Hayden Christensen and Magnolia's Eamonn Bowles recall Detroit.
The producers of Magnet/Magnolia Pictures' "Vanishing on 7th Street" found just the right city for their sci-fi pic.
"If you're doing a post-apocalyptic theme, Detroit fits the bill," helmer Brad Anderson said at Monday's Cinema Society preem at the IFC Center. "Even if they didn't have a 41% rebate, that town works for this movie thematically. It's a place that really is suffering a vanishing of people and we didn't have to do a lot to create that reality there."
Hayden Christensen agreed: "There were so few people around, which worked well for our movie. Usually passersby come by and see you -- and there was nobody."