Why living here ruins movies
Recently, I rented a film called The Moderns. It was supposed to be about Paris in the ’20s, but about five minutes into it, I realized, “Hey, that’s not Deux Magots! That’s my sushi restaurant!”
Such distractions are the price of living in Montreal. Every few weeks, there’s a film shoot in my neighborhood, which can easily double for Paris or New York, depending which block you’re on. This week, my street was even being shot as “London.” I suppose I can suspend my disbelief when I see actors talking like Prince Charles at my local cafe. But I hope they don’t CGI Big Ben above my house.
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We were screaming at the screen when we saw Taking Lives. How can you pass off the Quebec City skyline as Montreal? Well, at least they kept it in the province.