Always marveled at how they got those empty street shots in the SF scenes and later, in Melbourne. And taking over one of the busiest streets in Melbourne (appears to be Elizabeth Street, with the easily recognizable Flinders Street Railway Station in the background), replacing cars with horse-drawn vehicles and lots of cyclists. Today, they'd just use CGI.Swithin wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2023, 11:27 pmSpoiler alert for the end of the film!Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑January 23rd, 2023, 11:08 pm Don't know why I'm watching ON THE BEACH. It depresses the hell out of me.
Early in the pandemic, when no one knew how things would end up, I remember looking at the streets of New York, including out of my window on what is usually a vibrant avenue, and thinking of the end of On the Beach, and playing the scene from YouTube again and again. I think in terms of cinema, it's a brilliant ending, though of course depressing, with Ava Gardner looking out toward the submarine as Gregory Peck leaves, followed by the empty streets. In the days when they were setting up hospital beds in Central Park (which actually were only used briefly), I thought, thinking of On the Beach, is that how we're going to end up?
The impressive-looking "Department of the Navy" building is actually the old General Post Office, now a shopping centre. The entrance that you see Gregory Peck using has a large H&M sign over it these days...