US Edition'One Battle After Another' location manager explains THAT car chase
Location manager Michael Glaser detailed filming on Southern California desert highways chosen for their metaphorical and emotional impact in the Oscar-nominated film's climactic chase.
- On March 15, the location manager described filming the desert chase on Highway 78 in Imperial County, California, for the film.
- Michael Glaser began scouting before he had the full script, using production‑designer bullet points, saying locations act as a 'subconscious character' and the desert shaped the film's third act.
- Using front‑and‑rear shots and low camera angles, Andy Jurgensen said the chase was filmed over multiple days, with Glaser offering around 200 locations including Borrego Springs.
- Filming on remote desert roads leaves crews largely on their own, and locations can become pilgrimage sites like the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps, Glaser said.
- The production's route across California begins in Eureka and moves into bleak desert, with Glaser saying 'Things appear and then disappear and then appear again'.
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