Scene of the shooting

Irv “Movie Irv” Slifkin, whose nickname is cool enough to be that of a character in a Tarantino film, knows movies like Raymond Babbitt knew numbers. In Rain Man fashion, he cites that he’s seen 7,377 films (as of the printing of his book’s press materials).

He knows Philly movies even better. That’s why he compiled Filmadelphia: A Celebration of a City’s Movies.

The book, available in places where books are sold (and sometimes coffee, scones and those cool journals), lists details of the movies you know about (Rocky, Philadelphia, M. Night’s flicks) and some you may not (Dressed To Kill, Stealing Home), all of which were filmed in and around Philly.

Slifkin does manage to kick Bristol Twp. in the nuts in the press release from Middle Atlantic Press. He cites Lady in the Water as the film that gives the least realistic view of the city (uh, it was filmed in the suburbs).

“There just aren’t apartment complexes like that in Philadelphia. It seemed more like L.A. to me,” he states.

That’s cold, Irv, just cold.

-Joe Student