The Toronto Star spent considerable effort this past weekend focusing on the Toronto film industry.
- Peter Howell wrote about "the paradox of Toronto that even while the city enjoys international recognition and acclaim for the annual Toronto International Film Festival, the burg can't catch a break when it comes to actually appearing as itself in movies. You are as likely to see the CN Tower in a Hollywood movie as you are the Abominable Snowman. It's almost inconceivable to think of a film being made in Paris without showing the Eiffel Tower. Yet Paris is rarely called upon to wear a mask the way Toronto so often is." (Left unasked is the question of whether the disguising of Toronto perhaps has something to with the fact that the most compelling visual of the city that Howell could come up with was in fact not a "visual" but the fact that we have a film festival every fall...)
- Philip Marchand profiled the post-production industry in the city.
- uber-producer Don Carmody offered his thoughts on Toronto's selling points for US studios and what else could be done to enhance the city's profile as a filmmaking destination.
- A graphic representation [.pdf] of declining film and TV spending in Toronto over the last eight years.
- A map of the Filmport facilities [.pdf].
- A nice graphic [.pdf] showing how soundstages are constructed.
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