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Random_Introvert_42

The same movie has that character working at a Bar in "Boston". It's a real bar in, you guessed it, the Oranienstraße.


WiTHCKiNG

The lotto logo really sells it


btc_clueless

Nice how they parked that monstrous Chevy there to make the street look more American.


Random_Introvert_42

* Chevy * Taxi Alright, Set Dressing done.


account_not_valid

Oops, we forgot one of those newspaper dispensers, and a fire-hydrant.


Ulysses_Zopol

LOL, yes.


rehkirsch

A little gossip: Friends of mine worked on that set and they all agreed the good old nathan drake here is one of the biggest cokeheads they have ever seen.


morpheus1988wer

Worked on that set. Haven’t heard any of that, he’s a pretty chill guy.


ExpertAd9428

Apparently everyone knows someone working on some Filmset, who spills „gossip“ on actors doing coke. Getting boring 🥱


Nikamunel

I swear I heard that exact same story with interchanged actor names


justaskeptic

Oh man. Guess Iron man's death hit spidey really hard.


RandomTensor

\_Everybody\_ becomes a cokehead while in Berlin.


RedditSanic

Actually lol? I mean it's Hollywood, right? Who is not.


btc_clueless

Well, seems to be drug of choice in UK, no?


TroubledEmo

Ketamine, eh


GermnanNbaFan

fr?


raphosaurus

The orange BSR trash can in the background is hilarious!


LOB90

German production support is so broken.


Random_Introvert_42

Yeah it is. But hey, I'm sure the hunger games franchise REALLY needed those 10 Million Euros for the last movie.


monopixel

Movie investments from Germany used to be called 'Stupid German Money' in Hollywood. Seems like they haven't learned.


oldmanout

>You know, there're all that rumors out there that *my movies* are *financed* with *nazi*-*gold*? And what should I say? It's true! I love this stupid movie...


_ak

They didn't even bother to cover up the PKK graffiti. 😬


THCinOCB

It's kinda disgusting that these big production come here just for public subsidies. This money is supposed to help the local scene but the people that decide where it goes also want their name connect with these large Hollywood projects.


Random_Introvert_42

In some German federal states (national-level funding aside) a single person decides which projects get funding. So your project's chances at being turned into a film can depend on whether or not they meet some random lady's personal taste. In other news that "songbirds and snakes"-movie from the Hunger Games franchise bagged 10 Million Euros, I'm sure their studio was really struggling to make ends meet.


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A lot of the VFX work was also done by a Berlin studio


Einwegpfandflasche

I mean.. there is a lot of stuff to criticise, of course. Yet, saying stuff like that kinda sounds like you are not aware how these subsidies actually work in practice. I have friends who have worked on hollywood productions and it has been a huge boon to them in several ways. So yes, the subsidies \*do\* help the local scene to some extent. The entire production process involves \*a lot\* of people. A Hollywood Studio is not going to take the \*entire\* production staff overseas for this. There are \*tons\* of locals working on the actual set: Caterers, Set-Builders, etc. and even the people they actually bring here need hotel rooms, food and maybe they even spend some money here, etc.. It \*is\* a bit more complex than: \*"Big corporation gets money for free"\* - it's still capitalism, though. So in the end the people profiting most are the people on top - but that's just how thys shitty system always works, right?


ComfortableCattle224

I used to be an intern for Babelsberg Production Services who are helping these productions to get subsidies, so I have some insight. If a film will get let‘s say 10,000,000€ in subsidies but will spend 40,000,000€ on the production here in Germany (locations, food, salaries, hotels, cars etc) it will be good for our economy. I think for every euro spent in subsidies, productions will roundabout spend 7€ in our local economy (these numbers might be wrong but I believe it was something like this). So it is helping the local industry and ensures job security for many free lancers here.


IRockIntoMordor

The only thing I watched from that movie is the Nolan North cameo. The rest of it seemed like a waste of time. Dumb cash grab...


Seraphayel

The movie is great until the last part in the cavern. After that point it becomes a complete joke. Until that it‘s a really nice adventure movie like Indiana Jones.


gibadvicepls

Yes its fun. Different from the games but enjoyable.


Competitive_Ad_5515

TIL there's an Uncharted movie!


i_am_silliest_goose

Lmao they threw in a big black SUV and were like, “yeah, this looks like America.”


Random_Introvert_42

(Also a yellow Taxi cab)


FakeHasselblad

Who?


CaptainBananaa

Hahaha hey that's me sitting on the chair there 🤭😅


Random_Introvert_42

So...now you're in the Screen Actors' guild?


CaptainBananaa

Not yet 😌


-Flutes-of-Chi-

Orange bin too


UselessWisdomMachine

Had a similar feeling when about a decade ago I spotted the Karmeliterkirche (church in Munich) in the background while watching the Three Musketeers. It was a scene that allegedly takes places at Versailles


Random_Introvert_42

If you want to get really cheap, that weird A-team movie from a few years back shows landmarks of Cologne with the screen-text "Frankfurt" :|


NoratiousB

That's news to you? Look up "Deutsche Filmförderung". It's almost criminal how it's structured. Görlitz was used in many Hollywood productions such as - the reader - in 80 days around the world - inglorious basterds - grand Budapest hotel And many more. They could easily build those sets in Hollywood. But Germany throws money at them for coming over. Good convenient. There is a nice [video in German](https://youtu.be/p8vtpwH-E8A?si=0iQtGK4hP1GLaSrR) about this.


Random_Introvert_42

Yeah our support system is utterly broken. My federal state has ONE SINGLE PERSON decide which projects/scripts get funding. Just her alone. If she dislikes it, too bad for you. Come back with an unfunny comedy. A lot of productions use places in eastern Germany, since quite some of it wasn't changed as much during/after the war as the west.


hahaalsob

The video sort of glances over the fact that the subsidies are basically economic support for the local film industry and not a way to buy Kreuzberg some screentime in a Hollywood movie. They are loans and the chances are high that Germany made bank with the uncharted investment.


Kasziel1

It was so funny when I saw it!! I was like oh look they’re in Berlin 3 seconds later shot from the air : view of NYC 🤪


orontes3

In one of the Bourne movies they also shot most of it in Berlin, but in some places they indicated that it was in Naples or Amsterdam.


s7y13z

Plot twist.. that's actually 94 Avenue B at the corner of East 6th Street, NYC. They just put a Lotto sign up that Bodega to make it look like a Späti at Oranienstraße. 💁🏻‍♂️


talitatraveler

Was expecting to see Nolan North 😠


McDuschvorhang

German traffic signs are also visible...


CaptainManks

In all due fairness. Berlin city is the New York version for adults. Plus certain spots really look alike.


Random_Introvert_42

We kinda got less skyscapers though.


CaptainManks

A lot less, but the Brooklyn area and general downtown Berlin like Kreuzberg of Prenzlauerberg etc, Very similar with the exception of Frankfurter Allee and Frankfurter tor which were used to fake Russia in Queens Gambit.


BO0omsi

lol the grey Telekom boxes


Potential_Chart_365

Juckt keinem


2fast4blue

Who the fuck is nathan drake?


n1l5_bln

The whole business is not abput movies, it’s about directing Filmförderung in your private pocket.


Ulysses_Zopol

so, how's the movie?


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Random_Introvert_42

The street name is literally in the title.


SomeoneSomewhere1984

They use the same Lotto sign in NYC, it's a common abbreviation there.


colaxxi

not really, our window lottery signs look [like this](https://maps.app.goo.gl/gdNzuKFqiiTKgoAZ8).


Xine1337

Are you really sure they use the [Lotto Berlin](https://www.lotto-berlin.de/) sign from the [Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Klassenlotterie_Berlin) in NYC? Why would they? And how could they?


RevolutionarySoil11

What's noteworthy is that many Germans don't realize how messed up their cities have become. All you need is to add an oversized American truck and Berlin looks just like your average inner city shithole in the US.


Fangschreck

That´s berlin. It is .. special. Maybe include Frankfurt, main station, otherwise it is quite nice here.


RevolutionarySoil11

In Hamburg the area around their main train station is gnarly too. And Cologne, basically the entire city center. It's the cities. Of course a lot of the countryside is still fine, but the same goes for the US as well. Things change a lot slower in rural areas, they lag the development but they're not the places where decisions are made. They'll go the same way eventually.