John Ur stays a spell in Georgia during
this week's stop on the Cinematic Road Trip.
Despite having traversed my way across the country many times, Georgia has been a recent discovery for me, having made a few trips there within the past year to visit with my significant other and her family. We hiked to the top of Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, and we drove down to Athens to visit her alma mater and Michael Stipes' bamboo-surrounded house. But Georgia is still a world away from most things that I've ever experienced. And several films that have been shot in the state certainly reinforce that theory.
Driving Miss Daisy takes place in 1940s Atlanta. The story, on the surface, follows a 72-year old widow, Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) as she adjusts to being driven around by Hoke (Morgan Freeman) after she's totaled her car and cannot find any insurance to continue driving herself. On the deeper level, the story is about both passive and active racism in the Deep South between the 40s and 60s when the Civil Rights movement was gaining ground.
The filming for Driving Miss Daisy took place in the Atlanta area - in Druid Hills and Castleberry Hills - and nearby locations including Decatur, Douglasville and Griffin, Georgia. The crew looked for places that made the area look rural and undeveloped, qualities that still hold true if you venture a little ways outside of Atlanta's boundaries.
this week's stop on the Cinematic Road Trip. Despite having traversed my way across the country many times, Georgia has been a recent discovery for me, having made a few trips there within the past year to visit with my significant other and her family. We hiked to the top of Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, and we drove down to Athens to visit her alma mater and Michael Stipes' bamboo-surrounded house. But Georgia is still a world away from most things that I've ever experienced. And several films that have been shot in the state certainly reinforce that theory.
Driving Miss Daisy takes place in 1940s Atlanta. The story, on the surface, follows a 72-year old widow, Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy) as she adjusts to being driven around by Hoke (Morgan Freeman) after she's totaled her car and cannot find any insurance to continue driving herself. On the deeper level, the story is about both passive and active racism in the Deep South between the 40s and 60s when the Civil Rights movement was gaining ground.
The filming for Driving Miss Daisy took place in the Atlanta area - in Druid Hills and Castleberry Hills - and nearby locations including Decatur, Douglasville and Griffin, Georgia. The crew looked for places that made the area look rural and undeveloped, qualities that still hold true if you venture a little ways outside of Atlanta's boundaries.
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