{"id":395,"date":"2011-11-24T22:18:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T22:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=395"},"modified":"2020-05-24T17:29:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:29:08","slug":"fancy-going-to-the-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/fancy-going-to-the-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fancy Going to the Movies?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Films were a good way for me to experience\u00a0London when I was still\u00a0living abroad. It is not that movies could convey what this city is actually like. But, they still\u00a0showed that bit of \"Fancyflavour and truth about London\u00a0that I would enjoy years later.<\/p>\n

The strange thing is, once here, I would feel that strange sense of pride at recognising those \u00a0places I had been\u00a0living or hanging around for a few years. It\u00b4s like saying “I\u00b4m happy to have finally been there”.\u00a0I find it really is a good feeling\u00a0when I hear mentions of the places where I have been. For example, the\u00a0children in\u00a0The Chronicles of Narnia<\/a>\u00a0(2005) said they were from\u00a0Finchley, which was\u00a0not too far away from where I was\u00a0living at that moment.<\/p>\n

It does happen the same with other cities I\u00b4ve visited. When I watched the latest Woody Allen\u00b4s\u00a0flick\u00a0Midnight in Paris<\/a>, I was quite happy to recognise a few places there.<\/p>\n

Here are some of my fave movies set up in\u00a0London. I have not included movies like\u00a0Notting Hill here, because it seems to show a fictional Notting Hill.<\/p>\n

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  1. 28 Days Later<\/a><\/strong> (2004).<\/li>\n
  2. Closer<\/a><\/strong>, filmed in South Bank, Theatre Royal, etc.<\/li>\n
  3. Snatch<\/a><\/strong>, fiimed in\u00a0Lambeth, South London.<\/li>\n
  4. Bridget Jones\u00b4Diary<\/a><\/strong>, so absurdedly true to\u00a0life, and so\u00a0much fun. Filmed in the \"FancyCity, etc.<\/li>\n
  5. V for Vendetta<\/a><\/strong>, filmed in Islington, Finsbury, etc.<\/li>\n
  6. Shaun of the Dead<\/a><\/strong>, which showed us the Crouch End in North\u00a0London.<\/li>\n
  7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u00b4s Stone<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was partly filmed in the City\u00b4s\u00a0Leadenhall Market.<\/li>\n
  8. A Fish called Wanda<\/a><\/strong>. Hatton Gardens, Docklands, Old Bailey, etc.\"Fancy<\/li>\n
  9. Mary Poppins<\/a><\/strong>, where St Paul\u00b4s cathedral is quite visible.<\/li>\n
  10. Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/strong>, although the TV series with Benedict Cumberbatch<\/a> is much better. The Strand, St Paul\u00b4s cathedral, The Reform Club in Pall Mall, the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The guys from Movie\u00a0London have made this cool interactive map with movie\u00a0locations<\/a> to explore London\u00a0in a different way. Check it out!<\/p>\n

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