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beautiful and dark stories of love.
We proceed to mark in our digital maps those
places that the cinema has given us.
Is there anyone who doesn´t know, at least in
photography, the famous scene in which the
skirt of the unequaled Marilyn Monroe rises
above the subway street vents? Filmed on
the corner of 52nd Street and Lexington, on
September 1954 ,15. For The Seven Year Itch
(Billy Wilder, 1955).
“How come you´re going on vacation?” Editor´s
voice thunder in my ears. “If you already live
in San Miguel de Allende! What do you need
vacation for?”
“Yes! I›m going on my short vacation!” - I
answer with a touch of irony and already
almost luggage in hand, while idyllic scenes of
those places next to discover pass through my
mind. Any way, here this month column. (sic)
The cinema, among others of its «monerí�as»,
inspires to visit places that be either for its
history, beauty, attractions and thousand
reasons more, totally unique and personal.
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Such inspiration can remain
in the desire and, in some
occasions, become a fortunate
reality.
And with this theme, it is
inevitable to speak of the most
famous city in the world thanks
to movies and TV: New York.
Adored, hated, destroyed by
aliens, terrorists and even
ghosts, humiliated or exalted.
Famous for its food and its
diversity. Promotor of the most
Before you continue, you must have breakfast.
What better place than the one recommended
by Audrey Hepburn at Breakfast at Tiffany›s
(Blake Edwards, 1961), in front of the famous
jewelry, which remains there. The menu?
Coffee in disposable cup and Danish pastry. As
New Yorker, liked like this or want more?
«I›m walking here!» Dustin Hoffman enraged
a taxi driver (in what we would now call
photobomb) in an iconic Midnight Cowboy
scene (John Schlesinger, 1969), on the corner
of 6th Avenue and 57th Street. This was not in
the script, by the way. and the drowned driver
advances over Hoffman and Voight, who remain
in character even as good New Yorkers are
armed with words.
Coming out of the Big Apple, Let´s go to some
of Chicago›s locations (Rob Marshall, 2002),
whose original libretto and choreography came
from the great Bob Fosse, specifically on the
streets of Toronto?
It›s the wonder of cinema make believe. You
can recreate entire cities and fantastic worlds
in studios in New Zealand or England or choose
cities that «look» more like a certain city than
the original itself.