Movies help the various cities&#039; economies, no doubt. There&#039;s been a lot in the news here in the Detroit area because the state government essentially killed taxes for the film industry, so filmmakers are flocking to Michigan. It brings in a fair amount of work and since filmmaking requires a fair amount of skilled trades like carpenters and electricians, etc., Detroit and the local areas have plenty of people with those skills. Of course, not surprisingly, there&#039;s a fair amount of controversy in the state legislature over the taxation with a number of politicians wanting to start taxing the industry. That will, I&#039;m sure, result in the filmmakers flocking back to Canada or wherever the dollar will buy them cheap labor, or to whatever state will give them a tax break.