Posted by
D. Eric Beckles
• 07.07.08 01:00 pm

If you ever want to shoot a science fiction film in a bucolic American town, may I suggest Macon Georgia.


If you ever want to shoot a science fiction film in a bucolic American town, may I suggest Macon Georgia. It is without a doubt the closest thing you could find to a real life Andromeda Strain scenario. Everyone claimed it was because it was the weekend, which only helped confuse me more. It was erie, breezeless and silent (but not deadly) and the only human I saw was a guy in a red truck circling me and staring at me overtime he saw me . That added to the creep factor just enough to make me… wanna leave. There is just something about “no witnesses” in a supposedly populated town the middle of the day that makes the possibility of your name coming out of John Walsh’s mouth during his unsolved cases update; that much more plausible.

Otherwise it is the perfect post apocalyptic vacation destination.

  1. OH THE MAGIC OF FILM


Comments
  1. David says:

    Well, it is hot enough there that dry-skinned people can get instantly vaporized if they leave the house. Or maybe everyone’s at home by the pool.

    Tip – visit Fresh Aire BBQ in Jackson, GA. My favorite GA BBQ place.

  2. sounds like downtown winnipeg to me.

  3. orbus says:

    winston salem is worse. way worse.

  4. Blurtis Crow says:

    I hear they come out at night. The freaks, that is.

  5. tommy gun says:

    dowtown Niagara Falls NY is worse. or rochester. or ithaca. or Syracuse. i think you get the theme.

  6. raymi says:

    eeeeeeeeerie

  7. raymi says:

    and yeah just like buffalo, totally deserted and useless and lets leave as soon as possible

  8. tommy gun says:

    yeah Raymi – remember those downtown shots of Buffalo in Buffalo 66 – really captured it. western PA has its moments as well.

  9. chestal says:

    a beckles. you gotta make a film.

  10. Jimmy says:

    Eating bacon with Macon!

  11. the kid from Georgia says:

    MACtown is hard as Fuck! Just take a glimpse at it right here!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGUXa0hGYJc


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