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Old 10-13-2008, 10:19 PM   #28 (permalink)
RoemerMW
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97: My Town/Southern Oregon

I can't wait until I move to Portland. My town does have a movie theater, but it only shows the most popular films. Since it's a more rural and politically/socially conservative area, the theater is somewhat biased in what it shows (for example, An American Carol is playing here but Religulous isn't) If I want to see a newer film, and it isn't a hit at the box office, I usually have to wait until it goes on DVD. And our DVD rental and purchasing options are pretty dismal. I know that isn't exactly uncommon in smaller towns, but I still hate it. Thank god for the internet.

Also, on a slightly different note, Southern Oregon... actually, every place in Oregon with the exception of Portland sucks for filmmaking. I'm an officer in a group that is trying to bring attention to southern Oregon as a potential place to for filmmakers to film their films, and all of Oregon's film commissions attention lies on Portland. Oregon has plenty of beaches, small towns, forests, desert like areas, and many other places that would be great locations for filming that aren't going to be used because one small group of people is in control of the official Oregon film commission. Their jobs are secure no matter what they do, so they could care less about bothering to go the extra mile and include the rest of the state in their advertising. I plan to make films and/or other video related jobs for a living, so this is kind of a big issue for me.
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