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Down the street from my apartment is this old, cheesy roadside motel called the Fort Pitt Motel (it's just outside of Pittsburgh) if you go to their website you'll find it even features a heart-shaped bath tub in each room. One night while driving I noticed there was a circus or SOMETHING going on outside, upon closer inspection ( a third drive-by) I realized they were filming something. I figured it had to be a professional set because there were easily 10 full sized trailers full of camera equipment and people everywhere. I was driving to a movie so I shrugged my shoulders and left the scene. On my way back home at 12am I took another look and noticed they were still filming and got a much better look at everything. They had this huge moonlight that I'm sure was for filming at night, it was a big white ball that illuminated the area without creating an obvious light source. They changed the name of the motel to "The Longhorn Motel" and put this really cool neon signage up of two big horns. It actually looked much nicer than usual. I still had no idea what they were filming and thought maybe it was Zack and Miri (because I knew it had to do with porn and was being filmed in Pittsburgh as well) I figured I'd park and investigate. I walked over to a police man and asked him what was going on and he said something about a bleeding heart production (pun!). I stood there for another five minutes watching everything awkwardly until he approached me and told me he'd make me a deal, if I left he'd tell me what they were filming. I agreed, turns out it was My Bloody Valentine 3D. Not quite Zack and Miri but still kind of cool. You can see the hotel in the trailer as well as a few other spots around the area. In hind sight I wished I would have stayed there longer so I could see somebody get killed, it'd be fun to see how that happens on set compared to how it looks after post-production.
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