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Vancouver Never Plays Itself

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What it is

A video essay from Every Frame a Painting about Vancouver, a major film production city that almost never appears onscreen as itself. It shows clips of films and TV shot there that pass the city off as somewhere else.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a short, funny look at how cities stand in for other places on screen, and at the film industry's local effects.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “One of my favourite Youtube channels, Every Frame A Painting”

    Movies shot in Vancouver rarely set there

    crummy, 2019-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong”

  2. “There's also a much shorter, funnier one called "Vancouver Never Plays Itself”

    Shorter, funnier video on cities standing in for others

    JBlue42, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “Walking in L.A.”

  3. “it’s still an interesting demonstration of how a city is made to appear not to be itself on screen.”

    How a city is made to appear not itself on screen

    tobr, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “When Filming in New York, the City Is Always the Star”

  4. “Great Youtube video on this topic”

    Film industry's local business effects

    mynameisvlad, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “That time when I accidentally social engineered myself to a film set”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: video essay, vancouver, filmmaking, production design, cities on screen

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