Sorry if that question has been asked and answered but while I love this film it's always bothered me that both American cities that were supposedly in an atomic war are completely intact. I mean unless these were neutron bomb's which weren't proposed until the 1970s...
shareIn the book the major exploration was in the Seattle area, from whence the mysterious signal was coming. There was virtually no atomic damage in the city... they do observe bomb damage on Vancouver Island, but the speculation was that Seattle was very well protected by anti-missile systems which apparently managed to disable any incoming missiles meant for Seattle. So it was a mostly undamaged, literal ghost town. The film switched the exploration to San Francisco, where sailor Swain jumped ship, and then to San Diego where Lt. Sunderstrom tracked down the source of the signal. I think that Kramer wanted to show the ghost town scenario to make mass death more horrible...and to foreshadow the ultimate fate of the people of the Southern Hemisphere, and particularly Australians...
shareExactly. Besides, the sawfish probably only had enough fuel to get back to Melbourne. Besides, it would stand to reason that a lot of cities around the world would look the same.
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You mean SD?
shareJust saw a clip of On The Beach. Actually just a promo for the movie. Was amazed to see a view of Market Street looking toward the iconic Ferry Building. Been here in San Francisco since 1973. Didn't remember that SF was featured!
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