Movies help us forget the hustle and bustle of everyday life, relieve stress, and provide life lessons and inspiration.
But sometimes, it's not uncommon for the overwhelming scenery or beautiful background to remain in the memory just as much as the content of the movie.
Also, because the background of a film affects the psychology of the main character, the development of the story, and the atmosphere of the film, the filming location of a film is considered just as important as the main character or plot.
Once the story of the film is set, the location becomes a completely different, 'meaningful' place than before.
This is why people want to visit there to take pictures or relive the emotions of the movie.

In this book, the author, a travel writer, introduces twenty-five carefully selected films and the filming locations around the world that served as their backdrops.
From Hitchcock's classic thrillers to more recent masterpieces like [The Revenant], [The Lunchbox], and [Parasite], period pieces like [The Piano], road movies like [Thelma & Louise] and [The Motorcycle Diaries], science fiction, romantic comedies, artistic thrillers, spy films, fables, action films, and sports films, the genres and eras are diverse.
The regions are also diverse, including Europe, the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Australia, Asia, and Africa.


The author explains the film's plot, the story behind its production, and filming episodes, along with the political, geographical, and historical characteristics of the filming locations.
Over 70 pages of captivating, colorful, and colorful illustrations are enough to draw readers into the film.

When we encounter a particularly impressive and attractive location in a movie, we feel the urge to jump into it.
Among them are natural wonders, interesting folk villages, and mysterious otherworldly places.
A single film can provide an unprecedented boost to a region's tourism industry. Think of New Zealand, where The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed, or Thailand's Phi Phi Islands, made famous by The Beach.
What about Salzburg, the setting of the musical film [The Sound of Music]?
It is a well-known fact that 75 percent of American tourists visiting Salzburg are fans who want to reminisce about this classic masterpiece.

There are also cases where people look for specific locations to experience famous scenes from movies.
Good examples include pilgrims from When Harry Met Sally ordering "what she's eating" at Katz's Deli in New York, or Harry Potter fans desperately trying to ride the Jacobite Steam Railway (aka the Hogwarts Express) in Scotland.
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Guillermo del Toro, director and writer of the film [Pan's Labyrinth], weaves together the reality of Spain, a country rife with violence under the fascist regime, and the fairytale world imagined by a young girl.
Throughout the film, eerie scenes flash by like a revolving lantern.
The protagonist, Ofelia (played by Ivana Baquero), moves to a mountain village with her pregnant mother.
Because his new father, Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez), a member of the Falange party, is stationed there.
Thrown into a barbaric barracks isolated from the outside world, Ophelia is immediately drawn into a world of fantasy, moving between the realms of reality and fantasy, encountering different monsters on both sides.
-Spain, Belchite/Guadarrama Mountains
--- p.40~42

Surrounded by winding streets, romantic bridges, and tall towers, this city looks like something out of a fairy tale.
Old houses with gable roofs are built close together, the sound of horses' hooves echoes through the streets, and swans gracefully glide across the calm waters of the canal.
It is a perfect magical kingdom that would make even Disney cry, but the movie that will unfold here is not a Disney animation but [In Bruges] (directed by Martin MaDonagh).
Unfortunately, this heavenly city becomes hell for some.
When rookie hitman Ray (Colin Farrell) accidentally kills an innocent boy during his first mission, he goes into hiding in Bruges with his senior, Ken (Brendan Gleeson).
-Belgium, Bruges
--- p.56~58

A desert burning like a furnace.
Beyond the horizon, where hot air billows and sandstorms swirl, a dark dot appears.
It shimmers faintly like a mirage.
A small dot gradually grows bigger.
In the silence of the village, only the soft, persistent sound of hooves kicking up sand continues.
The figure of a man riding a camel slowly, almost suffocatingly, approaches the screen.
It takes almost an eternity to recognize the face of a stranger.
The audience just has to wait and get used to it.
Here, time, temperature, distance, and even human life flow at a completely different rhythm.
David Lean's [Lawrence of Arabia] has all the makings of an epic: a wondrous heroic tale, an overwhelming scale, a running time of 210 minutes, and a vast setting with no end in sight.
-Jordan, Wadi Rum
--- p.103~104

Mumbai is bustling wherever you go.
This megacity of 12 million people is home to both the rich and poor of India, living in a bustling atmosphere.
It is a city of turmoil and conflict, a city of monsoon rains and scorching heat, a city crushed by crowds yet filled with loneliness.

Director and writer Ritesh Batra has created a charming yet modern romance set in this city.
When Mumbai's famous lunchbox delivery service, dabbawala, suffers from a rare delivery error, Ila (Nimrat Kaur), who is suffering from her husband's indifference, and Saajan (Irrfan Khan), a taciturn widower, begin exchanging letters through lunchboxes and develop a pure love for each other.
-Mumbai, India
--- p.112~114

The Kim family tricks the naive Park family into giving them jobs.
He ascended to the higher world and began to mingle with the upper class.
You literally have to climb to get there.
In that sense, director Bong Joon-ho described [Parasite] as a ‘staircase movie.’
The most symbolic example of this is the Jahamun Tunnel Stairs located in Jongno-gu, the heart of Seoul.
When an unexpected incident occurs at the Park family's mansion, the Kim family flees and descends the long, gloomy stairs in the pouring rain.
After passing through a dark tunnel, they arrive at their semi-basement house, which has been flooded by heavy rain.
This is the moment when the gap between the rich and the poor is most clearly contrasted.
-Seoul, South Korea
--- p.135

[The Revenant] (directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) tells a story of tragedy, adversity, revenge, and perseverance set in the harsh nature of the Rocky Mountains.
Primitive and simple, it explains more through silence than through words.
The interplay of the wandering camera work and the mountain landscape, and the beauty and violence of nature illuminated by the ever-changing light, are the true protagonists of this film.
It's no surprise that cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
-Canada, Alberta
--- p.162

[The Motorcycle Diaries] is the story of Ernesto Guevara before he became the legendary revolutionary 'Che'.
In 1952, Ernesto traveled a distance of 8,000 kilometers with Alberto Granado and left behind a diary.
The film is a road movie depicting the growth of two young people based on this record.
The two travel to another country for the first time and cause all kinds of trouble.
But in the process, he gradually opens his eyes to the inequalities in society and gains a new perspective on the South American continent and himself.
-Peru, Cusco/Machu Picchu

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