Re:Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong
by baud147258 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:58AM
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A good chunk of the latest Mission Impossible movie was this for me with Paris, especially with places where I've walked around, like the seat of the ministry of finance along the Seine. Of course the path taken didn't make any sense, but that wasn't much of an issue.
Re:Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong
by baud147258 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:43AM
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Also I had a reaction like "that's not how French cops operate when moving an inmate!"
Re:Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong
by goatinaboat on Monday October 07, 2019 @06:16PM
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There is also that the CCP won’t approve a movie for release in China unless it has Chinese scenes.
Re:Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong
by baud147258 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:59AM
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It's not the only conditions, there's also conditions like positive portrayal of the CCP gov and no Chinese as a bad guy and so on.
Yea, it's one of the fun things about living in New York. Me watching the first Avengers: How'd they get from Upper East to Washington Sq in like 20 seconds?
Re:Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong
by lotsofpulp on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:29PM
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It's one of the terrible things about TV shows and movies in my opinion. So boring seeing NYC over and over again, not to mention all the inconsistencies that pull you out of the movie. I'm even tired of all the Apple TV screensavers of NYC/SF/Dubai.
Let's see some new places from South America or Africa or Europe or anywhere else.
And how do the protagonists in US TV series and films always just immediately get a parking spot just in front of their destination??
Re:Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong
by lonelappde on Monday October 07, 2019 @07:23PM
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They have film permits, of course.
Maren Ade’s excellent movie “Toni Erdman” [1] from a few years ago was taking place in the city I live in, Bucharest, and one of the scenes was set in a mall at whose cinema Multiplex I actually saw the film. It was strange, when that scene came up I said to myself: “hey, this is happening just a few meters away from I where bought the popcorn”.
One of my favourite Youtube channels, Every Frame A Painting, talks about this in Vancouver - except that the movies are rarely set in Vancouver:
Seeing your town in a movie is incredibly rewarding. Just like a musician is basically required to shout “Hello $PLACE” at some point during a performance
PS: for the downvoters, that’s what the linked article cites as the reason that movie gets extra scenes in China. Chinese audiences liked seeing their city in a scene that Western audiences didn’t care about.