San Francisco looks a little lonely from the skies. A month ago, as residents were getting used to the new normal of life in shutdown, drone footage emerged showing the empty streets. As we now roll into the sixth week of sheltering in place, filmmakers are continuing to get creative, shooting a barren city from above. This new video, released this week, brings a film noir-like majesty to this strange time.
The bird's eye view provides some cinematic vistas. Rarely have the sunrise over the East Bay and City Hall been seen in the same shot. The car-free twists and turns of Lombard Street have never looked so geometrically satisfying. In the final Hitchcockian shot, pigeons land on the top of the Castro Theater, as the camera pans down to the lonely street below.
The stirring Italian 60s song Io Di Notte by Milva soundtracks the footage. Filmmaker Greg Lofrano, of Loaf Productions, who made the short film told us, "the song, alongside the footage, symbolizes the community we seek and miss in everyday life. We've been doing a great job with social distancing in the city."
Andrew Chamings | April 26, 2020
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