Deserted City - 28 Days Later

While 28 Days Later does not have much of a commentary on what the future of architecture may be, it does contain an awesome scene of an empty London.  Something we may never see, the empty streets of London are a moving visual.  Is it swine flu?  Bird flu?  No, it is rage!  I imagine any number of rage-infected zombies would be able to scare off an entire city.  That is what happens when you infect chimps with rage and Greenpeace gets involved.  The movie is filled with images of a deserted city including aerial pans and the like.  One gets a totally different perspective on the city watching two lonely survivors navigate its streets.  Plus, I love the camera angles in this movie.  At times it feels like you are watching the movie from the angle of a security camera.  Something about the still camera not moving with the actors, makes for some really cool visuals.

Exploring an empty London

For a little contrast, here is a joiner I took of the same bridge he is on near the beginning of the clip from my most recent trip to London.  As you can see, there is a lot more people in my joiner than in the clip.

Parliament and Big Ben from Westminster Bridge

If you are into zombie horror movies this is your movie.  Still the images of the city they use are breathtaking and I would recommend them to anyone.  Here is a few more of my favorites:

Explosion in the center of London

Epic loneliness

Gotta love those buckets

Enjoy!