#books #filmmaking | World film locations : Chicago

World film locations : Chicago / edited by Scott Jordan Harris.
Bristol : Intellect Books, 2013.
128 p. : il.
Serie: World Film Locations.
/ EN / Libros / Chicago / Cine / Cine – Exteriores / Ciudades en el cine 

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781841507187
Cita APA-7: Harris, Scott Jordan (2013). World film locations. Chicago. Intellect Books. 
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-791.43:72 WOR
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1127648534

[.en] While some call it the Second City, Chicago is no stranger to the silver screen. Director Christopher Nolan transformed Chicago into the darkly foreboding Gotham City for The Dark Knight . Ferris Bueller rode a parade float down Dearborn and made stops during his epic day off at a host of landmarks, from Buckingham Fountain to Wrigley Field. Everyone’s favourite foul-mouthed blues act ended their film’s climactic chase by taking the Bluesmobile through the plate-glass windows of the Richard J. Daley Center. With ‘World Film Locations: Chicago’, critic Scott Jordan Harris takes readers on a cinematic tour of the city, featuring modern blockbusters and beloved classics. Along the way, scenes from almost fifty films made or set in the city are discussed, accompanied by full-colour stills and interspersed with essays examining the city’s unique character onscreen. Among the contributors are Gordon Quinn, cofounder of Chicago’s Kartemquim Films; Elizabeth Weitzman, film critic for the New York Daily News; the BBC’s Samira Ahmed; and Steve James, director of the coming-of-age classic Hoop Dreams. For readers hoping to locate landmarks from favourite films, the book also includes detailed maps that point out key scenes. A fun and fact-packed read, World Film Locations: Chicago will be welcomed by film fans and anyone planning a trip to the Windy City.