Where is looper filmed

A man who would kill for his wife. A boy, angry and alone. Laid out in front of him, the bad path. I saw it. And the path was a circle. Round and round. So I changed it. Sign In. Play trailer Action Drama Sci-Fi. Director Rian Johnson. Rian Johnson. Top credits Director Rian Johnson. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer International Version.

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Watch options. Storyline Edit. Johnson noted that someone contacted him and told him the diner was still standing after Hurricane Isaac, which had occurred a few weeks past. I realized it might be possible for me to find out where this place was and go check it out.

I had since moved to New Orleans and had a free day. It seemed like a fun way to spend the afternoon and get some cool pictures from a film I really enjoyed. Johnson mentioned Thibodeaux, Louisiana as the filming site in that same article. I went to IMDB. Doing research showed that Thibodeaux was about an hour away from New Orleans, while Napoleonville was 25 minutes away from Thibodeaux.

Looking at the maps, there was only one highway from the first town to the next, with nothing but farmland in-between. I tweeted Mr. Johnson around AM, hoping that maybe he had some recollections about where they filmed. Not deterred, I continued driving through Thibodeaux until I reached Napoleonville where I turned my car around and started searching down different off-shoot roads.

I gave myself about 15 minutes to drive down each road and if it looked too deserted, I would abandon it for the highway and try again. Johnson had said in other interviews that locals would drive past the set to ask when the diner was opening, so I knew it had to be a road that people drove down on a regular basis. It also needed to be wide enough for equipment and film crews to get through, so this eliminated many small ditch roads.

Around PM, I received a call from my mother. She chastised me for wasting my gas and I swore to drive down only one more road. But while locals might be getting used to seeing the city shine on-screen, they'll have to look hard if they hope to glimpse any recognizable scenery in Johnson's film. That's because, as visually distinctive as New Orleans is, it doesn't play itself in "Looper.

Its not the first time the city has doubled for another, but it is a relatively recent phenomenon. Once upon a time, filmmakers would set up shop here only if their story included a fair amount of local flavor -- movies like " Interview with the Vampire " or "Angel Heart" or " Live and Let Die. In the decade since Louisiana's filmmaking tax incentives started luring productions to the state by the bushel, however, the city has burnished its reputation as a good location town by doubling convincingly for everything from Chicago to Los Angeles and from the outer boroughs to outer space.

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