Priceonomics has an interesting article called The Business
of Fake Hollywood Money. It’s a really
interesting read. I have certainly ran
into issues when I have done props in the past – making money realistic enough
for use, but in a way that we could do without getting into trouble (its not
like you can just go to the local kinkos and plop a $5 bill down on the copy
machine…).
The article is also interesting as it discusses some of the
Hollywood prop shops. And for listing the
book by Fred Reed called Show Me the Money, about the history of money in the movies. It is definitely a book to add to my reading
list!