Now, this is the place!
“The Moroccan Hollywood,” sometimes referred to as “Ouarzawood.”
There was a display I saw that had 3 clocks, so you could see the time in Hollywood, Ourzawood, and Bollywood – the 3 worldly movie ‘woods’.
So, basically, we went to Atlast Film Studios, and it felt like home!
It felt like I was at Sony pictures or something!
Basically, they take you around from set to set. And they explained how SO many countries are represented there, telling us that since so many countries in Asia and Africa either have high tax rates for movie studios, or they have hoops to get permits (for historical or other reasons), or they have political unrest, etc. – whatever the reasons, Morocco is one of the easiest places to film if you need it to look like Jordan, Egypt, China – whatever you need it to look like.
They told us various movies that were filmed there, and each of us got a turn pretending to be Cleopatra, while the other people in the group would help hype up the Cleopatra (by opening doors and stuff for videos, while ‘Cleopatra’ would be hanging out in a chariot-type-thing)!
I also went to the Cinema muse, which I just explored on my own a bit.
It was a very cool, chill day, and I loved Ourrzazate. (It’s possible I mainly loved it because it felt like home. But why ever I loved it, I loved it!)