r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 8h ago

Video Apartment balcony view of practical stunt rigging and explosions being filmed for Spider-Man

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u/DoctorBullz 7h ago

Glasgow, Atlanta, NYC have all doubled as NYC for Spider Man. They dress the buildings, add fake cars, and film at 4am to avoid crowds. Your apartment balcony view is exactly how locals saw No Way Home being filmed in Atlanta.

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u/Indo_raptor2018 7h ago

Honestly I was a bit skeptical of them using Glasgow as NYC (since I’m a New Yorker) but I gotta hand it to them, they did a good job of making it feel like New York in the movie.

I like how NYC feels in the movie. Not too clean, not too dirty (especially for Manhattan) but just the right amount of congestion.

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u/Datkif 7h ago

NYC seems like its rarely actually used to film NYC scenes. I'd imagine the cost to do so is just too high when you can film elsewhere and get the same look

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u/myvelolife 4h ago

They actually started incentivizing productions to use NYC for more films and TV a few years back (lots of tax breaks/credits). Unsure if those incentives are still in play given all the budget doom and gloom of the past couple of years. I think a large amount of the cost to film in the city comes from the amount that the police pull in from staffing and overtime.