
I was inspired to work on this idea based on a series over at Critical Masses. Seemed like a fun challenge. It sort of tied in with my Geographical Movies list, and mine is just a list as opposed to CM's essay approach. It was a bit tougher to put this one together than I might have thought. I tried to rely mostly on the settings of the films as opposed to where they might actually have been filmed, but I had to cheat a bit to make it all work. As the Griswold's television above indicates, there's a whole lotta ground to cover here...


















































9 comments:
Wooow. Now this is an interesting post!
You might have done the impossible.
I was excited to see my home state (New Mexico) represented.
There are many movies set here (just watched LIttle Miss Sunshine again last night).
My personal favorite, though? Sonny Boy, starring David Carradine in drag...like a slapstick comedy version of Texas Chainsaw.
RACULfright-Thank you sir!
Dusty-There were several other really good choices for NEW MEXICO if I recall. Tough pick. Wow, you know I think I've seen SONNY BOY(I certainly know of the movie), but if I have I can't barely remember it. I need to take a look at it very soon, thanks for the rec!
now this is an awesome post!
I had never even heard of most of these films and had no idea which states they were associated with.
Great work!
Really cool list. It's the ind of thing we don't really think about until we see it set out for us like this.
Now THAT's a list I don't think I could do! My fave film from my home state of MN is "Drop Dead Gorgeous;" I think half the jokes require one to have lived there. For next-door WI, I'd pick "Patti Rocks." For a lot of states, though, I'd be lost. (which was hardest, Delaware?)
JACK-thanks very much!!
DtVC-I totally agree. I know I was only conscious of location in about half of these films.
Steve-PATTI ROCKS, great call! Yeah DELAWARE was really hard, there were a few others where pickins was real slim..
Another great list! As a PA resident I found it interesting that you picked HIGH SCHOOL over something more obvious (like ROCKY or one of the Romero DEAD films) but it just goes to show how cineliterate you are. Great job!
Thanks Chuck! Yeah I actually almost went with BLOW OUT for Philadelphia, but I figured that with the new Criterion Blu-ray just coming out and whatnot that that film was getting plenty of attention. HIGH SCHOOL(and other Wiseman docs) are really fascinating.
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