Re: Steel Magnolias
- From: "Jeff S. Matsler" <jeffmatsler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:39:01 -0500
All these posts are making me homesick.
In the mid 90's until 2000, we lived on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga.
It's the square where Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil is centered,
as well as where much of Glory's city shots were filmed. Lots of modern
movies have been filmed there. Forrest Gump was shot in the town along with
dozens of others. Forces of Nature used the home two doors down for the
home of the groom's parents. At least one of the John Grisham movies is
filmed there - can't remember which one.
Bagger Vance was filmed around the same time as Forces of Nature and they
used empty buildings to create storefront "props" that were so realistic, I
tried to get my haircut at one of them for a month. It was always closed
when I went by & then it suddenly was vacant again... Didn't realize it
was a prop until we went to see the movie and saw the kid sweeping outside
of it in one scene. True story. :-)
Jeff M
Amarillo, Tx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Bohrer" <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: Steel Magnolias
Sonny:
My mom lives down the street from the 'Home Alone' house in Winnetka,
Illinois. There used to be a sign in the window, with a picture of
McCaulay Culkin. It's just another two-story brick house - nothing much to
photograph there. I preferred the farolitos around the house down the
street when I'd visit at Christmastime.
The Steel Magnolias settings and houses you've photographed are very
pretty. Much nicer than a two-story house on a dark, tree-shaded street.
Mark Bohrer
Wildlife Photography on the Urban Edge
www.mountain-and-desert.com
At 11:37 AM 3/20/2007, you wrote:
I've been trying to think of some ways to show Natchitoches Spring flowers
in context without too much landscape, so I thought I'd show you some
stars from Steel Magnolias. I was not yet back in Natchitoches in 1989
when Hollywood came in and took over the town.
They made sets from homes and built a soundstage at the University in a
gym.
You remember that film, don't you? It was the chick-flick of the decade.
Nominated for Oscars and won Golden Globe, all that stuff. You can hardly
surf cable TV without finding it playing on some channel.
There's even a carriage tour of the locations here. That's where I'm
going with this; a short tour of Steel Magnolia locations. It ain't art,
but might be pretty.
<http://www.sonc.com/steel_magnolias.htm>http://www.sonc.com/steel_magnolias.htm
--
Regards,
Sonny
<http://www.sonc.com>http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA
=========================================================
To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then
receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the
Web interface to unsubscribe.
=========================================================
To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in
the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to
per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe.
Other related posts:
