What's the Best San Francisco Movie? A (Sorta) Heated Debate

Bay Curious

KQED

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Listener Ben Kaiser loves watching films shot and set in San Francisco, and is looking for some recommendations. This episode features Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle culture critic, and host of the Total SF podcast; and Carly Severn, KQED's resident movie obsessive and senior engagement editor. Additional Reading and Listening: Share your favorite Bay Area movies in our Facebook discussion QUIZ: How Many of These Bay Area Movie Locations Can You Spot? Subscribe to the Total SF podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Listen to The Cooler podcast archive: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Jim Bennett. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:03.0	Hey everyone, I'm Olivia Allen Price, and this is Bay Curious.
0:07.0	Let's get right to it and meet this week's question-asker.
0:10.0	My name is Ben Kaiser, and believe it or or not I live in Atlanta, Georgia.
0:14.0	Ben visited San Francisco for the first time four years ago and as soon as he got here he felt a connection.
0:21.0	Sort of seemed like I had been there before or that I belonged there and I just absolutely
0:29.1	fell in love with it.
0:30.8	And I've been back in four years, probably nine or ten times.
0:36.1	That's a lot of flights between Atlanta and SFO.
0:39.4	Now, when Ben can't be here,
0:41.3	he's found a way to visit without leaving his living room.
0:45.0	Because I don't live in San Francisco, I want to be connected to it as much as I possibly can.
0:52.0	One of the ways is watching movies shot there.
0:56.5	Anything that can transport it here,
0:58.4	even if only for a few hours.
1:01.0	Ben's seen a lot already, but wants more so he came to Bay Curious.
1:05.6	I asked what were some of the movies set in San Francisco that were actually shot in
1:09.5	San Francisco and which ones are your favorites or your recommendations.
1:15.0	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company,
1:19.0	still family owned, operated, and argued over.
1:23.0	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold
1:26.0	and taste how trailblazing runs in the family.
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