Another summer of tentpoles lensed elsewhere

September 03, 2008 If the summer movies now fading from the screen had collectively sent a postcard to the City of Angels, it would have read, "Having a great time, wish you were here." Would-be summer blockbusters, with their "take audiences to places they've never seen before" ethos, tend to shoot all over, including such big filmic centers as London, Toronto and Berlin. Among the studios, Sony/Columbia shot the biggest majority of its movies in the world's movie capital.

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