As some of you may know, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale were in town the last couple of weeks shooting scenes for an upcoming film about John Dillinger called "Public Enemies." I walked down as close as I could get one day, and managed to shoot something I found quite fascinating. About a block away from the primary filming location, I noticed atop one of our downtown buildings a rather unusual-looking American Flag.



It seems that the Hollywood folks don't miss a trick. In 1934 - the time-frame of the film - our nation consisted of only 48 states! So they erected a correct-for-the-era flag, which will most likely only be seen in the distance in the film. But I've given you a close-up! You're welcome! :)

Here's a shot taken by one of the local news photographers during the actual filming of a bank robbery scene. Liz and I walked down during lunch a few days later and I took the following shot as the cast and crew were working out some details before filming the next sequence. You can see some of the extras in the background.





Next is a shot of some of the construction work they did to re-dress the town. The Walgreens building and the wall with the advertisements do not really exist in downtown Oshkosh.



Finally, here's a close-up of Johnny in costume, taken by the news photographer.



It's been fun to have this going on here in our little town, but it's also nice to get back to business as usual.