So he said he talked with the director of the original film, and thought “As you emptied out the streets in Spain, let’s do ours in New York, and let’s have an empty Times Square. What could be more chilling than that?”
After finally getting permission, they only had access to a closed Times Square for three hours on a Sunday morning. So that meant they had to do this very quickly. But the city made it clear this was a one-off, they wouldn’t do this ever again for another film. And according to Crowe, Danny DeVito tried to request a similar thing for an upcoming film and obviously it wasn’t granted.
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Katie Holmes on the IV Digest magazine at the 2:50 timestamp.
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If you know your Twilight Zone theres a big giveaway in this scene starting around 2:35
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This was not done with CGI, they really shut down Times Square for this scene.
Cameron Crowe gave an interesting [interview](https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/cameron-crowes-vanilla-sky-easter-eggs.html) where he talked about the film, the meaning(s) of the ending and this scene.
So he said he talked with the director of the original film, and thought “As you emptied out the streets in Spain, let’s do ours in New York, and let’s have an empty Times Square. What could be more chilling than that?”
After finally getting permission, they only had access to a closed Times Square for three hours on a Sunday morning. So that meant they had to do this very quickly. But the city made it clear this was a one-off, they wouldn’t do this ever again for another film. And according to Crowe, Danny DeVito tried to request a similar thing for an upcoming film and obviously it wasn’t granted.
Katie Holmes on the IV Digest magazine at the 2:50 timestamp.
If you know your Twilight Zone theres a big giveaway in this scene starting around 2:35