Change the name to "Whateverburg, MD," supposedly located somewhere out in the MD panhandle in the Appalachian highlands, and there's no problem. My humble point is that the location is well enough known, at least regionally, that the filmmakers should have fictionalized the name rather than impose a story that makes no sense for the actual place. It's in a well-travelled exurban area adjacent to a state park, a Civil War battlefield and the Appalachian Trail. It is well known as a very picturesque, almost untouched 19th century farming village.
I'm sure Burkittsville was a fine place to shoot the opening scenes of the movie. but it's still hard to go in circles on the Appalachian Trail. There are plenty of places in the central Appalachians where getting lost is perfectly plausible (though if you have the sense to follow a stream, you'll still reach a phone pretty quickly). The Blair Witch Project's handling of location was like siting a movie in Central Park in NYC, with the protagonists getting lost in the Ramble for a week, unable to find their way out. I know this is nit-picking, but perhaps it's appropriate on a movie sub to suggest that if a film sets itself in an actual location, the film should be at least somewhat congruent with the site.
It's a heavily populated exurban location about seven miles from Harper's Ferry. South Mountain is a single ridge with a populated valley on either side and the Appalachian Trail running along the crest. The fact is, it's impossible to get lost on South Mountain outside of Burkittsville, which sits at the foot of Crampton's Gap, a reasonably well-known Civil War battlefield. Knowing the area, I was tickled by the premise of people getting lost in those scary woods outside of town. Some idiot even went so far as to do some digging in the local cemetery. I watched it out of curiosity after I saw news accounts of people who took the movie too seriously showing up in Burkittsville to hunt for relics. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey Maguire
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