cant recall the name, im sure it was based on a book
It's a Russian film that was largely shot in Chicago. I think filming took place in 99-2000.
>I thought he went to New York in that one.
He got into US in New York, got himself a car from a russian israelite that assured him that the car is in perfect condition only for the car to break down outside New York which made him hitchhike and befriend a truck driver.
is the picture you posted some weird artsy movie about a kid who wants to die?
i was thinking about it earlier and i cant recall the name, im sure it was based on a book
>action flick
The 2nd movie is only partially action, the first one was all about the character interacting with the "Big city" that consisted of two parts - regular everyday people and gangsters, and how this interraction affected him.
For you.
For me, the image of dirty, decaying Saint Petersburg in the 1990's is eternally soulful.
This is a perfect depiction of the disaster that took place in my homeland at that time.
John Hughs always filmed about an imaginary town outside of Chicago but often filmed in California or Wisconsin. Its because the weather is less predictive there. as a matter of fact, even though San Francisco used to be the original Hollywood for films before 1930s during much of the silent era (And New Jersey before that), Much of John Hughs movies were filmed near Palo Alto like the house of "Carmen Fry's" house near San Mateo which is in the San Francisco area. because Palo Alto has a pocketed Sun Belt that pushes fog back. basically most of Silicon valley is that way. It's just too fricked up of an area with high crime and shitty weather to risk filming
I'm an east coast gay who once took a roadtrip around the midwest. Chicago was terrible, bleak and annoying. But Kansas City had so much fricking soul.
Two classic films that won Oscars were Whats up Doc and Bullit. Both films were written to take place in Chicago and Both ended up in San Francisco. Honestly both films use the San Francisco hills and Skyline and bay for much of the scenes. had they filmed in Chicago they both wouldn't have been well received.
it's just a city known for opression and gang violence from the days of Al Capone and Valinetine Day Massacre to that of tv shows like Good Times about the well known Acorn Projects of South Side Chicago and black exploitation. Richard Pryror is from Chicago and a lot of funny people come out of there. Comedy is create by suffering. John Hughs didn't seem to care for Gang movies just rich white kids in an imaginary Chicago suburbs. often filmed near Silicon Valley but takes place in a rich white suburbs. a Great film that came out in 1980 was filmed in Chicago and shows much of the older ghetto projects being torn down at the time was My Body Guard. You should watch it. it's kind of funny but a dramady
I take it back, I misread this part. Cameran Fry's house was filmed in Cali but on San Mateo Ave in LA Cali but the exterior of the house I guess was filmed in a Chicago Suburbs. but most of the film had to be filmed in Chicago because of the outdoor exterior parts. some of it however was filmed in LA and most interior shots were filmed at Paramount Studio 16 in LA
it's just difficult to film in large cities like Chicago or NYC because of high density and also weather versus continuity. one scene is sunny and suddenly the sky is grey or looks like rain. or literally the clothing is shades different in color because of outdoor lighting regardless of reflector use. the original "hollywood" was Jersey City and moved to the East San Francisco Bay to Oakland and neighboring towns then to L.A. on farm land purchased because the weather was sunny 300 days a year.
it has great architectural diversity and some of the prettiest suburbs in all of America. In the 80s and 90s it was a common setting for all sorts of films. But I can't name 5 big films in the last 20 years that have used it as a setting.
I'm an architectural student and visiting Chicago is one of my top bucket list items. I'd love to see the Loop and maybe take a river tour. The John Hanwiener tower would be awesome to visit as well.
The river tour is great, would recommend.
Oh, you must have missed every John Hughes movie EVER.
but most of his movies were based in an imaginary town but often filmed south of San Francisco or in British Columbia or Masison Wisconsin (not sure why Madison since it's real close to Chicago) but it has to do with Weather and I think Filming Fees are butt fricking expensive. San Francisco and Chicago have some of the highest Filming Fees. but the SF Bay Area outside of SF is diverse with many different scenery. it's a Micro Climate. you can film anything in the SF area or California from Desert Scenes to New England to UK to Swiss Alps to France all in the Bay Area alone (minus deserts)
Crook county make it very expensive to film
why, corruption?
it would help with tourism.
It's a Russian film that was largely shot in Chicago. I think filming took place in 99-2000.
that might be it, whats it called?
Looks like Brat (Brother) 2? I thought he went to New York in that one. Huh
I was wrong
He did, then he bought a car from a fellow russian copatriot and drove off to Chiraq.
>I thought he went to New York in that one.
He got into US in New York, got himself a car from a russian israelite that assured him that the car is in perfect condition only for the car to break down outside New York which made him hitchhike and befriend a truck driver.
is the picture you posted some weird artsy movie about a kid who wants to die?
i was thinking about it earlier and i cant recall the name, im sure it was based on a book
You might like The Bear on Netflix
Crime and corruption. At this point imo they are afraid of how dangerous the city is affecting media types.
you know why
its not the whole city.
just because it's set somewhere doesn't mean they have to film it there
black people existing in new york and la doesnt stop those cities from being in a ton of films moron
Wtf is this really USA? Why did you let this happen, gringrobros…
dUg Pinnick told me Chicago cops are super racist.
They're only racist because of the shit they're forced to see, you'd be racist too if you were a cop in Chicago.
>I should be racist to all black people because a minority of black people are buttholes
It baffles me how people like you exist in society
Society only exists because of ancient racism
why are incels obsessed with this mediocre russian action flick suddenly?
Russia is trendy these days, these days going for more than a year now.
What movie is this?
gta IV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_2
>action flick
The 2nd movie is only partially action, the first one was all about the character interacting with the "Big city" that consisted of two parts - regular everyday people and gangsters, and how this interraction affected him.
polcels, unironically
Shitty sequel to a great movie
the American part of the second film is stronger than the first film.
For you.
For me, the image of dirty, decaying Saint Petersburg in the 1990's is eternally soulful.
This is a perfect depiction of the disaster that took place in my homeland at that time.
This. Brat is a timeless classic. Sequel is just some run of the mill crime thriller
The film crews kept getting mugged.
Cute boy
He died in a mudslide like 20 years ago.
🙁
Yeah, he was filming his new movie in the mountains when it happened, killed the whole crew and it took them a whole month to find their bodies.
sergei's body was actually never found.
his death was a huge tragedy for the whole country.
Chicago isn’t even in the top 30 most violent American cities
according to bullshit listicles
>285 murders in the first six months 2023
>Baltimore has 136
>Detroit had 309 in 2022
on a per 100k basis it's not that bad.
Portland 2: Chicago
John Hughs always filmed about an imaginary town outside of Chicago but often filmed in California or Wisconsin. Its because the weather is less predictive there. as a matter of fact, even though San Francisco used to be the original Hollywood for films before 1930s during much of the silent era (And New Jersey before that), Much of John Hughs movies were filmed near Palo Alto like the house of "Carmen Fry's" house near San Mateo which is in the San Francisco area. because Palo Alto has a pocketed Sun Belt that pushes fog back. basically most of Silicon valley is that way. It's just too fricked up of an area with high crime and shitty weather to risk filming
I'm an east coast gay who once took a roadtrip around the midwest. Chicago was terrible, bleak and annoying. But Kansas City had so much fricking soul.
Which Kansas City. Mo or Ks
Two classic films that won Oscars were Whats up Doc and Bullit. Both films were written to take place in Chicago and Both ended up in San Francisco. Honestly both films use the San Francisco hills and Skyline and bay for much of the scenes. had they filmed in Chicago they both wouldn't have been well received.
it's just a city known for opression and gang violence from the days of Al Capone and Valinetine Day Massacre to that of tv shows like Good Times about the well known Acorn Projects of South Side Chicago and black exploitation. Richard Pryror is from Chicago and a lot of funny people come out of there. Comedy is create by suffering. John Hughs didn't seem to care for Gang movies just rich white kids in an imaginary Chicago suburbs. often filmed near Silicon Valley but takes place in a rich white suburbs. a Great film that came out in 1980 was filmed in Chicago and shows much of the older ghetto projects being torn down at the time was My Body Guard. You should watch it. it's kind of funny but a dramady
I take it back, I misread this part. Cameran Fry's house was filmed in Cali but on San Mateo Ave in LA Cali but the exterior of the house I guess was filmed in a Chicago Suburbs. but most of the film had to be filmed in Chicago because of the outdoor exterior parts. some of it however was filmed in LA and most interior shots were filmed at Paramount Studio 16 in LA
it's just difficult to film in large cities like Chicago or NYC because of high density and also weather versus continuity. one scene is sunny and suddenly the sky is grey or looks like rain. or literally the clothing is shades different in color because of outdoor lighting regardless of reflector use. the original "hollywood" was Jersey City and moved to the East San Francisco Bay to Oakland and neighboring towns then to L.A. on farm land purchased because the weather was sunny 300 days a year.
Why do they shoot in Atlanta now?
What movie?
read the thread stupid.
Brat 2, it’s Z-kino
>he was 29 in that pic
So cute! I love russian because they’re eternal twinks
Chicago asks for too much fricking money and you can't get half of that tax-exempt, we film EVERYWHERE else except Chicago KEK
t. actual movie production in Chicago
The second movie might have not been as strong as the first one, but damn if it didn't have a great score
the people making films don't want to get robbed at gunpoint, shot and left for dead
>*FREEZE FRAME & RIP SOUND*
>"yaaa dats me. you proly finna wonder why i's be doin dis."
i'd watch