Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Louisiana did the same a few years back Don. Montreal and Quebec were filling in for "French Quarter" scenes in movies, commercials. New Orleans went from at least 5 movies a year to 1. Then they repelled the heavy Hollywood taxes and movies started flowing back into New Orleans. Latest Denzel Washington movie was filmed before and after Katrina hit. Ray, Love Song for Bobby Long, Dukes of Hazzard, and Skeleton Key were some of the latest. Hollywood almost built large studios in New Orleans East a few years ago. Man, those would have been ruined. Some Skeleton Key scenes were filmed 2 blocks from us as well as the bar scenes in Ray. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory" Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Location fee As a follow up to Sonny, Atlanta was starting to be a major location for films. Until the city got full of itself and started charging fees and making sure it went at full union rate. If you have to pay Hollywood rates why not shoot it in Hollywood? Talk about telling an industry to get lost. Don don.dory@gmail.com