Belated Blog

Well, I slacked off on updating the blog. My apologies. I didn't realize more people were interested. So, since the last one, we've been shooting in and around Bucharest. Our first location was actually across the street from our hotel, which was very convenient when arranging travel time. It meant we could get those extra minutes of sleep or breakfast, before going to work. We shot the interiors of the Yellowstar House and our heroes' apartment there. It was an amazing abandoned building, which you could tell, at one time was beautiful. The textures and details of the architecture was wonderful. The art department, again, created an incredibly realistic interior for both script locations. It was like being in a 1940's apartment.
After shooting there for three days, we moved to the CEC Bank, which was used for the Nazi headquarters, both interior and exterior. It was eerie walking around the corner on one of the city's busiest streets and seeing huge, garrison-size Nazi banners hanging from the balcony. Cars were slowing up, people stopping to talk and snap pictures. A very interesting day, shooting the exterior. We had Nazi trucks, with soldiers, 2 motorcycles with sidecars and a stunning, vintage, black Mercedes convertable. It was a fun day.
The next day we spent inside the bank for Col. Eichmann's office. The office was built with rich, dark wood, with a vaulted ceiling which had a lovely painting. Huge paintings of Romanian royalty hung on the walls and little treasures decorated the sideboards and desks.
Next, we moved to Snagov, where we are currently still shooting. It's outside Bucharest by 45 minutes, without traffic. Don't get me started on the traffic.... Let's just say...there's a lot.
Anyway, Snagov is where Castel Film is located, the studio where we are shooting a big portion of our script. On their backlot, there's a city street facade, which we are using for some of the Budapest street locations. Castel has created a facade of the Glass House, which is an important location in our film, hence the title. We've had people getting dragged out, beaten, shot, jumping in and out of vehicles...all kinds of madness.