Vancouver’s Cinematic Ubiquity
I was channel-surfing over lunch, and was amused to note that all three movies on what I commonly refer to as our “crappy movie channels” were all shot in Vancouver. They’re hardly cinematic masterpieces, but it’s interesting to note just how much film work has come to Vancouver in the past 20 years:
- Frankie Muniz is saving a baby in a runaway car on Chesterfield Avenue in North Van.
- Marc Blucas is shooting pool with Laura Regan in SOHO Cafe and Billiards.
- Sarah Polley is busy dying on Commercial Drive.
That raises an interesting question–what’s the best (or, say, critically-acclaimed) movie ever to be shot in BC? An IMDB query (eliminating straight-to-video, TV shows and TV movies) returned 619 results. After a quick scan of the top-rated films, I’d go with Gods and Monsters (though how much of it was shot in Vancouver?), Best in Show or Insomnia. I really dig Roxanne (one of the earliest major films shot in BC, in lovely Nelson), but I expect the critics liked Insomnia best.
Norlinda 
