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Imaginary Map of the City Where Every Movie Takes Place

This map imagines a city where every movie takes place. Lost Highway is an actual highway, Airport is an airport and Reservoir Dogs is, well, a reservoir. You can purchase it as a poster from Dorothy. There is also a literary version you can see here.

Click here to view it in full size and explore! The detail is pretty astounding, with over 900 films represented.

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About the Author

Lincoln Michel

Lincoln Michel is the former editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and a founding editor of Gigantic. He is the co-editor of Gigantic Worlds and Tiny Crimes and the author of Upright Beasts. He teaches fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

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