I was walking around in Prague, on my way to check out a famous tattoo shop, slightly hung over from the drinks that I had with my hosts the night before. Then all of a sudden I stumbled upon this film set where some Chinese film crew were making a movie. The film was about some Chinese guys (I’m assuming they were the heroes of the story) and it had something to do with Nazis, so there was all these swastikas, men in Nazi-uniforms, old cars and other Nazi effects scattered all around.
Self-portrait with swastika and two actors
I thought to myself: “What the fuck is going on? I haven’t seen this many swastikas since I was in India. I probably need a drink soon…”
I know/knew that there’s this right-wing breeze oveer Europe these days, but dancing around with swastikas is a whole other story…
The whole situation felt slightly surrealistic. I hung around just long enough to shoot some photos and witness a car chase, but I didn’t ask what the movie was about. I assume that the Chinese guys won and the Nazis lost in the end…
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What a frighteningly bizarre scene to come across.
Can’t even imagine what that must have felt like … surreal, I guess. I know about those winds you mention, but hopefully there’s still a far cry from this. Great shots, though … in spite of your “hungoverness” 🙂
Yes, if there’s a wind now, I guess you could classify the Nazi era as a shit storm.
scary times …
I am sure I would have wondered WTF myself. Thank goodness it was just a movie. Sweet car though!
olalala, how lucky you were!!!! (green with envy 🙂
Haha, did you drink absinth? Neo-nazis are not such a rare sight here, but it’s usually not as elaborate as this film set.
Yes, of course I drank absinth! 😀 Had to drink some of it when I was in Prague – it’s obligatory. One day I started with gluewein for breakfast, mojitos for lunch, then had a few glasses of absinth before I met up with Teresa for drinks. By the time I met her I was already drunk and I probably must have scared the shit out of her. Haha 😀
Hahaha, I’m so angry with myself that I missed the Prague hook-up, could have been so much fun. Though I probably would remember nothing of it afterwards – because absinth.
Yes, that would have been fun. We could have scared Teresa even more! Max and Mara on an epic absinth infused psychotic rage in Praha! 😀 😀
LOL!! I never say LOL, but LOL 😀 I think you might be understimating Tereza. Czech girls might not be as fierce as Viking girls but we tend to be pretty resilient and scare-proof.
You did not seem drunk at all 🙂
What?!? I was borderline shit-faced. 😀
I can imagine that was — to say the least — a bit unsettling. Would have knocked me sideways, for sure.
Quite a shocker Max as I did see the photo but without the context of the setting! I like the series, history waltzing into the present.
They’re wonderful photos, particularly your selfie shot.
And you’re sure it was a movie set? Could be Trump holding a press conference!
He wouldn’t find Europe on a map and even if he did, he’d never be able to locate Prague… 😀
Don’t underestimate him. That is what the press and Republican party did for so long and look at the mess we’re in now.
Nah, he’s just a sideshow. Distraction for the masses.
I hope you’re right but I fear for the left!
Wonderfully done, Cardinal. Didn’t seem like you were a bother to the set and crew. Maybe you stuck around long enough and got yourself in one of the scenes 😀
If they’d put a uniform on me, I could have represented the Aryan race there for sure: blond hair & blue eyes? Check, check.
lol… so you went to Prague and there you saw a Chinese film crew shooting a film about German Nazis … more than surreal, Viking 😀
Definitely surreal: one Viking, a bunch of Chinese and a bunch of Nazis.
I like the Viking part best 🙂 ♥
That had to feel odd! I like the pictures of the shiny old car.
That had to be a trip. What the heck did they put in my drink last night?
Unfortunately I have to drug my own drinks. 😀
I must say you shoot just as well when you are hungover!!! Now we Indians don’t feel out of place in the presence of a swastika…though not the Nazi one! 🙂
Luckily Indians and Buddhists use the real swastika and not the German Nazi version. If I remember correctly it’s used as a sign to represent the sun?
In Hinduism it is used to denote auspiciousness…so it is always used whenever an puja is started or at the beginning of any auspicious occasion..
Hmm, wonder what movie it is. It’d be interesting to watch it when it is released, if only for this blog post…
I’m not so sure if I’d watch it: it’s probably a boring movie.
Sounds like the movie might at least have a good ending.
Yes, it’s the standard ending in nearly every movie ever made: the good guys win.
🙂 self-portrait in a rear mirror is cool. Have a great Thursday, Max!
Thanks and a great Friday to you!
Not going to happen- work over weekend – not paid.
Not good.
So this is one of those posts where the comments are as entertaining as the post itself. OMG – I would love to be at the table with you and Mara together 😀
I live in the city self-dubbed Hollywood North and NEVER stumble across a movie set. Toronto is routinely subbed in for New York because it’s so much cheaper to film here but I’m never in the right place at the right time 😦
You, on the other hand, got some amazing photos!
Mara and I were supposed to meet in Prague, but she fucked up and got on the wrong train. I got totally drunk that day, so I probably couldn’t have contributed to any meaningful conversation anyway. Hehe.
I didn’t know that Toronto is the movie version of New York! I guess that I, unknowingly, have seen a lot of Toronto.
The TV-series Vikings (great shit, you should totally check it out) was supposed to be filmed in Norway, but since everything is way too expensive here, they decided to film it in Ireland instead.
Good point! You probably have seen a lot of Toronto! Many people play what-part-of-Toronto-is-this? when watching a movie 😉
I have not seen Vikings but heard it is very good. I’m assuming it is violent though and I’m not a fan.
There’s sex and intrigues too!
I would expect no less from a viking 😉
Hahaha, that’s right Joanne! 😀
:-)) another version who won the WWWii
Haha, yes. Everyone, except the Germans, won.
I talked about this with a Russian friend, she thought it was funny that everywhere she went, people said they won WW2: England, Russia, Scotland, Norway, America, Australia… Etc, etc.