Shooting of the most recent film “Skyfall” continues in Istanbul’s old quarter Eminonu. The shooting has closed off the Eminonu district, a largely commercial section of the city. While the filming has caused media interest in Istanbul, it has also aggravated many locals who – because of blocked traffic due to the filming – have been unable to go to work. Security on the film has been very tight and no journalists have been allowed on the set. Because of blocked traffic, fights have occasionally broken out between movie workers and Istanbulites trying to go to work. One local craftsman Mustafa Tavukcu complained that the daily incomes of workers in the Eminonu district where the film is being shot has gone down some 80 percent since the film started.
Meanwhile, according to reports there have been a series of breathtaking scenes such as a car chase through a busy banking neighborhood. (Cihan)
