It’s both one of the best movies ever made in Pittsburgh, and one of the most Pittsburgh movies ever made. Those are two completely different things, of course.
Friday, February 17, 2017
The 10 best movies ever made in Pittsburgh
It’s both one of the best movies ever made in Pittsburgh, and one of the most Pittsburgh movies ever made. Those are two completely different things, of course.
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Reading this article was very fascinating, because I had never realized how many popular, well-known films were shot in Pittsburgh. When I first moved to Pittsburgh, I was absolutely amazed at how beautiful it was, even though it did not used to be. It is very different from my home town, and so I have a huge appreciation for the wonderful sights that it holds. Reading this list makes me want to watch all of these movies just to be able to appreciate the city I live in more. I have always wondered what makes the production decide where they are going to film a film. I know that part of it depends on where the location of the story is, but when there is no specific location mentioned, how would you approach that? This article made me have more appreciation for how that is decided and what goes into making the location of a film work. I have never been brought out of a movie due to a wrong choice of location that I can remember. If anything I will comment on how beautiful that location is. This article was fascinating; it made me look at the place I live in and the movies I watch at a different angle.
I was just curious to see what has actually been filmed in Pittsburgh after the whole Netflix and star wars boom that was here when I first moved here. I only knew about Perks of Being a Wallflower being made here. It’s good that the industry is growing even faster here because it makes a market for both us as students and professors alike to pursue or observe while we’re here. We might as well take advantage of the resources if they’re there. I think onsite, independent works are the newest trend now that Netflix and amazon are funding every genre of independent work and opening up their viewers to unique content. It’s cheaper to film since it’s not built from scratch and I feel like they have more soul than sound stages. I was just talking recently with someone about how The Office doesn’t have a single scene filmed in Scranton and how that affected the way I perceive the show.
This article really surprised me. Like my classmates, i had no idea some of these movies were filmed in pittsburgh- which is so cool because i have seen the city scape for years now in these pictures. Perks of being a wall flower was one of my favorite movies in 9th and 10th grade, I thought that i had never seen something done so meticulously. Retrospectively, i still feel the movie is great but there are a lot evident flaws with the piece. I had no idea that literally any of these movies were filmed in Pittsburgh except for Fences. Fences was phenomenal and really provided an interesting prospective of pittsburgh decades ago. That just emphasizes my excitement to continue my education and assures me of post graduation job facilitation. I suddenly feel inspired to go and visit some of the spots where these movies were filmed. (its a cute date idea)
One the first thinks my dad said to me after we toured Carnegie Mellon was "Hey, did you know that Dark Knight Rises was filmed here?" I had no idea that Pittsburgh was used as the backdrop for this film, and have since learned that Perks of Being a Wallflower and Fences were being filmed here. Until I read this article I also didn't know that Pittsburgh was even used to film classic movies like Silence of the Lambs and Night of the Living Dead. I think that the reasons that it's used to film so many movies have to do with variety of settings and money. Pittsburgh offers both suburban and urban locations very close together which means that a movie could shoot in a variety of settings without having to travel far. Real estate is also extremely cheap here in comparison to other cities, so it wouldn't be too much of a financial burden to be here for a long period of time. I hope that even more movies are filmed here soon, as it would be a really cool experience to be on or around the set.
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