Squinting enviously at Hollywood while we here at best sigh and celebrate finances? No way. Because what do the Velvet discotheque, an abandoned office building in Niederrad and an old villa in Bad Homburg have in common? All <link http: filminfrankfurt.de _blank>Shooting locations from the region. In the Velvet the ARD shot their Wednesday movie "Sprinter - Haltlos in die Nacht" with Claudia Michelsen and I was allowed to be there as an extra. The assignment even gave me a "Katja Suding moment" during the shooting break (see photo). In Niederrad the HR shoots its Tatort and created the interior of the police headquarters in the building (photo) and also the historic villa in Hochtaunus was used by the ARD for a film with Alina Levshin.
So glitz and glamour is also in Frankfurt's corners - and the Filmmuseum lets us with its<link http: deutsches-filminstitut.de blog lange-oscar-nacht-2015 _blank> "Long Night of the Oscars" again starting at 11 pm - although I don't even know who to root for in this selection. At the big Oscar®-tipping game the visitors can prove their oracle-qualities themselves. The person with the most correct tips will win a Lufthansa flight in Premium Economy Class for two to L.A.! Those who dream of a guest role in their favourite film can have themselves beamed into a wide selection of films or to the stars on the red carpet in the film studio with the help of bluescreen technology - gladly in a "red carpet outfit", which the CATWALK make-up artists will stage in style with free professional make-up and Oscar®-worthy hair styling. Personally, though, my favorite part of the program is the "Staying Power Breakfast" at 3am. Reminds me of the night shoot at the Taunusvilla.
The Film Museum also entices you with creative film ideas in March, because that's when there's something really crazy to see: The Leo Kuelbs Collection from New York "Reflective/Perspective" is a video exhibition with artists such as the co-founder of the Berlin Loveparade, Danielle de Picciotto and the -music fans beware- guitarist of the Einstürzende Neubauten, Alexander Hacke. The special thing about the art shows: The room in which the projection takes place extends over 14 meters high on four floors - so the viewer does not watch the projections in landscape format, contrary to cinematic viewing habits. This makes for a particularly exciting experience.
The director of the film "Wann endlich küsst du mich?" found it particularly exciting in Frankfurt, who at first had no real idea of the city, as she said, and was then quite enthusiastic about its possibilities. I was also enthusiastic about my work as an extra at the airport. At terminal 1 in the morning at 7.45 o'clock I went into the make-up, in a caravan. Arrival A1 was completely closed off for the day and all arriving passengers were diverted to A2. Organisationally this worked flawlessly given the large airport, so "Hollywood am Main" is <link http: www.fnp.de lokales frankfurt _blank>an excellent address in every respect.
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