October 27th, 2010

By Darren Barefoot

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Canada, Movies
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Important Movies Shot North of the Border

The other day I saw this neat map on Reddit. It’s supposed to show movies that best illustrate each of the fifty states.

I got to thinking about how many popular movies have been shot up in Canada. That inspired a map of my own. I tried to select the most culturally important movie for each province. Here’s what I came up with. Click to enlarge:

I tried to view things through the long lens of historical context. Yes, the Twilight movies are more popular than First Blood today. However, I think we’re likelier to have ‘John Rambo’ as a cultural touchstone in 50 years than Edward and Jacob.

How do you think I did?

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Comments: 6 Responses so far

Marc
October 28th, 2010
6:24 am

I can’t really argue with what you’ve got there.

I think Unforgiven (the Clint Eastwood one) was filmed in Alberta. It’s a strong challenger to Brokeback Mountain for the Alberta position.

Derek K. Miller
October 28th, 2010
8:31 am

You forgot “Strange Brew” and “Men With Brooms,” ya hoser.

darren Reply:
October 28th, 2010 at 10:09 am

I thought about “Strange Brew”, but I have no sense of its reach outside of Canada.

Roshan
October 28th, 2010
10:21 am

Bon Cop, Bad Cop for Quebec & Ontario.

alexis
October 28th, 2010
5:49 pm

There has to be something better for Saskatchewan, especially in recent years. Lots of things are filmed in Regina now, because they have a good sound stage.

ehliyet
January 4th, 2011
12:38 am

I thought about “Strange Brew