Museyon Film + Travel Gets In Bruges

By Scott Macaulay On July 07, 2009

As you’ll know from our regular Movie City features, we at FilmInFocus like to travel. And, we like to think about movies while we’re doing so. Kindred spirits can be found at the Museyon Guides, who have just launched a series of lovely paperback guidebooks entitled Film + Travel. Pitched towards both the armchair traveler and cineastes with tickets and passports in hand, the books are beautifully designed, with stunning photographs arranged by country and text that’s perfectly laid out for the filmic flaneur. There are three books so far: Europe; North America, South America; and Asia, Oceania and Africa. We took a look at the Europe edition and were happy to see the wide range of references. Istanbul’s “answer to Soho,” the Asmalimescit neighborhood, is referenced in connection with Fatih Akin’s Head-On, while the traveler to Berlin is guided to retrace Jason Bourne’s steps from The Bourne Supremacy. There are occasional sidebars that go deeper. In one, director Martin McDonagh discusses the Bruges of In Bruges, noting the boys hotel and the Bell Tower, both of which feature prominently in the movie.

Priced at $15.95, the Museyon Guides Film + Travel series is in bookstores now.