Actual cities, the most densely populated zones in our word, are obvious choices for story settings. Filming in them comes with some practical challenges attached, given how much IRL activity there is to accommodate; nonetheless, the film industry makes it work. Main prompt: What is your favorite instance of a real-world city playing itself in a movie or TV show?

Bonus: What cities would you like to see depicted more often in film?

Believability Bonus: Vancouver famously subs for other North American cities on a frequent basis–what films or shows have fooled you into believing that they were set in a different city from the one in which they were filmed? When have you been most distracted by not being fooled?

🎥 _{Header: Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) in front of Chicago’s city hall in 1993’s The Fugitive, credit to Movie Tourist‘s page on location shooting for that film.}