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Vancouver Never Plays Itself

Every Frame a Painting · 2.2M views · 2015-09-13 · 9:06

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Overview

A video essay from Every Frame a Painting about Vancouver, a major film production city that almost never appears onscreen as itself. It shows clips of films and TV shot there that pass the city off as somewhere else.

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HN points to it as a short, funny look at how cities stand in for other places on screen, and at the film industry's local effects.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

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What people said

crummy · 2019-10 · Strong recommendation

One of my favourite Youtube channels, Every Frame A Painting, talks about this in Vancouver - except that the movies are rarely set in Vancouver: [VIDEO]

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mynameisvlad · 2022-07 · Recommendation

> The idea is that this would promote more use of local businesses. It does not usually work out that way though. Great Youtube video on this topic, especially since you're likely talking about Vancouver: [VIDEO]

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tobr · 2019-09 · Recommendation

This made me rewatch Vancouver Never Plays Itself [1] from Every Frame a Painting. It didn’t have as many examples of Vancouver playing New York as I remembered, but it’s still an interesting demonstration of how a city is made to appear not to be itself on screen. 1: [VIDEO]

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