Hashima Island, or Gunkanjima “Battleship Island” as its more - TopicsExpress



          

Hashima Island, or Gunkanjima “Battleship Island” as its more commonly referred, lies a good distance out into the ocean from the city. Boat tours that sail passed it reveal a ghost town full of decaying buildings overgrown with greenery. The haunted scenery provided production managers of the most recent James Bond film, Skyfall, with the inspiration to create one of the film’s key locations. The antagonist, Raoul Silva portrayed by Javier Bardem, set up base on a similar island in the Pacific, and many of the film’s important scenes occur there. Production manager Dennis Gassner wanted to actually use Hashima Island to film the scenes taking place in the hideout, but he was not allowed because the city government could not guarantee the film crew’s safety due to poor structural integrity. Instead, he took a rare tour and tried his best to recreate the island in a studio.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:35:54 +0000

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