The 2002 film ‚Chicago‘ helped shine a light on reasons why major motion pictures choose where to film.
The 2002 film “Chicago” brought the stage musical and the song “Cell Block Tango” to the big screen. It also helped revolutionize the industry. When the Rob Marshall-directed movie debuted to critical and commercial success, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley expressed dismay that it was shot in Toronto rather than in his city — shining a light on the reasons major motion pictures choose where to film. After NAFTA was ratified in 1993 and came into force in 1994, Canada enacted tax incentives for productions on both the federal and provincial level. “The tax incentive in Canada was reported on, and there was national press. It raised the question ‘How do we do this?’” Vans Stevenson of the Motion Picture Assn.
