Arm-chair or on-site travel guide to the extensive use of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a movie location. Easy-to-use maps and black-and-white photographs identify locations of classic films like Vertigo, Bullitt, Dirty Harry, What's Up Doc and Towering Inferno. Locations of television series such as Nash Bridges, Tales of the City, The Doris Day Show, and Streets of San Francisco are also included. Locations extend from San Francisco north to Mendocino and south to Monterey.
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"Will make you an expert at finding the secret and not-so-secret spots where pieces of cinematic legend were made." --Contra Costa Times
"San Francisco loves the movies just as much as the movies love San Francisco. Anyone who's ever loved either will delight in this lively and comprehensive book." --Novelist Armistead Maupin
"Comprehensive guide to thousands of movie and television locations." --The Modesto Bee
"San Francisco loves the movies just as much as the movies love San Francisco. Anyone who's ever loved either will delight in this lively and comprehensive book." --Novelist Armistead Maupin
"Comprehensive guide to thousands of movie and television locations." --The Modesto Bee
About the Author
Jim Van Buskirk is a librarian at the San Francisco Public Library and the coauthor of Gay by the Bay. Will Shank is the former chief conservator of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He has written for The Advocate, The Art Newspaper, Fodors.com, and the Bay Area Reporter.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Celluloid San Francisco: The Film Lover's Guide to Bay Area Movie Locations (Paperback)
This well researched book is a must have for anyone who loves film, San Francisco and history of the films that have been shot in SF and Northern California.
Part history book and part insight to locations and venues, this carefully researched tome is a delight - with photos and maps to give you an idea just how much SF has been used as a location. And no wonder, as beiing one of the most beautiful cities in the US. SF was indeed a favorite location of Hitchcock's. Van Buskirk, who's other SF Book - GAY BY THE BAY, appears to have a love affair with SF and his delight leaps off the page. It made me want to get my walking shoes and search out some of these locations. A great book for gifts. BUY THIS BOOK.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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It's like seeing SF for the first time,
This review is from: Celluloid San Francisco: The Film Lover's Guide to Bay Area Movie Locations (Paperback)
Celluloid San Francisco combines two of my loves-SF and films. This is a brand new way to see the City on the Bay...Van Buskirk and Shank are modern historians. They know the territory and share it. I can only imagine how many hours went into researching the movie locations. The many black and white photos are a plus...and a trip down memory lane for this reader...unexpected gifts are the three sections on areas around SF. This is a travel book that's found its way into my hands and into my luggage just prior to my Spring trip southward. For sure it's a must have.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Book,
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This review is from: Celluloid San Francisco: The Film Lover's Guide to Bay Area Movie Locations (Paperback)
I read this book with great interest as a SF resident. Mr. Van Buskirk and Mr. Shank certainly did their homework. Their knowledge of Bay Area movies is fantastic, and their delivery by geography is right on.
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