Dixie
Square Mall
While watching
the commentary on the by Paw on the Blues Brother review, he
mentioned the Dixie Square Mall. I looked into the comment section
and it was stated that the mall was being destroyed this month. I
got a little upset with that news.
The Dixie Square Mall chase from the classic movie The Blues Brothers
is one of my favorite car chase scenes. The production company
rented the closed mall for about eight weeks.
-Yes, that was Frank Oz asking for a Miss Piggy doll.
-Right as the car cashes through the store, a woman can be seen
jumping out of the way in the nick of time. And she crashes right
into the side of a counter. That must have hurt!
-Also, you can see an R2-D2 toy in the lower right corner near the
same counter the woman crashes into at the 19 second mark.
-They destroyed a lot of things in the scene that would make my head
spin. Some stores didn't want to be associated with the movie and
had their store faces changed.
From what I've read, the mall was closed before they started filming
the Blue Brothers scene. So, they were able to really do a number to
the mall in that scene.
The kicker is the town didn't have the funds to destroy the mall, so
it just sat there in decay for over 30 years. I can't believe no has
decided to buy it or develop it. It is just a ghost town of twisted
metal and rust.
All
of that will be gone soon. But,
make sure you check out all the photos over at this flickr account.
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