"The dream of the 90's is alive in Portland!"
Portland, OR (not to be confused with Portland, ME) is Oregon's largest city and a major city of
The Other Rainforest. Portland is known for being almost as rainy as
Seattle but twice as bizarre. Portland's nicknames include the
City of Roses, Stumptown, Portlandia, and PDX. The residents are often stereotyped as
hipsters,
Granola Girls, or
New Age Retro Hippies. It is, however, not
quite as bizarre as
Portlandia would have you believe.
Notable people connected to Portland:
Works set in or near Portland:
Film
- The Hunted. The film features an action scene where Benicio Del Toro's character is pursued through Downtown Portland (notable for a sequence involving a MAX train on the Hawthorne Bridge - in spite of the fact that the MAX doesn't go on the Hawthorne Bridge).
- Mr. Brooks. A film about a successful Portland businessman, who turns out to be a serial killer.
- Untraceable. The climax prominently features Portland's Broadway Bridge, which made some local headlines when the film was first released.
- The first Twilight movie was largely filmed in and around Portland, although it takes place in Forks, Washington. For the second movie onwards, production was moved to Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Mr Hollands Opus was filmed and set in Portland, though the only indication in the movie that it is Portland is the city seal on the wall during a meeting of the City Council.
Literature
Live-Action TV
Comics
- In Comic Book Tattoo, a collection of short stories based on the music of Tori Amos, the story for "Take to the Sky" is based in Portland's black community.
- Portland was the main setting of The Transformers during the Marvel era, apparently being the closest city to Mount St. Hilary.
Music
- The song 'Light Rail Coyote' by indie-punk band Sleater Kinney is about the city and mentions many of the sites.
- The Bon Iver song Holocene is about a Portland bar where the band played an early show.
