Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, it is pretty amazing what Hollywood can do with something. Driving Ms. Daisy has the same following out in Decatur and I watched the filming of a scene for the followup for Gone with the Wind shot in Charleston. Much to my daughter's disgust, Dumb and Dumberer was shot in her high school. You want to talk about lens selection and lighting. On 3/20/07, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been trying to think of some ways to show Natchitoches Spring flowers > in context without too much landscape, so I thought I'd show you some > stars > from Steel Magnolias. I was not yet back in Natchitoches in 1989 when > Hollywood came in and took over the town. > > They made sets from homes and built a soundstage at the University in a > gym. > > You remember that film, don't you? It was the chick-flick of the decade. > Nominated for Oscars and won Golden Globe, all that stuff. You can hardly > surf cable TV without finding it playing on some channel. > > There's even a carriage tour of the locations here. That's where I'm > going > with this; a short tour of Steel Magnolia locations. It ain't art, but > might be pretty. > > http://www.sonc.com/steel_magnolias.htm > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com