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Very interesting review of it in the NYT.

I had to laugh at your comment. I lived in Phoenix for quite a while and the "critics" trashed everything that wasn't one of the 'mainstream blockbuster-shoot everyone-blow everything up' movies, so it doesn't surprise me that they trashed this one.
Is that the library downtown you're standing in front of in your profile photo? That's such a great library.

Another film shot here is The Feast of Love, with Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear. It was filmed at The Fresh Pot in No. Po. It came out last September, but I haven't seen it yet.
For non-Portlanders, I wouldn't pay full-price for Untraceable, but it's worth a early afternoon (lower price) ticket. The beginning is a bit slow, with lots of filler shots of people walking, etc. Luckily, in the second half, the pace picks up, and you really get into it. I thought the script and conceit were creative, and I enjoyed the indie choices in terms of plot.

Portland is great for filming movies, there's so much character here. A few years ago a movie, that ended up coming out just on video I think, was being filmed across from my office in the Pearl. It was fun to walk over on my lunch hour and watch all of the behind the scenes work. The working title was Donut Hole, but I heard they changed the title; the main people were Kathy Najimy and Peter Pace. I never did check it out.

By the way, if you're at all interested, I run a blog at 97217.net for my neighborhood. There's a longer review of Untraceable there.


No, the picture if not of the library -- just an unidentified office building downtown Phx. My daughter took the shot while studying photography in H.S. She went for the reflection of the sky in the glass on the building. Nice, isn't it!
I could have sworn that I saw Colin Hanks downtown one afternoon. But then I laughed and thought, no, he looks like most every young man in Portland.