World Film Locations: San Francisco (Web PDF) von Scott Jordan Harris

An extraordinarily beautiful city that has been celebrated, criticised and studied in many films, San Francisco is both fragile and robust, at once a site of devastation caused by 1906 earthquake but also a symbol of indomitability in its effort to rebuild afterwards. Its beauty, both natural and manmade, has provided filmmakers with an iconic backdrop since the 1890s, and this guidebook offers an exciting tour through the film scenes and film locations that have made San Francisco irresistible to audiences and auteurs alike.

Maps/Scenes

Scenes 1–8 – 1898–1947

Scenes 9–16 – 1951–1963

Scenes 17–24 – 1967–1974

Scenes 25–32 – 1974–1984

Scenes 33–39 – 1986–1995

Scenes 40–46 – 1996–2011

Essays

San Francisco: City of the Imagination – Omar Moore

The Golden Gate Bridge: Gateway, Escape Route and Battleground – Neil Mitchell

City of Shadows: A Brief History of Film Noir in San Francisco – Brian Darr

Alfred Hitchcock Presents San Francisco: The Master and the City by the Bay – Craig Phillips

Faster Than A Speeding Bullitt: San Franciscan Cinema's Famous Car Chases – Mel Valentin

Callahan's City: Dirty Harry and the Mean Streets of San Francisco – Elisabeth Rappe

Midnight Mission: Queer Culture and Midnight Movies in San Francisco – Jason LeRoy