nickcarr
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New York Noir IN LA: The Filming Locations of Pickup on South Street
Whenever I watch an old movie that was shot on location, it’s really hard to stop the location scout side of my brain from constantly trying to figure out how people did my job 70+ years ago. Here’s an example from a 1953 noir called Pickup on South Street…. And here’s what goes on in…
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Exorcisms and Tennis
People always ask, “so what big actors have you met as a location scout?” And I’ll always lie and drop a few big names, because that’s obviously what they want to hear. But what I’m actually thinking about are moments like the time I was scouting a midcentury house outside LA… The owners are showing…
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LA In A Picture
As a location scout, I love places that, in a single image, can instantly communicate exactly where they are in the universe. Saw such a place yesterday when scouting apartments: palm trees, stucco, Spanish accents, courtyard pond with statuary… Quintessential historic LA.
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Abandoned Building
Once, I was scouting an abandoned hospital building for a movie. I started to go into a large common room, and my guide said, “Oh, don’t go in there.” I asked why and he said, “because that floor is severely water damaged, and you’ll fall through into the basement.” You’d NEVER have known from looking…