The remake of Maniac premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 2012. The film was a slick version of the original, updated to new century, and shot mostly in point-of-view style. For the most part, the movie works, although the hardest part to truly buy is that little Elijah Wood has the ability to overpower anyone standing over 5' tall. But actually, he does pretty well in the part, even though his onscreen time is pretty limited. The movie was shot mostly in downtown Los Angeles. Nearly every street corner is shown at some point, since there is a lot of driving montages, but I'll focus on the main locations.
The opening scene begins at the corner of South Hewitt Street and Traction Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. The scene continues to the corner of Traction Avenue and East 3rd Street.
This is the Broadway train station in downtown Los Angeles.
This parking lot is across from Pershing Square at the corner of South Hill Street and West 5th Street in Downtown LA.
The art gallery is located at 847 South Broadway in Los Angeles.
The Palace Theatre is at 630 South Broadway in Los Angeles.
This is on the 800 block of South Broadway of Los Angeles.
This is at the corner of South Hill Street and W 9th Street in Downtown LA.
The agent’s condo is at 705 West 9th Street.
His shop was at 107 West 11th Street in Downtown LA.
This is the corner of Towne Avenue and West 7th Street in Downtown Los Angeles.
This is the alley next to the building at 11th Street and West Broadway. This area was also used in Purge: Anarchy.
This was shot near 500 Mateo Street in Downtown Los Angeles. This spot was also used in Madonna’s Borderline video and Vamp.
This was shot near the Sixth Street Bridge in Downtown LA, but has since been demolished.
Elijah Wood
