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Your e-mails: The other star cities
 Chicago sights are scattered throughout "The Blues Brothers." SPECIAL REPORTYOUR E-MAIL ALERTS(CNN) -- Sometimes the setting is as much a part of a movie as the actors themselves. CNN.com posted a gallery of movies in which the city location played a major role, as part of the Big City Travel special report. Readers shared their own movie picks where the locale was part of the charm. Here is a sampling from the responses, some of which have been edited. "The Blues Brothers" -- What a great portrayal of the Windy City -- with what at the time was considered the greatest car chase scene ever. The camera work recording the cars crashing through malls, driving at high speeds on lower Wacker Drive and finally busting up the Daley Center is an all-time classic. "The Blues Brothers" = Chicago. Jake & Elwood's "mission from God" wandered through sections of Chicago I had never heard of or rarely seen before experiencing this classic comedy. Not only did it make me want to visit the city to see the sights, but to experience the people, food and music. "The Big Easy" is one of my favorite movies not just because it is about my hometown but also because it provides a snapshot of how the city really looks and feels. It is a fairly accurate depiction. San Francisco, in the film "Bullitt." The famous street chase involving the uniquely hilly areas of San Francisco was legendary, making every tourist driving up and down those streets want to be in a Mustang flying off those hills. I found it shocking that San Francisco was missing from your original list. "Vertigo," "Bullitt" and "Dirty Harry" each made the city a de facto co-star. San Francisco's landmarks were a large part of the backdrop for "The Rock" with Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage. The park where Connery's character meets his estranged daughter, the panoramic vistas of the city in general and, of course, Alcatraz. I'd have to say the film "Barcelona," written and directed by Whit Stillman, uses the appeal of its titular city better than most films do. With its centuries-old buildings, its unique architecture and Stillman's usage of the general goings-on of the city (e.g. the trade fair), Barcelona captures the elegance and charm of one of Europe's most beautiful cities. The place -- the Lincoln Memorial. The movie -- "Forrest Gump" ... or maybe just about every 10th movie made. Is there any more popular place to feature in a movie? "The Day The Earth Stood Still" shot in Washington, D.C. Shows the city streets of D.C. in the '50s. Great sci-fi flick and great shots of monuments! How can you leave the cult film classic "Repo Man" off of your list? The film has fantastic shots of downtown Los Angeles, including the uber-famous 4th Street and 6th Street bridges, as well as the L.A. River which features a "Grease"-esque car race. Also important to note is the seemingly anemic L.A. skyline, circa 1983-84, complete with only a whopping six or seven skyscrapers (there are now close to 20). Salzburg, Austria and "The Sound of Music." Traveling through the city is like entering the movie. It's magical. Spike Lee's "25th Hour," set up against the backdrop of post 9/11 New York City. [It] captured the essence of what we love and hate about New York City. Ed Norton's character embraced the city that he loved and not only that but it paid homage to NYC's bravest and finest. I nominate "When Harry Met Sally" for its depiction of NYC. From Washington Square Park, where they first bid adieu upon arrival, to Yankee Stadium (site of the "Mr. Zero knew before you did" conversation regarding Harry's wife's infidelity), the picturesque shots of Central Park and the infamous orgasm scene in Katz's Deli, and finally to the Egyptian room at the Met, the movie is a veritable tourism highlights reel, and yet it still remains a fabulous film. The film "Singles" because it predicts the coming of grunge. It also uses Seattle as the mesmerizing backdrop. In short, the setting has multiple functions. More important, this movie would not have been possible without Seattle and its amazing artists. Berlin as first shown in Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall and again in "Faraway, So Close!" after the fall of the wall. "Wings of Desire" is a snapshot of the essence of the city at a point in time that is gone and will never return. All those great cities and no mention of Boston? What about all of the scenes from "Good Will Hunting" that were filmed in Boston and Cambridge, or the visit to Fenway that appeared in "Field of Dreams"? How about "Love Story" from 1970 featuring Ryan O'Neal and scenes from Harvard or "The Firm" with Tom Cruise with scenes from Boston and Cambridge? How about "A Civil Action," "Amistad," "Legally Blond" and "Mystic River"? Many films feature Boston, and I think it should be included in the list. I love "Fever Pitch," starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, and I think Boston itself is an important part of that film. It's gorgeous! How could you have left out Vienna and "The Third Man"?! The scene at the end of "Ocean's Eleven" at the magnificent Bellagio Fountain -- a "must have" moment when you visit Las Vegas. "Leaving Las Vegas." This was the best Nicholas Cage has done. His dark, self-inflicting persona was such a stark contrast to the usual larger than life sights of Vegas. Ah, who wouldn't fall in love the way Billy Crystal and Debra Winger did in "Forget Paris"? The bridges, the parks, the museums, the churches, the Tour Eiffel, the cafes, the people -- not to mention the food, the ambiance, the music, the architecture. What's not to love? Every time I am fortunate enough to visit Paris, I feel as though I am at home. Hmm, something to consider as part of my retirement perhaps?!? While the eponymous "Roman Holiday" leaves little doubt as to the movie's real star, there is no film which captures Rome and all its nuanced metaphysical beauty like Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita." To choose any other film as properly capturing Rome is sacrilege. 
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