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Post by stabcaesar on May 20, 2023 15:08:54 GMT
Inspired by this video. I feel like it's not very easy to name them.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 20, 2023 17:26:42 GMT
challenge accepted
challenge unaccepted because I got to like 40 states before accidentally closing out the page. Not worth it.
for my own state, I know it's set all over Appalachia but I'm claiming Silence of the Lambs for VA because I live 15 minutes from Quantico and that's where the movie kicks off.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 20, 2023 17:29:56 GMT
a couple more:
Alaska - Grizzly Man or The Gold Rush
Arizona - Johnny Guitar
Florida - Body Heat
Michigan - Only Lovers Left Alive (Anatomy of a Murder is another)
Missouri - Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Oklahoma - True Grit
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 20, 2023 17:41:55 GMT
challenge acceptedchallenge unaccepted because I got to like 40 states before accidentally closing out the page. Not worth it. for my own state, I know it's set all over Appalachia but I'm claiming Silence of the Lambs for VA because I live 15 minutes from Quantico and that's where the movie kicks off. Well, Hannibal is imprisoned in Baltimore so I'm claiming The Silence of the Lambs for MD. |
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Post by stabcaesar on May 20, 2023 18:43:30 GMT
I thought of a couple...
Minnesota - The New Land (which funnily enough isn't an American film lol)
North Carolina - The Best Years of Our Lives (I think it's set in NC?)
Texas - Hud or No Country for Old Men
California - There are so many but I'm going with Double Indemnity
Hawaii - From Here to Eternity
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Post by stephen on May 20, 2023 18:56:39 GMT
1. Alabama: My Cousin Vinny
2. Alaska: Grizzly Man
3. Arizona: Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Arkansas: True Grit
5. California: There Will Be Blood
6. Colorado: Misery
7. Connecticut: All About Eve
8. Delaware: The Last of the Mohicans
9. Florida: Key Largo
10. Georgia: Deliverance
11. Hawaii: From Here to Eternity
12. Idaho: Heaven's Gate
13. Illinois: Glengarry Glen Ross
14. Indiana: A Christmas Story
15. Iowa: The Straight Story
16. Kansas: In Cold Blood
17. Kentucky: Coal Miner's Daughter
18. Louisiana: JFK
19. Maine: The Shawshank Redemption
20. Maryland: 12 Monkeys
21. Massachusetts: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
22. Michigan: It Follows
23. Minnesota: Fargo
24. Mississippi: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
25. Missouri: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
26. Montana: Arrival
27. Nebraska: Nebraska, lol.
28. Nevada: Leaving Las Vegas
29. New Hampshire: Lolita
30. New Jersey: On the Waterfront
31. New Mexico: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
32. New York: Goodfellas
33. North Carolina: Blue Velvet
34. North Dakota: Man in the Wilderness
35. Ohio: The Silence of the Lambs
36. Oklahoma: The Grapes of Wrath
37. Oregon: Stand By Me
38. Pennsylvania: Gettysburg
39. Rhode Island: Reversal of Fortune
40. South Carolina: Full Metal Jacket (it qualifies)
41. South Dakota: Badlands
42. Tennessee: Nashville
43. Texas: No Country for Old Men
44. Utah: Hereditary
45. Vermont: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
46. Virginia: The New World
47. Washington: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
48. West Virginia: Night of the Hunter
49. Wisconsin: Dogma
50. Wyoming: Unforgiven
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Post by tep on May 20, 2023 23:42:42 GMT
For my home state, the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Dawn of the Dead. But the best scene set in PA is the Philip Jeffries bit in Fire Walk with Me.
Don’t feel like going through all, but a few more:
Illinois: Halloween
North Carolina: Blue Velvet
Texas: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
California: Mulholland Dr.
New York: Buffalo ‘66
Colorado: The Shining
Ohio: Gummo
Maryland: Pink Flamingos
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Post by TylerDeneuve on May 21, 2023 1:31:13 GMT
Is Blue Velvet actually set in NC? I know it was filmed there, but it seems like it was meant to be Anywhere, USA...
In any case, my choice is Bull Durham!
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Post by stephen on May 21, 2023 1:49:02 GMT
Is Blue Velvet actually set in NC? I know it was filmed there, but it seems like it was meant to be Anywhere, USA... Considering Lumberton is a real NC city and they use the name several times in the film, plus the fact that they shot it an hour or so away in Wilmington, I think it's pretty safe to assume that it's set in the real-life city. It's meant to evoke Anywhere, U.S.A. for sure, but I think Lynch could've just made up a name if he wanted to capture an anonymous town. |
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on May 22, 2023 4:10:06 GMT
Just the places I've lived...
New Jersey: On the Waterfront
Pennsylvania: Rocky
North Carolina: The Descent
Texas: The Tree of Life
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Post by pacinoyes on May 23, 2023 8:30:54 GMT
I dunno but Blow Out is the best movie set in Pennsylvania - or at least the most subversive. I have a lot of family that lives in Philly - everyone there apparently is my cousin......and everything in the city is flipped on its head in that movie: The Reading Terminal Market is sinister and scary while seeming active and alive, the idyllic park is ominous and foreboding (that owl!), the landmarks of liberty and American independence really just cover things up, the entire city is depicted as being oblivious - things that keep people apart while seeming communal (malls, 30th Street Station, or lastly celebrations that are ironic -or mindless shoppers metaphors - cars going through Wanamaker's window etc)....and even more construction and artifice being built all around the clueless citizens figures in the plot It's one of the best "American" and damning of America movies ever made, it's a perfect example of how you use setting - it's as Philly as Taxi Driver is NYC but in a less obvious way.....  |
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