Orson Welles used to say that Spain isn’t so much a country as a continent, due to its wide variety of unspoilt scenery, which is why he made so many films in Spain.
Cinema tourism is an undeniable fact; you only need to ask the delighted authorities in New Zealand, where they are still reaping the benefits of visitors attracted by the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Now a new initiative in Spain, a website containing articles about the locations used in over 460 films made wholly ly or partin Spain, has been launched to give Spain the added value needed to compete with other countries which also have attractive scenery, monuments and gastronomy.
www.silver-screen-spain.com has been created by English teacher and author Bob Yareham and webmaster and Telecommunications Engineer and software developer Juan Jose Cermeño. Working from Valencia they have created a guide to those tourists who will be delighted to find that Seville has not only wonderful restaurants and monuments but also practically all of the palaces and interiors used in Lawrence of Arabia.
Set-jetters can find Katherine Hepburn’s Troy (The Trojan Women 1971) in the tiny village of Atienza, Guadalajara, or Spielberg’s prisoner of war camp (Empire of the Sun) in Trebujena, Cádiz, or the location of the final scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Covarrubias, Burgos, although most of the other spaghetti westerns were of course shot in Almeria.
There are few important directors or stars that have not filmed in Spain, which may explain why Spanish actors (Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem) and directors (Amenabar, Almodóvar) are so successful today.
Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_27493.shtml#ixzz12FxCNmD6
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