ALBUQUERQUE

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35°04.459’N 106°38.989’W When we first embarked on this project, our goal was to create a book of images reflecting the many looks of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

This collection was to be primarily a tool, providing visual information for location managers and producers seeking a city in which to shoot their films. With New Mexico’s wonderful tax incentive and loan programs, we felt this would be a helpful and far reaching tool to start that process – an armchair guide to Albuquerque that would inspire film professionals to book that flight and check us out.

We gave the approach to this project considerable thought and instead of just procuring a group of great imagemakers we decided to look at the city cinematically, from one person’s point of view. Oh! what we discovered. Frankly, even we were surprised at the results. As a matter of fact, people who have lived in Albuquerque all of their lives are surprised at what we captured.

So let your imagination take you through this wonderful Southwest city and don’t be surprised if you too discover the East Coast, the beautiful South, the arid desert Southwest, southern California, the Midwest, New England, the south of France, Tuscany , Spain, Morocco and many other places. The journey is lim- ited only by your imagination.

Albuquerque? Yeah, Albuquerque! [ 2 ]

The cinema is something between art and life.

- John Huston

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When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

- Steven Spielberg

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All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

- Charlie Chaplin

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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.

- Orson Welles

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When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion.

- Ingmar Bergman

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We do not own this place, we are just passengers.

- Robert Redford

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We are in the transport business. We transport audiences from one place to another.

- J e r r y B r u c k h e i m e r

35°25.958’N 106°31.848’W X E D N I C I H P A R G O T O H P [ 1 ] Rail Yard, Barelas Neighborhood [ 23 ] 18th Hole, Albuquerque Country Club [ 45 ] Tattoo Parlor, Nob Hill [ 67 ] Shady Path, Los Poblanos Ranch, North Valley

[ 2 ] Public Art, Downtown [ 24 ] Ball Field, Isotopes Park [ 46 ] Decorated Adobe, Old Town [ 68 ] Country Lane, North Valley

[ 3 ] Metropolitan, Downtown [ 25 ] Outdoor Amphitheater, Rio Grande Zoo [ 47 ] Interior, Tijuana Bar, Corrales [ 69 ] Casa Rondeña Winery, North Valley

[ 4 ] Artichoke Cafe, EDO [ 26 ] Giraffe, Rio Grande Zoo [ 48 ] Alley, Downtown [ 70 ] Stone Facade, Casa Rondeña Winery, North Valley

[ 71 ] Interior, Casa Rondeña Winery, North Valley [ 5 ] Urban Living, Downtown [ 27 ] Mountain Lion, Rio Grande Zoo [ 49 ] Graffiti, UNM Neighborhood

[ 72 ] Terrace, Casa Rondeña Winery, North Valley [ 6 ] Greenhouse, Albuquerque Biopark [ 28 ] Caves, Albuquerque Biopark [ 50 ] Werner Gilchrest House, UNM Neighborhood

[ 73 ] Garden Courtyard, Albuquerque Country Club [ 7 ] Rail Yard Rafters, Barelas Neighborhood [ 29 ] The Galaxi Roller Coaster, Cliff’s Amusement Park [ 51 ] Werner Gilchrest Interior, UNM Neighborhood

[ 74 ] Pillared Walkway, Los Poblanos Ranch, North Valley [ 8 ] Glass Wall, Rail Yard, Barelas Neighborhood [ 30 ] Strong Man at the Galaxi, Cliff’s Amusement Park [ 52 ] Tijuana Bar, Corrales [ 75 ] Stately Home, Albuquerque Country Club [ 9 ] Modern Architecture, Downtown [ 31 ] Exterior, Isotopes Park [ 53 ] One Room House, Martinez Town [ 76 ] Swimming Pool, Albuquerque Country Club [ 10 ] Hyatt Building, Downtown [ 32 ] Sandia Motor Speedway, Far West Side [ 54 ] AAA Bail Bonds, North of Downtown [ 77 ] Horse Ranch, North Valley [ 11 ] Alvarado Transportation Center, Downtown [ 33 ] The Big I, Interstate 25 and Interstate 40 Interchange [ 55 ] Station 1, Downtown [ 78 ] Rio Grande at Alameda, North Valley [ 12 ] Federal Courtroom, Downtown [ 34 ] Albuquerque International Sunport [ 56 ] First Presbyterian Church, Downtown [ 79 ] Pond, Shady Lakes, North Valley [ 13 ] Old Albuquerque High School, EDO [ 35 ] Aztec Motel, Old Route 66, Nob Hill [ 57 ] Albuquerque Hotel Chapel, Old Town [ 80 ] Lotus Field, Los Poblanos Ranch, North Valley [ 14 ] Classroom, Valley High School [ 36 ] Vintage Storefront, Nob Hill [ 58 ] Grassy Cemetery, Sunset Memorial Park [ 81 ] Secluded Marsh, Shady Lakes, North Valley [ 15 ] Vintage Home, Walter Street, EDO [ 37 ] Nob Hill Shopping Center, Carlisle & Central [ 59 ] Marble Mausoleum, Sunset Memorial Park [ 82 ] Irrigation Canal, North Valley

[ 16 ] Brick House, EDO [ 38 ] Dining and Shopping Plaza, ABQ Uptown [ 60 ] Overgrown Cemetery, Corrales [ 83 ] Stand of Trees, Los Poblanos

[ 17 ] Classic American Home, Walter Street, EDO [ 39 ] Shopping Center Parking, ABQ Uptown [ 61 ] Fence & Field, Far South Side [ 84 ] Mountain Path, Sandia Mountains

[ 18 ] Family Bungalow, Nob Hill [ 40 ] Plaza, Albuquerque Old Town [ 62 ] Open Prairie, Far South Side [ 85 ] Snow in Wooded Area, Sandia Mountains

[ 19 ] [ 41 ] [ 63 ] Mission Style Home, Ridgecrest Area Shogun Restaurant, Nob Hill Open Barn, Los Poblanos Ranch, North Valley [ 86 ] View from the Top, Sandia Mountains

[ 20 ] Suburban Estate Home, Country Club Area [ 42 ] Exterior, The Artichoke Cafe, EDO [ 64 ] Farm Details, Los Poblanos Ranch, North Valley [ 87 ] Stone Shepherds House, Sandia Foothills

[ 21 ] Golf Course, Albuquerque Country Club [ 43 ] Mliton’s Diner, EDO [ 65 ] Bench by a Pond, Shady Lakes, North Valley [ 88 ] Lonely Highway, US 60 and Highway 47

[ 22 ] Highland Park, Press Club, Near Downtown [ 44 ] Kelly’s Brewery, Nob Hill [ 66 ] Tree-Lined Road, Los Poblanos Ranch, North Valley [ BACK] John Robert Damn, Northeast Heights PHOTOGRAPHIC INDEX S E T O N S ’ R E H P A R G O T O H P

S T I D E R C If a casual viewer of these images finds them attractive, intriguing PRODUCED BY Gail Smerigan for Albuquerque Studios or entertaining in any way, then that is a pleasant and gratifying by-product of my intentions. However, the intent was to do the very best to think as a cinematographer, a director, or a screenwriter and PHOTOGRAPHY include elements in each image that would stir the imaginations of Michael Barley these visionaries. In the case of the cinematographer, the opportunity to imagine a low to high crane shot, or the reveal of a slow dolly left DESIGN AND PRINTING or right at a specific time of day. For the director, to provide enough Don Mickey Designs, Inc. stimulation to enthusiastically block a shot or to envision multiple scenarios from a single location. For the screenwriter, to include the kinds of textures and visual elements that lead to the enrichment and amplification of a developing script. Only the surface has been scratched in this first effort. This city of Albuquerque is opulent with layers upon layers of diverse and intriguing locations and cultures for the industry. This has merely been an introduction.

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