Blogging "Public Enemies" from Peabody's

Okay, this is so cool.

Sitting with friends, hanging out at Peabody's, and the talk of the filming stories are rampant. A friend of mine owns Art Haus and he had a treat, coupled with a serious disappointment. At one point this afternoon, a production assistant stopped by to alert him, that being Jim Evans, that is shop might be in a long shot, and to please, refrain from looking out the window. So, as to right of any Oshkoshian, he and Gail immediately took their spots in the window to claim best view.

Pull away and there goes the camera, on crane, coming right along. "They are shooting my shop," said the seriously surprised Evans. His and Art Haus's moment in movie history. Gail, the Mrs. and of course Art prof extraordinaire, watched the moment and reveled that business may be non existent, but we are now "in the movies."

Another story made the rounds. Yesterday, standing on Main Street in front of the shop, there was directly Michael Mann and Johnny Depp having a conversation about, put in your imaginative conversation, right in front of the shop. Evans grabs his vintage, and quite cool camera, and attempted to celluloid the moment, damn, the mirror locked up.


So goes life in Oshkosh, in my hometown, today. We are the cinematographers dream.

Not all is good. Some business owners are annoyed about conflicting messages. Are they open or not? Yes, yes they are. Don't let the movie guys tell you otherwise.