The Film Tourist
LightNews LightNews
banner
filmtourist.bsky.social
The Film Tourist
@filmtourist.bsky.social
730 followers 620 following 320 posts
Watch The Film Tourist: https://www.youtube.com/@thefilmtourist?sub_confirmation=1 I follow back. What we do is an act of Film Preservation. Relive your favorite films and locations. Swim in nostalgia. Follow #FilmHistory to take part in this amazement.
Posts Replies Media Videos
filmtourist.bsky.social
Found the exact spot where Marty gets smacked by Lorraine’s dad. 🤣

🎬 Film: Back to the Future (1985)
🎥 Studio: Universal Pictures
📍 Location: 1727 Bushnell Avenue, South Pasadena, CA 91030
📅 Date Taken: May 27, 2025

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmHistory #movies
May 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Another snap of many from my trip to L.A. So much more to come!

🎬 Film: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
🎥 Studio: Paramount Pictures
📍 Location: 4160 Country Club Drive, Long Beach, CA 90807
📅 Date Taken: May 27, 2025

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmHistory #movies #art
May 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Trip to L.A. was successful. I went to Kirk's rock.

Location: Vasquez Rocks, Agua Dulce, CA
Film: Star Trek: TOS Episode "Arena"

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmHistory #movies #art #arena #TOS
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Was Jake Busey in Contact... the *good* guy? 😳

(Tries to take down the launch of an oligarch's spaceship.)

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #TheCinephiles
January 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
If you start playing our #HomeAlone video at exactly 11:43pm tonight- it'll match up directly with when I go to Grand Foods and match up with Kevin in the grocery aisle. Do it! 😛

Watch here! https://buff.ly/4fDaSO5

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmHistory #movies #art
December 31, 2024 at 8:04 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Home Alone House: Opening Credits Scene - Then & Now! Here's the McCallister family home from Home Alone! We visited all the locations and recreating 41 shots from the film.

Watch the full vid here: https://buff.ly/3VTSyJC

Repost to spread the holiday cheer! #HomeAlone #FilmHistory #FilmSky
December 24, 2024 at 10:59 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Relive the frantic rush of the McCallister family through O'Hare Airport in Home Alone! We visited all locations in our Monster Home Alone Locations video. Watch: https://buff.ly/3VTSyJC

Like, share, and subscribe for more film location comparisons. #HomeAlone #ChicagoMovieLocations #FilmHistory
December 24, 2024 at 7:07 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
We like a challenge here, John. We're not quitters!
December 13, 2024 at 10:56 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Serious #cinephiles only!

Reading now – check out 's Tico Romao's "Action Scenarios: The Essential Guide to Action in Film."

Here--> a.co/d/hBxTRh3

And then follow him @ticoromao.bsky.social

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmHistory #movies #bookclub
Graphic for the book Action Scenarios book.
December 10, 2024 at 2:47 AM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Because we love #TheBluesBrothers
Because we love #ChicagoFilm

We recreated 21 shots: Old Joliet Prison, Daley Plaza and more!

Check it out! www.youtube.com/@thefilmtour...

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmHistory #movies #art
Graphic thumbnail for a video called "I Re-lived The Blues Brothers"
December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Just connected with amazing #Cinema #YouTubers. Want to connect? Add your channel!

forms.gle/pESMf2nKL1QL...

@thereforereview.bsky.social @ryansmoviereviews.bsky.social @thereelrandom.bsky.social @jaylansalman.bsky.social @cinemarecall.bsky.social @chrisbungostudios.bsky.social

#FilmHistory
Graphic for Cinema and film youtubers network.
December 8, 2024 at 5:22 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
"Hold that plane!" - Peter McCallister

We take lining these things up very seriously. This took work.

Location: Terminal 3, O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois

We recreated *41 shots* from Home Alone (1990) here: youtu.be/jGKi4nL7vks

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmHistory #movies #art #homealone
side by side image of the home alone movie where they're running through ohare airport and an image from the current time. 2024
December 8, 2024 at 4:27 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
We're working to build the best #cinema and #film YouTubers network imaginable!

Add your channel here: forms.gle/TctXyCoqf5SF...

Then follow, and repost.

Together we'll build the most engaging #FilmHistory and Retro YT network. Can't hurt, right?

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #YouTube
December 7, 2024 at 11:00 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
We were there. In the land of John Hughes.

Watch the entire #HomeAlone adventure: youtu.be/jGKi4nL7vks

Location: Lincoln Ave. Winnetka, Illinois
Current image taken: Nov. 14th, 2024

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmHistory #movies #art #HappyHolidays
A side by side image of the Home Alone house in the movie and in November 2024.
December 6, 2024 at 9:04 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
🎬 "It's the end of the world!"

We caught this schoolhouse by happenstance when visiting Bodega, CA last year. Thank @thepastykid.bsky.social for inspiration!

• Location: Potter Schoolhouse, Bodega, California
• Filming Date: Spring 1962

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ #art #FilmHistory #hitchcock
Image of the schoolhouse from the movie The Birds and what it looks like today. Bodega, California.
December 6, 2024 at 12:45 AM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Exact. Same. Spot. #HomeAlone

Location: Grand Foods, Winnetka, Illinois
Taken: November 14, 2024

#art #moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #popculture
At Grand food center, Winnetka, Illinois where they filmed Home Alone
December 5, 2024 at 6:58 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
No really, our attention to detail in our #HomeAlone locations vid is something to behold.

Location: The Home, 671 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka, IL
👁️Watch👁️ the whole thing! youtu.be/jGKi4nL7vks

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmPhotography #nostalgia
December 5, 2024 at 12:59 AM
filmtourist.bsky.social
"𝐷𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 '𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚." - Old Man Marley

𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 the whole #HomeAlone location adventure: youtu.be/jGKi4nL7vks

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmPhotography #Chicagofilm #movies
December 4, 2024 at 10:39 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
 “𝐴𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑘𝑒𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒." - Ray

𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 300 E. 47th St., Bronzeville neighborhood, Chicago
See the entire #BluesBrothers locations adventure:

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: www.youtube.com/@thefilmtour...

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmPhotography #movies 🎬
300 E. 47th street, where Ray's Music Exchange used to be in the movie the Blues Brothers.
December 4, 2024 at 7:54 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
Time to share that #HomeAlone video? You know, where 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟒𝟏 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 from the film, like the one below? 

This location: Grace Episcopal Church in Oak Park, IL. Still in pristine condition - 34 years later.

[WATCH] youtu.be/jGKi4nL7vks

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmPhotography
December 3, 2024 at 11:49 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
This one was hard. So close. Camera location obscured by overgrowth. Had to dangle with selfie stick to get this image from the #Bluesbrothers.

Watch our entire recreation of *21 Shots* from the film:
youtu.be/JDPmqT8tg6A

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmPhotography @retroist.com
The bridge where the blues brothers ran the demonstrators off into the lake.
December 3, 2024 at 8:38 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
"We're on a mission from God." - Elwood Blues

I snapped this image on my Blues Brothers (1980) adventure, recreating more than *21 shots* from the film.

Watch the entire Blues Brothers Adventure!! youtu.be/JDPmqT8tg6A

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmPhotography
Old Joliet Prison, Joliet Illinois. Jake Blues coming out of the East Gate.
December 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM
filmtourist.bsky.social
This one's tough. Ray's Music Exchange is... not what it used to be. 😥

See all the #BluesBrothers locations on our latest adventure:

youtu.be/JDPmqT8tg6A

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ 🎬 #FilmLocations #FilmPhotography #Chicagofilm #movies
Ray's music exchange location from The Blues Brothers (1980). Chicago, Illinois
December 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
"Can you see the light?"

The church in Bronzeville, Chicago where they filmed the exterior of..... ?

Watch the whole #FilmLocations adventure here: youtu.be/JDPmqT8tg6A

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️
Pilgrim Baptist Church in South Side Chicago, where they filmed the exterior of Blues Brothers (1980).
December 1, 2024 at 10:14 PM
filmtourist.bsky.social
In creating our first #FilmLocations video, we visited the East Gate of #Joliet Correctional Facility. Ultimately- we collected dozens of shots from the film. Want to see them all?

[Watch!] youtu.be/JDPmqT8tg6A

#moviesky #filmsky 📽️ #📽️📍 #bluesbrothers
Image of: Joliet Correctional Center exterior, East Gate where Jake Blues was released. Joliet, Illinois. The Blues Brothers (1980)
December 1, 2024 at 9:02 PM