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The Victorian poem "Inversnaid" by Gerard Manley Hopkins extols the savage beauty and energy of pristine wilderness; it's become a staple of Sierra Club promotional literature:

Northwest Film Forum is currently showing films that were directed by the man who made the best television ever, Krzysztof Kieslowski. Screw you Twin Peaks, Monty Python, Thirtysomething, Kids in the Hall, Buffy, Frasier, Sopranos, Arrested Development, Lost, Best Week Ever; Kieslowski's Decalogue is the best TV ever.

Washington has, for the last 15 or so years, been losing tons of potential motion picture business. Sure, we get the occasional Mad Love, Assassins, or Twin Peaks, but filmmakers find shooting in the Great White North much more affordable. MovieMaker magazine regularly lists cities which are friendly to filmmakers. Seattle often appears on the list, but cities such as New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Austin and Portland are perrenial favorites. These cities offer tax incentives to production companies enabling the filmmakers to more affordably make their films on location.