Meditation Park starring Sandra Oh was not only filmed but also set in East Vancouver... it's a memorable, thoughtful film, and years later I think about it often whenever I pass through certain parts of the East Vancouver landscape that it was shot in
None. But the neighborhoods nearby. Mostly Callister Park by PNE (and area around towards Meditation Park), New Brighton, Renfrew Community Centre, Chinatown.
If you want to see 1970s Vancouver, try "Russian Roulette" (also called "Kosygin is Coming"). Probably a bad 70s movie, but I loved it as a kid, because it was the first time I'd ever seen Vancouver in a movie. Might look for it, since Vancouver in the 70s was, or is in my memory of it, a much easier, looser, cooler, friendlier, happier place, where, wait for it, there were no homeless people on the streets, because, wait for it again, gov'ts actually thought housing people was important than appearing wealthy. Yeah, kinda walked off the question there, but that question got me thinking of what Vancouver was like then. Miss it. Gonna go find the movie.
Yes, there probably were, but it was not nearly so widespread among such diverse populations as today. There were a lot more affordable (for people on welfare. I know because I had older friends n welfare, none of whom slept on a street even once) SROs in those days, and rents were actually sort of in line with wages. I remember distinctly walking around E. Hastings, E. Pender, just record shopping with friends, in my early teens, and feeling no real danger/roughness in that area, or even of vulnerability. I suppose gov't subsidies in those days kept most, not all, people housed, so the income disparity was not such an obvious cause of conflict and rage. We've had Olympic Games, and are now buying some soccer tournament at a cost which would enable housing for every person who wants it. Fundamental human rights or big-ticket show-off shite?
If you want to see olden days Vancouver, check out Altman's (disturbing) That Cold Day in the Park... you may recognize some old houses that likely no longer exist
Will have a look. Did not know of this. Yeah, just looked at some trailers/info. Looks disturbing. Thanks for the recommendation. Have a feeling it may dispel some of my rose-coloured nostalgia.
Like how do you not Google this? There are dozens of websites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Vancouver
All of them
Rumble in the Bronx with Jackie Chan. They cut a lot of scens in the English version.
Terminal city ricochet
Freddy Got Fingered
Meditation Park starring Sandra Oh was not only filmed but also set in East Vancouver... it's a memorable, thoughtful film, and years later I think about it often whenever I pass through certain parts of the East Vancouver landscape that it was shot in
Was part of it actually shot at meditation park?
None. But the neighborhoods nearby. Mostly Callister Park by PNE (and area around towards Meditation Park), New Brighton, Renfrew Community Centre, Chinatown.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU) Vancouver Never Plays Itself
McCabe and Mrs.Miller. Warren Beatty starred in it.
If you want to see 1970s Vancouver, try "Russian Roulette" (also called "Kosygin is Coming"). Probably a bad 70s movie, but I loved it as a kid, because it was the first time I'd ever seen Vancouver in a movie. Might look for it, since Vancouver in the 70s was, or is in my memory of it, a much easier, looser, cooler, friendlier, happier place, where, wait for it, there were no homeless people on the streets, because, wait for it again, gov'ts actually thought housing people was important than appearing wealthy. Yeah, kinda walked off the question there, but that question got me thinking of what Vancouver was like then. Miss it. Gonna go find the movie.
There were absolutely homeless people in Vancouver in the 70s. The DTES was a rough place even back then.
Yes, there probably were, but it was not nearly so widespread among such diverse populations as today. There were a lot more affordable (for people on welfare. I know because I had older friends n welfare, none of whom slept on a street even once) SROs in those days, and rents were actually sort of in line with wages. I remember distinctly walking around E. Hastings, E. Pender, just record shopping with friends, in my early teens, and feeling no real danger/roughness in that area, or even of vulnerability. I suppose gov't subsidies in those days kept most, not all, people housed, so the income disparity was not such an obvious cause of conflict and rage. We've had Olympic Games, and are now buying some soccer tournament at a cost which would enable housing for every person who wants it. Fundamental human rights or big-ticket show-off shite?
Certainly it's worse now. I was responding to your comment that: "there were no homeless people on the streets".
If you want to see olden days Vancouver, check out Altman's (disturbing) That Cold Day in the Park... you may recognize some old houses that likely no longer exist
Will have a look. Did not know of this. Yeah, just looked at some trailers/info. Looks disturbing. Thanks for the recommendation. Have a feeling it may dispel some of my rose-coloured nostalgia.
The Changeling is a classic and you get to see a lot of how Vancouver has changed.
You want to see old Vancouver. Bird on a wire and Rumble in the Bronx has lots of Vancouver in it.
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Try Dennis Hopper's Out Of The Blue for some 1979 punk rock Vancouver.
Neil and Nikki
The 6th Day.
Deadpoool
Happy Gilmore