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August 30, 2005
Shooting where there's weather: massive infrastructure problems
The Reporter reports on Katrina's effect on Louisiana production, a reminder of why, historically, filmmakers hied west to California: consistent weather. "Louisiana, which has been aggressively courting film productions, was hosting at least 3 TV and film shoots in the state as the monster storm, which had threatened to hit land as a fearsome Category 5, approached. The Governor's Office of Film and Television -- located in Harahan, outside of New Orleans -- was not answering calls Monday. When New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation over the weekend, Element Films suspended production on its comedy The Last Time,"starring Michael Keaton and Brendan Fraser, and immediately left... A Warners spokesperson said The Reaping hopes to return to New Orleans on Wednesday and resume filming Thursday, even though the production suffered what was said to be minor set damage. But that may prove challenging because, as one source on the production said, "Flights, electricity, manpower, car rental -- there are going to be massive infrastructure problems." [New Orleans-based filmmaker David Gordon Green reportedly has relocated to Austin for the duration.]
Posted by pride at August 30, 2005 09:23 AM
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