Canada

It is absolutely fascinating to visit the 'circus' - the staging area for all of the set trucks and equipment trucks, if you can get past the security. I remember one set in downtown Hamilton, Ontario back a few years, where they 'blew up' a car after a car chase. On the main street through a few blocks of downtown Hamilton. The thing is, they 'blew up' that car several times, in several takes. They also did the car chase in several 'rehearsal' takes before the actual 'take'. Fascinating seeing the same cars weaving through the same traffic time after time, each one exactly the same. Speed through the scene, stop, back up, and do it all over. Each time increasing the speed. Stunt men hanging out the window. All the street signs changed to American streets. Even the background 'advertising' billboards were changed to American brands. Strange seeing a billboard for an American brand in downtown Hamilton. That was before SFX. The shoot was at night, no traffic, but the lights they brought in made it as bright as day. They needed their own generators to produce enough power for the huge banks of lights. All for a few seconds of actual movie.