Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Scott Jordan Harris is a culture critic for the Daily Telegraph, a contributor to the BBC's The Film Programme and a UK correspondent for Roger Ebert. He is the author of several books, most recently, World Film Locations: Chicago, also published by Intellect.

Reviews

'As well as brief, illustrated pieces on the films and locations, each usefully plotted on a map, there are seven longer essays on themes such as queer culture, noir, and Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco. A great guide to the celluloid city.'
*PD Smith, The Guardian*

'Scott Jordan Harris's book made me fall even deeper in love with both movies and San Francisco. When I first arrived in The Bay Area I saw every inch as a movie location, and that has never changed. The city infects you with a cinematographers eye, shooting imaginary movies with a magnificent back drop up on every corner and hill top. Thankfully, Harris has provided us with a marvelous guided tour of the inspiration many masters and lesser-known film-makers minded from Fog City, taking our journey forward with a thoughtful analysis of the past.'
*Ted Hope, Executive Director, San Francisco Film Society*