A week ago when I heard that a movie would be filming on my street (at the house you see in the photo) I got a little excited. I thought it would be cool to catch a glimpse of a star or two and see what a production looked like in action.
Well, that feeling is gone. Filming began early this morning and it's not as wondrous as I would have liked. First I woke up to find my high speed internet crawling at the speed of dial-up. News sites took forever to load and trying to send and receive emails was a chore. I suppose no one told Comcast there'd be a sudden spike in usage in Roxbury.
Anyway, I took my camera with me to work figuring that I could at least get some shots of the filming and perhaps a star. When I saw Ben Affleck get out of a car, I pulled out my camera but was swiftly told that photography was not allowed. No explanation was given, but I suppose it's to prevent leaks. Still, aren't I allowed to take photos from a public street? I wasn't even sure if the street was still "public" since the crew was using both sides for two blocks. I live and work on the same street but had to ask to walk through since there was no space allocated as a public thoroughfare and no previous notice that pedestrians might not be allowed to pass through.
That house is awesome.
Posted by: asdf | Monday, April 13, 2009 at 06:06 PM
Inconvenient and you don't get to take photos which is what you do! Something ain't right.
Posted by: Can-Can | Monday, April 13, 2009 at 08:46 PM