Latest in a long series of movies being filmed in belle NOLA is the crazy mash-up "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,", based on a recent best-selling book. Two blocks of Julia Street downtown, with elegant 19th century buildings and storefronts, have been transformed into a movie set, complete with extras in historic costume, period advertisements and signs, and lovely old wagons and carriages parked curbside -- and wind machines blowing picturesque dust all around. We have not yet spotted any of the principal actors, including a villain vampire who looks seriously sexy in publicity shots, but we're keeping our eyes out.
The Wednesday crowds for the Concert at the Square (see next posting) were really enjoying rubber-necking the movie production on their way to Lafayette Square. We will enjoy checking out the movie once it's released, as we can never resist a movie filmed in our beloved city. (We even saw that awful action movie, just 'cause it was filmed in our neighborhood!)
Interesting shot: two women extras sitting on a bench newly placed on Julia for the shoot, dressed in 19th century garb, but apparently not in the take being filmed. Their legs were crossed anachronistically (look it up -- women didn't cross their legs while sitting until the 20th century), and they had hiked up their skirts above their knees to catch the breeze in the heat. Kind of amusing.
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