Is there any place on the map where your senses can tingle enough to transport you mentally to any city or country in the world? Ask this question of Hollywood producers and they may provide Quebec, Canada’s largest province, as an appropriate answer.
In recent years, Quebec, with its wealth of cultural and architectural heritage, classical European style and diverse landscape, has adopted the appearance of many cities around the world under the creative eyes of the film industry. Quebec refers to cities of the past, present and future, evident in the variety of film genres that use their scenic qualities.
In 2007, the author boosted I’m not there introduced Brigham’s Quebec City as Dylan territory of the 1960s. Montreal played Minsk in The curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008. Director Steven Spielberg chose Montreal to play the role of Marseille in his film Catch Me If You Can and perhaps most impressively, Quebec donned the mask of the Earth’s core in Journey to the Center of the Earth. India, Beirut, Scotland, and New York are among the other Quebec people.
The aforementioned attributes, along with Quebec’s technologically advanced visual effects industry and ease of access to Canada from Hollywood, make the area a popular choice for film producers who would otherwise have to travel to Europe. ‘ real ‘and beyond for your productions.
Fans of the cult novel In the path of Jack Kerouac are undoubtedly aware that José Rivera has adapted the story for the big screen under the direction of Walter Salles and that it will be released this year. Jack Kerouac himself, whose real name is Jean-Louis Kerouac, was born into a French-Canadian family and therefore it seems appropriate that the city of Hull, in Quebec, serves as the setting for the film of his novel. In this case, Quebec pretends to be the working-class Denver of the 1940s.
In addition to Hollywood’s fervor for the province, Quebec has its own film industry with its own Jutra awards ceremony. Most of these productions are filmed in the French language of Quebec and are often more successful than Hollywood blockbusters with provincial natives who want to preserve their mother tongue.
The movie Incindia from Quebec French director Denis Villeneuve, where Montreal actually acts simply as Montreal, is nominated in the category of Best Foreign Film at this year’s Oscars. If you’ve been inspired by one of your favorite movie sets to visit foreign shores, Quebec may be a good starting point, a temporary backdrop to your own life.