Why couldn’t they have filmed Death to Smoochy here?
The movie The Women, a remake of the 1939 George Cukor film, is being filmed outside my office. I think it’s Meg Ryan and Annette Bening. Possibly Andy Garcia; I heard someone mention him. I had actually come across their filming already, on Friday, when I went to get my car parked in South Boston. But at the time I didn’t know what movie it was. They were set up but it was late so they weren’t filming right at that moment, although there were crew milling about.
I feel bad for the local businesses; they are sort of taking over the street (and have blocked all vehicular traffic) and while they cannot forbid people to walk down it, the crew is making it seem like you’re “not supposed” to. Which is complete and total bullshit. They are even asking people where they are going. I’d like them to try that with me. (I walked right through it but I cut around a corner so by the time they could have seen me, I was halfway in.) They plonked themselves right in front of the local grocery and did not “let” anyone in or out for 3-4 hours this morning. And they are not compensating the owner. He is far more reasonable than I would be.
I saw Meg Ryan earlier as I went to get lunch. I’ll see if I can film anything unobtrusively with my trusty I-take-it-everywhere video camera. I feel kind of weird shooting video at these people, given that I don’t even like Meg Ryan in the first place. She has always struck me as a bit of a ferret-faced whiner. Although I did like her in When Harry Met Sally, because I enjoyed the anal-retentiveness of her character. Oh, and that scene she did in Top Gun when she ran into Anthony Edwards’s arms–that was actually really sweet and heartwarming–I guess the army brat in me appreciated the joy of a homecoming. Everything else she’s been in, well pardon me while I puke hearts and flowers. Her usual roles are far too treacly for my taste.