the shelter, at leat the exterior of it as seen in 8 miles, was converted dentist office on the part of john R west of woodward near grandriver, a block north from blake baxter;s old vinyl shop and just a few doors from jerome mongo's even-earleir 90s club wax fruit and next to the gap, downtown synagogue. for the record teh shelter was a tacky blue paint and carpeted late 80s club downstairs from st andrew's hall, which hosts the three floors of fun party that morphed from an alt rock hangout into an ersatz hip-hop club around the time em and his boys came on the scene. St andrew's is sort of like irivng plaza or bowery ballroom in ny. it was remodeled into a sleek steel-and-wood nightclub in the early '90s and by the time em et al discovered downtown, it was used for touring punk bands because of its small size. the pipes-and-all version in 8 miles was a little gothic; I am shocked the directors didn't try to instead use maurice malone's late great hip-hop shop which is actually where the battles took place, there and at record time(as in great dance room record time). other than that, I thought 8 mile was the best the crow-meets-purple rain detroit hip hop movie ever.
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 12:02:25 -0800 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > nope, that's not the shelter. > even before the shelter was redone (mid 90's?), > it wasn't as grungy as the > place in the film. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cyclone Wehner" > To: "313 Detroit" > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:39 AM > Subject: (313) 8 Mile - Shelter > > > > I went to see a preview of 8 Mile (we got it > sooo late) and it's great! > > It's funny most of the critics were over 50, > what they're gonna make of a > > hip-hop movie I have no idea. > > I wondered is the Shelter in the film the > actual Shelter or another > > building, I know the director aimed for > authenticity but believe some > > creative license was involved. > >
