O State Street, Where Art Thou?
Seems Brooklyn Heights wasn’t picture perfect enough for the Coen Brothers. The duo is shooting “Burn After Reading” on State Street between Clinton and Court over the next few weeks, and a production crew has painted the facades of a couple buildings red, blue and yellow, and is adding ornamental details to a couple others….
Seems Brooklyn Heights wasn’t picture perfect enough for the Coen Brothers. The duo is shooting “Burn After Reading” on State Street between Clinton and Court over the next few weeks, and a production crew has painted the facades of a couple buildings red, blue and yellow, and is adding ornamental details to a couple others. A worker said the buildings are being transformed in order to approximate the look of a Georgetown street for the flick, which stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and John Malkovich. The worker also told us the buildings are going to be washed off after filming wraps since “this is a historic district and all.”
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i live on the block and it’s a major disruption. construction starts at 7am every day, the sidewalks are blocked and the workers don’t even pretend to care.
they offered my co-op $1000 to use the roof for lighting and rainmaker showerheads. they’re doing an all-night shoot outside on oct 4. we said no. really an insulting location fee for an $80 million picture.
love the coen bros, just wish they would shoot on someone else’s block.
Yeah, so why doesn’t everyone just butt out!
The building wasn’t painted just for this movie. The brick had been painted red long ago. This can be seen in the photo of the building, on the very left. This part of the building was untouched by the movie crew. After the filming, the entire side of the building will be repainted red. All of this was approved by the Landmarks Commission prior to painting.
3:53 sounds like they sat on a gigantic stick.
Clooney is a asshat!
Brooklyn Heights could use a little paint and a little rejuvenation, n’est-ce pas?
What an old-farty neighborhood.
Historical schmistorical. Paint them and keep them painted. Looks nice.
Just walked along Hicks, hoping for a glimpse of dreamy Mr. Clooney. No such luck. However, if you are parked on Hicks, better move your car or get towed.
1:49 — on the other hand, in Georgetown, you get to live in Washington. In Brooklyn Heights, you get to live in New York City. Case closed.