Participants: Josh Pomponio (L) Wm. Paterson U.; Katherine Picariello, NYU; Marlee Roberts, NYU; Scott Schuler, NYU; Stephanie Wong, Rutgers; George Itzhak, NYU (missing from the photo: Lindsay Rassmann, Montclair State; Charlie Redd, NYU; Nicole Rosen, Drexel U;) click image for full view. The NYU contingent was from the Tisch School of the Arts. Paul Goldfinger photo Blogfinger.net.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net. Note comments below:
On Sunday May 5, 2013 we had nine short films screened at the 2nd Annual Blogfinger Film Festival.
Paul introduces the Festival program. 5/5/2013. The NYU hat is to honor professional film makers from that school who made movies in the Grove: Woody Allen, David Chase, and Marlee Roberts. Also the Sopranos and others filmed in OG. Eileen Goldfinger photo.
And given the anticipation of the Festival, how could we not recall the making of a famous movie in the Grove over thirty years ago? It was then that Woody Allen included Ocean Grove in his film “Stardust Memories.” He said that “Stardust” is one of his favorites among his many triumphs.
From Woody Allen—Music From His Movies, Vol 2, here is the Glenn Miller Orchestra (from Stardust Memories) with “Moonlight Serenade.”
“Earthly Possessions” starring Susan Surandon and “City By The Sea” starring Robert DeNiro were both shot in Ocean Grove.
Rich: You are correct, but Greta said, in that movie, that Ocean Grove is where you go to die. It also was an awful film. They made Asbury Park look like a life threatening ghetto. At the Blogfinger Film Festival, we were talking about films made by NYU grads. The thing about Greta was that they actually identified the town as Ocean Grove. The others did not.
As much as the number of films that have been made in and around Ocean Grove “According to Greta” shows the most familiar locations around the Grove and Asbury that ” a walking tour” could be had. Of course the scene with the Greta character (Hilary Duff) on the pier is gone forever, except in the film, as Sandy has claimed that location. No matter what always great to see the Grove on film.