{"id":43,"date":"2018-03-16T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2018\/03\/16\/five-films-featuring-the-bradbury-building\/"},"modified":"2018-03-16T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:30:00","slug":"five-films-featuring-the-bradbury-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2018\/03\/16\/five-films-featuring-the-bradbury-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Films Featuring&#8230;the Bradbury Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">This week&#8217;s Five Films Featuring comes from Media\/Tech teammate Kit Crawford! Take it away Kit!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">***<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">Watching movies is not just about what goes on with the characters on the screen, but can sometimes be just as enthralling with what goes on the in the background. Considering how much is CGI these days in film it can be fascinating seeing slices of real life in older films. Whether it&#8217;s viewing 1980&#8217;s U St. in Mr. T\u2019s early film <i>D.C. Cab<\/i>(1983),&nbsp; watching Kevin Costner run from a non-existent Georgetown metro station in <i>No Way Out<\/i> (1987), or L.A.\u2019s famous Randy\u2019s Donuts that appears in numerous movies, including <i>Iron Man 2<\/i> (2010) and <i>Dope<\/i> (2015). This week\u2019s list pays homage to another \u2018cinematic fetish location,\u2019 the iconic Bradbury Building: an ordinary brick office building at 3<sup>rd<\/sup> and Broadway in downtown L.A.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-SLXxGLNNbhQ\/WqmHW3iY8dI\/AAAAAAAAAqg\/zaQIUJQxo3EzHYRJIYRfHm8-ug3GYevHQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/6955142076_458a0bfa83_k.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-SLXxGLNNbhQ\/WqmHW3iY8dI\/AAAAAAAAAqg\/zaQIUJQxo3EzHYRJIYRfHm8-ug3GYevHQCLcBGAs\/s320\/6955142076_458a0bfa83_k.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>1. M [1951 US remake] (Streaming Video)<\/h3>\n<h3>2. Shockproof (DVD 7204)<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>3. The Artist (DVD 10193)<\/h3>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xHPPl2eWteU\/WqmIH8PsHJI\/AAAAAAAAAqo\/wB7Mr2GL6kMCfsLMN-lhzdoVvvqN4MPBgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0163007a5d2d970d-600wi.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xHPPl2eWteU\/WqmIH8PsHJI\/AAAAAAAAAqo\/wB7Mr2GL6kMCfsLMN-lhzdoVvvqN4MPBgCLcBGAs\/s320\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0163007a5d2d970d-600wi.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0163007a5d2d970d-600wi\" style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/><\/a>4. Marlowe (VHS 4877)<\/h3>\n<div>A VHS I know, but Bruce Lee kicks apart furniture in front of James Garner like a bad ass.<\/div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gy1QdSi79Ys\" style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/><\/a>5. Blade Runner (DVD 1064)<\/h3>\n<p>Famously rendered as J.F. Sebastian\u2019s decrepit apartment building and the climactic roof fight. <\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">Runner Ups: <i>Disclosure<\/i> (DVD 10714) relevant in today\u2019s #metoo work culture, and <i>(500) Days of Summer<\/i> (DVD 8533) At the end when Joseph Gordon-Levitt goes in for a job interview.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 0px\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Five Films Featuring comes from Media\/Tech teammate Kit Crawford! Take it away Kit! *** Watching movies is not just about what goes on with the characters on the screen, but can sometimes be just as enthralling with what goes on the in the background. 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