Abandoned


Ghosts in The Communist Machine


One of my favorite movie dialogues came from 2005's Everything is Illuminated.

The story revolves around a young Jewish American (played by Elijah Wood) who ventures off to the Ukraine in search of family history. While out there he enlists the services of a tour guide (played by Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz). During the tour they come across an abandoned apartment complex in the middle of nowhere. Woods turns to Hutz and asks "What happened", Hutz replies after a pause "Independence". Brilliant scene.

Ironically enough a day after watching the flick for the 100th time (addicted to the soundtrack), a friend lead me to this particular site entitled Abandoned.

Compiled by a Russian photographer named Uryevich, Abandoned is an eerie collection of Russian complexes such as hospitals and apartments that had been left to rot soon after the fall of the Communist regime way back when.

Like a scene out of 28 Days, you just have to ask yourself "Where is everyone"?

Link: Abandoned










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Posted by Jeffrey Melton on 7/19/2007 12:33:00 PM

Not "Independence"?

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