Videoage International March-April 2020

6 World March/April 2020 V I D E O A G E DRIVEWAYS DRIVEWAYS Hong Chau Lucas Jaye Brian Dennehy “An incredible collection of impeccable performances.” - The Wrap “HE’S CHASING GHOSTS THAT WON’T LET GO OF HIM.” - VARIETY ICON CINEFROMAGE & EAGLE ROCK FILMS PRESENT MUSIC IN THE FRAME BLOODL NE DETECT VES lukas haas chloe bridges sarah rafferty REWIND FAMILIAL DNA IS THE WORLD’S NEWEST CRIME FIGHTING TOOL M ajor metropolitan hubs like New York City and London have the infrastructure to support prying fans of films and TV series. For example, whenMartin Scorsese shot his latest film, The Irishman , in Ridgewood, a neighborhood in Queens, New York, no one so much as batted an eyelash at intrusive onlookers who always seemed to be around. Of course, there are some town officials (as well as some residents) who don’t appreciate the tourism (and the money it generates) from local movie and television filming. And these locations don’t even have to be actual filming locales. It’s enough that they look like them. Hallstatt, Austria, for example, has witnessed an influx of tourists due to a picturesque locale there that reminds many of the animated kingdom of Arendelle from Disney’s Frozen and its sequel. Visitors arrive in droves with their phones glued to their hands, ready to snap photos along the water for their Instagramaccounts. Officials inHallstatt, which is home to fewer Film Location Tourists: Pests or Welcomed Guests? than 1,000 residents, are trying to reduce the number of tourists coming solely for photo ops and increase the ones who’ll support the hamlet’s local businesses, instead. Conversely, many internatio- nal cities have pushed for a tou- rism industry driven by attrac- ting visi-tors who are big fans of massively popular film and television con-tent. In New Ze- aland, for instance, the country proudly trumpets its lands as the set of Middle Earth , the fictional realm of The Lord of the Rings , the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy. And Tourism Northern Ireland, re- sponsible for tourism and mar- keting in the region, advertises Game of Thrones campaigns to tap into brand mania. Indeed, movies have made some obscure locations into popular tourist destinations, in- cluding Skellig Michael, Ireland ( StarWars: The Last Jedi ); Petra, Jordan ( Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ); Soca River Val- ley, Slovenia ( The Chronicles of Narnia ); Ouarzazate, Morocco ( Gladiator ); Namib Desert, Na- mibia ( Mad Max: Fury Road ); and Tikal National Park, Guate- mala ( Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope ), pictured above. The same goes for location spots for Oscar-nominated titles and winners: Concord, Massachusetts ( Little Women ); Ustek and Zatec in the Czech Republic ( Jojo Rabbit ); Le Mans, France ( Ford v Ferrari ); and the “step street” in the Bronx, New York, now called Joker Stairs ( Joker ). Is It Now the Czech Republic or Czechia? D on’t ask VideoAge . The question should be asked to the country’s prime minister, Andrej Babis, who prefers the “Czech Republic,” and to the country’s president, Milos Zeman, who favors “Czechia.” “We’re Czechs,” the prime minister is quoted as saying. “Czechs come from Czechia,” retorted the president. “Just as the French come from France — not the French Republic.” The name Czechia was originally used in 1569 as in the Latin “Czechia nostra,” and has been adopted by the United Nations, but some diplomats still use the Czech Republic. Online, it swings both ways. (Continued from Page 4)