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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They are also filming on Hicks Street between Pierrepont and Clark, in a wood-frame house. They have been prepping the house for about two weeks and apparently they will be there for about another two weeks.
They’re PAINTING brick houses in an Historic District! IMO the LPC should crack down on the production company AND the homeowners. Furthermore, they should NEVER again receive a permit to shoot anywhere in NYC.
why can’t they just use CG?
From WIKI: Although the CIA agent’s house is set in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., the filming location for the scene will be in Brooklyn Heights, as the Coen Brothers wanted to stay in the New York City to be with their family.
All three are probably here for other reasons, too. I can’t wait for the Gawker Stalker reports…
Some house in Georgetown are painted, others are not. But they look very different from Brooklyn Heights houses. Also you will not find any tumbledown or badly remodeled houses in Georgetown, the Heights is full of them.
To me, one of the real characteristics of Georgetown are brick sidewalks. Are they putting down brick contact paper on the typically broken and heaved sidewalks of Brooklyn Heights?
There have been many movies filmed in Georgetown, most recent one I can think of is “Wedding Crashers” so I’m guessing they’re in the nabe for another reason.
But why the paint? Not all DC townhouses are candy-colored! In fact, many are just plain ole’ brick.
Historical schmistorical. Why not keep them color? I think it livens up the place a bit.
Why the heck don’t they film in Georgetown?
I suppose that unlike Brooklyn, there are nice people who cannot be disturbed in DC. Geesh.