New meaning for the Global Guggenheim? Frank Lloyd Wright’s curves serve as backdrop in online trailer for a shoot-’em-up bank-conspiracy movie, coming to a theater near you.
Is this any way to treat an art museum?
Below are some moments from the online trailer (which you can view in full here) for “The International,” a film opening in February, starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. They shot scenes in New York at the Guggenheim, but “also built a replica building just outside Berlin to shoot scenes that could not be shot here [because the actors were being shot]” according to Eleanor Goldhar, the museum’s spokesperson.
The faux Guggenheim appeared to suffer significant damage during the climactic gunfight scene:
The Real Guggenheim…
The sequel, The Unmonumental, will be shot next year at the New Museum. (Just kidding!)