Can you make a persuasive, evocative Chicago movie without filming most, or any, of your movie in Chicago?
For decades, Hollywood answered that with: Stupid question. Outside Chicago, who cares? Look at the late silent and early sound era gangster classics, from âUnderworldâ (set in an inferred, not stated, Chicago) to âLittle Caesar,â âThe Public Enemyâ and âScarface.â Those werenât filmed here. Who cared? They worked like crazy, and they maximized the customary way of shooting movies, on studio backlots and a few Los Angeles streets.
Until âCall Northside 777â³ filmed with James Stewart on location here, in 1947 for an early 1948 release, location authenticity wasnât on any production budgetâs priority list.
Column: The Oscar for Chicago Authenticity goes to well, not Trial of Chicago 7 or Judas and the Black Messiah
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The Chicago-set movies up for Oscars feel a little off
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