I like that the list mentions Cooley High, a movie that isn't remembered much today but it really is a good film.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
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Kathy A - May 17, 2010 10:21:08 am PDT #8354 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
erikaj - May 17, 2010 10:29:18 am PDT #8355 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I've seen most of them...not that one, though. I'd blame my dad being from Joliet, but I'd bet a billion dollars we didn't watch "About Last Night" together. Phoenix has the most transplanted Chicagoans of any city, though.
Laga - May 17, 2010 10:30:34 am PDT #8356 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Man I suck. I can't even think of ten unless I count Rudy (Glen Ellyn) and that terrible Keanu Reeves movie filmed at Argon labs.
...after checking the list... I haven't seen a lot of those and forgot some were filmed in Chicago but I'm a real doofus for forgetting Barbershop considering I can see my copy from where I'm sitting.
They neglected What Women Want. Not a great movie but surely better than Candyman with some great Chicago footage.
le nubian - May 17, 2010 10:38:43 am PDT #8357 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so, while I agree with the fact that many of the movies are listed, I disagree with the order. here's the link to Chicago Mag for anyone who wants to go there directly:
For example: when I think of the purpose of such a list, I think of how a film represents a city, celebrates, do you get to see it in all its glory, or a segment of it in rich detail (e.g. "Do The Right Thing" - though I don't know if that was actually filmed in NY or now)
There are some movies on the list where I wasn't left with a lasting impression of Chicago and I think that's a problem.
Kathy A - May 17, 2010 10:43:06 am PDT #8358 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'd blame my dad being from Joliet
So am I! What part of the city is he from, erika? I'm a west-side girl myself; I grew up in Shorewood, the suburb just west of Joliet, and went to high school at St. Francis Academy, now Joliet Catholic Academy since it went co-ed.
Jessica - May 17, 2010 10:43:43 am PDT #8359 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't think Spike Lee had the budget to go outside Bed-Stuy for DTRT.
Laga - May 17, 2010 10:43:45 am PDT #8360 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I left When Harry Met Sally off my list because it doesn't feel like a Chicago movie.
le nubian - May 17, 2010 10:50:22 am PDT #8361 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
it isn't! it is a NYC movie.
erikaj - May 17, 2010 10:51:04 am PDT #8362 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I'll ask him, Kathy. It would be funny if you were neighbors or something.
Connie Neil - May 17, 2010 10:56:39 am PDT #8363 of 30000
brillig
Blues Brothers. Yeah.