Quote: (02-15-2012 09:10 PM)Timoteo Wrote:
The high costs of film making in the US (and his beloved NYC in particular) have forced Woody to film almost exclusively in Europe now. He still lives here in NYC (he's held Knick season tickets forever, and his jazz band used to play regular nights at a place called Michael's Pub), but he may have given up filming here permanently unless they cut him a break. Vancouver and Toronto often serve as stand-ins for NY in movies because it's so much cheaper to film there than here.
Yeah. I've actually read interviews with him and he said just that: NYC is too expensive of a place to shoot movies. Woody hates Hollywood entirely. I remember him giving a speech at the Oscar's some years ago urging the major directors to shoot in NYC (this was some time right after 9/11).
As for Barcelona, it's a dope ass city. One of my favorites in the world. I plan to return there again. I also want to explore some other parts of Spain, both on the Med and elsewhere. One of my boys in London has a crib in Almeria that he visits a few times a year. He's been offering an invite for me to visit for some time. One of these days I'll make it happen.