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berlitz23
11th December 2009, 17:46
I am making an anti-capitalist film and decided to shoot in the downtown of my city, honing in one particular place. It is a main strip mall comprised of several shops, a movie theater, bowling alley etc. and audiovisual advertisements, which I was going to shoot especially. Anyways, I begin shooting and a security officer tells me I can't shoot here, and all the time previous i shot here noone said anything to me. This whole strip was 'private property' and I said that 'it was ridiculous' I was just filming for my film class, and he started getting hostile, so i walked away and made a mistake by saying 'fuck capitalism' and he demanded i came back and he's like what did you say? I reinforced it was absolutely inane that I couldn't shoot here, and he 'no it's not it's private property, "they" get to choose who they want on their property", and then he was beginning to call security for backup. Anyways, It was probably inane for me to say 'fuck capitalism', but honestly is there somewhat an oxymoron here, if it is ostensibly 'private property' because wouldn't that preclude people from coming onto the strip, because they are trespassing? It might not be a very good argument but can someone explain to me why in greater detail I cannot shoot buildings I know government is understandable, but it sounds like everyone i go it is off-limits.

Post-Something
11th December 2009, 18:01
Just go there some other time. Don't get hung up on what one security guard says.

RadioRaheem84
11th December 2009, 18:33
but honestly is there somewhat an oxymoron here, if it is ostensibly 'private property' because wouldn't that preclude people from coming onto the strip, because they are trespassing?The owner of the property has it set up where anyone can come into the strip and shop but takes offense when someone does something they do not like, like say 'film on the premises'. He gets to "choose" who is a worthy person to enter the premises. It's the same as if you were to open your house for everyone to see and people come in day and night, but someone steps in and does something you don't like, like film the house with a camcorder. You get antsy and ask the security guard you hired to tell him to stop filming or leave. Same premise. The only difference is that this concept has been extended to a large extent and to a small class of people owning 9/10 of all land.

berlitz23
11th December 2009, 23:28
thanks for the clarification