Free Republic

Another of the lower profile independent films shot in the high desert has resurfaced, premiering earlier this month at New York's Tribeca Film Festival. "Paris," a noir-style romantic thriller directed by Ramin Niami, was filmed partially in Pearblossom and other Antelope Valley locales in October 2001. The digitally shot production starring Chad Allen and Bai Ling was in town for about a week at the Pearblossom Motel, a trailer park on Sierra Highway and a few desert roads. The film competed at the Tribeca fest with four other entries in the narrative feature category for first and second-time filmmakers. Unfortunately,...