How's
it going my fellow THN readers. Today was a good day for me. I arrived at the
location around 11:30am where Steven Spielberg is filming his new movie called
"Munich" which stars Eric Bana.
I
read that they were going to be filming under the bogus title "Kings Cross",
so when I was speaking to a PA, he told me the bogus title and I was like "suuuuuuuuuure"
then I said I thought it was "Munich" and he said No.
I'm
thinking he began to notice I was suspicious of his little lie so he asked
me who is the director and I told him Steven Spielberg so he opened up to
me and gave me the details. They will be filming here in New York till wednesday
and the movie is nearly completed for its December release.
I
blended in well with the crew and was taking a few pictures till some big
crew member told me I had to leave, but lucky enough, I got a few pictures
of Spielberg on the dolly track filming. Not sure if you'll be able to see
him or not but if you're able to zoom in on the picture with whatever software
you have, you'll deffinately see him. He was wearing a brown hat and a brown jacket.
The
first scene I seen filming was mostly Exterior shots of Background action. I'm
surrounded by 70s style cars.. The silver one I took a picture of is beautiful.
Well, they wet up the whole street and a few cars were driving pass me.
The
next scene that was shot is What looks like Eric Bana's character walking up the
stairs holding a baby. From what I've seen, they did the scene again but this
time he was hiding behind a tree like someone's after him.
After
the take, the baby Eric Bana was holding began to cry so Steven got a little toy
and began to play with it in front of her to cheer her up. They begin to do the
same take again, this time Spielberg is speed walking with the cameraman to make
sure he is framing the shot properly.
The
scene they began filming after that has Eric Bana in a telephone booth with
a 70s bus that I took a picture of and cars to blend in.
Sometimes you
just gotta love movie magic.
It
began to rain later that day and I heard people complaining how movies come here
and film and never contribute anything to the neighborhood. I guess sometimes
people have nothing better to do than bitch.
Production
wrapped around 6pm.
I
have to admit, I'm a Spielberg fan and seeing him work had me star-struck. His
work on "Saving Private Ryan" alone makes him one of the best directors
working today, if not ever!
Sorry
I couldn't get closer pictures. Hope these come out good. Until the next time.
Lucas.
