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Unexpectedly spotting a place you know and love on screen is one of life s little pleasures. And living in Melbourne – or, indeed, Victoria – you get to experience it surprisingly often.
For 35 years a little cul-de-sac in Vermont South has been beamed into living rooms around the world (Pin Oak Court doubling as Ramsay Street in
Neighbours). But it s not just Melbourne playing Melbourne: as fans of the Nicolas Cage movies
Ghost Rider and
Hunters,
The Leftovers and
Preacher can attest, our city, and indeed our state, does a pretty fine job of pretending to be somewhere else too.
For the Nicolas Cage film Knowing, parts of central Melbourne become a disaster zone.