Movies that get this city right

Marcus Delgado

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Twelve films I'd defend at a bar even if nobody started the argument — fog, hills, Alcatraz, the whole tourist-brochure package but somehow earned. Some are classics, some are just good company on a slow Tuesday at the Roxie. Ranked by vibes, not Rotten Tomatoes, because Rotten Tomatoes never had to pay San Francisco rent.

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Movies that get this city right — 4 items
Name	Movie	Year	Where it was shot here	My take
1Vertigo	Vertigo	1958	Mission Dolores, Fort Point, Nob Hill	Hitchcock made acrophobia look like the most romantic disease you could catch. Still better than my student loan vertigo.
2Dirty Harry	Dirty Harry	1971	Kezar Stadium, Mount Davidson, downtown streets	Clint squints at the city like it owes him money. Honestly relatable, the city owes all of us money.
3Bullitt	Bullitt	1968	Taylor Street, Russian Hill, Marina Green	The chase scene invented physics and then broke it. Steve McQueen never once looked for parking, the absolute fantasy.
4The Conversation	The Conversation	1974	Union Square, Embarcadero	Coppola's quiet paranoid masterpiece, shot the same year as Godfather Part II because apparently sleep is optional for geniuses.