I think it was important for us to show that you can make movies in north Louisiana,

That is an example of the state staying ahead of the game.

That was beneficial for the New Orleans film industry in the bigger picture to expand to other parts of the state.

There are projects that the original plan was to for them to be shot somewhere in the greater New Orleans area, and that's not an option now,

We have 500 Louisianians on payroll. No check will be missed and any assistance they need will be provided.

perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies. This appeal is what attracts us, and ultimately what makes us despair when we begin to understand how seldom movies are more than this.