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Question: I saw a preview of the Steven Soderbergh movie The Good German and noticed that the black-and-white photography was by his regular cinematographer, Peter Andrews. What I'm wondering is why Andrews never works with anyone else? — Joanie
FlickChick: Peter Andrews never works with anyone other than Steven Soderbergh because Peter Andrews is Steven Soderbergh. Although there are a number of cinematographers who later became directors — including Jan de Bont, Barry Sonnenfeld, Mario Bava, Ernest Dickerson, Dean Semler, Nicolas Roeg, Andrew Davis and Ronald Neame — very few mainstream directors shoot their own films, in large part because directing a big, complicated and expensive feature is more than enough work without adding in another full-time job. The only other one I can think of who is working in Hollywood today is Peter Hyams, and given how awful his recent films have been, you could make a very persuasive argument that he should stop dividing his attentions.
Question: I read your posting about the house used for the Father of the Bride movies, and that got me to thinking about something I've always wondered. Were the inside scenes in A Christmas Story shot in the house you see from the outside, and, if so, where is it? — Ken
FlickChick: The interiors of A Christmas Story (1983) were not done in the house used for the exteriors; they were shot in Toronto on a soundstage. But stick around, because the story gets interesting: The house, which is located at 3159 W 11th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, was bought by an entrepreneurial fan named Brian Jones, who completely redid the interior to match the movie and then opened it to the public — for a fee, of course. The house has its own website, and Jones also manufactures copies of the film's notorious leg lamp, which is for sale at the museum and gift shop Jones opened in the house across the street.
By a weird coincidence, on my way into work this morning I was reading the real-estate section of the paper and came across an item about yet another movie house: The one that nearly bankrupted Tom Hanks in The Money Pit (1986). It's in Lattingtown, Long Island, and interior scenes were shot on location. The current owners, however, completely renovated the interior, and it's now on the market for $7.9 million. The real-estate agent who's been showing it says that prospective buyers often observe that it doesn't look the way it does in the movie, though they recognize the site of the bathtub-through-the-ceiling scene.
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