{"id":1692,"date":"2006-10-24T15:18:28","date_gmt":"2006-10-24T23:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/10\/all_i_have_to_say_is_this_will_smith_vehicle_better_be_fucking_brilliant.html"},"modified":"2008-01-29T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T15:03:03","slug":"all_i_have_to_s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/10\/all_i_have_to_s.html","title":{"rendered":"All I Have To Say Is This Will Smith Vehicle Better Be Fucking Brilliant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part and parcel of the NYU experience is waiting for film crews to finish a take before you are allowed to continue on to class<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For the past few weeks, the line between day and night has been blurred in Washington Square Park: Enormous floodlights have lit up the park, making it glow from blocks away. Production equipment often sits unused in the day, and hundreds work through the night.<\/p>\n

This is the production scene of “I Am Legend,” starring Will Smith. The science-fiction action film, slated for release in fall 2007, is based on a 1954 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.<\/p>\n

But some NYU students say the excitement — which will end Friday when production moves to another part of the city — is backfiring.<\/p>\n

Though filming has been mostly at night, the park has been closed periodically during the day. At night, other lighting in the park often has to be turned off — while the lights from the production itself dominate.<\/p>\n

“The lights shine through my windows at night,” said Boris Tartakovsky, a Stern freshman living in park-adjacent Goddard residence hall. “They have just taken over Washington Square.”<\/p>\n

Steinhardt freshman Melanie Field said the production is cool, but the inconvenience isn’t.<\/p>\n

“The other day, it was raining, and a guy with a walkie-talkie said, ‘Wait five minutes, we’re filming,’ so I had to stand there in the rain waiting to go to class,” she said. “They may be filming, but I’m living.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also: “Big Willie Style” — Read: Two-Story Luxury Trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Location Scout: Washington Square Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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