But wait! There's more! Around the corner, they're shooting "Spiderman 3!"
It's not that great a picture, but those bright lights; they're movie lights!
If you live in New York, you've almost certainly had the the experience of having to go around the block because of a movie shooting. You're walking along, on your way to the store, and an underpaid movie production assistant with a headset tells you that none shall pass. For me it's part of the trade-offs of living in NYC. Tom Cruise's wife's house in "War of the Worlds" is around the corner from my apartment. So I've got that going for me...
So, last night I had the excellent experience of watching the movie assistants repeatedly telling the rich dudes in tuxes that they would have to walk around the block. And that sorry, those lit-up cabs there were movie cabs. Heh. One woman though, not from the party, she was coming out of the subway, was having none of if though. She argued with the movie assistant for a few seconds and then just walked on down the blocked off street. So remember, they're just movie assistants; they're not armed, and really have no legal authority.
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Years ago, a friend was leaving his office in the Chelsea area. The streets were all shut down because some movie was filming.
He was tired, grumpy and just wanted to get to the subway but the street was blocked off. He went over to a cop and started yelling at him that this was an outrage and he should be helping the citizens of NYC, not the overpaid actors, directors, etc.
The cop just stares at him blankly and does nothing.
The next day, my friend sees a picture of the cop in the newspaper. It was Nicholas Cage.
That's priceless! Ha!
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