Filming location photo, shot in England, for Empire of the Sun (1987). Scene description: Returning from school Jim (Christian Bale) sits in the back of a chauffeur driven car reading his comic totally oblivious to the locals and beggars they pass on the way to his home.
Filming location photo, shot in England, for Empire of the Sun (1987). Scene description: Much has been done to shelter Jamie (Christian Bale) from the Chinese culture that surrounds him, and he is quite spoiled, treating the family's servants with utmost disrespect. For the first time he notices an old destitute man who sits by the gatepost to his home in rags, banging an empty cigarette-tin as the car sweeps by.
Filming location photo, shot in England, for Empire of the Sun (1987). Scene description: A chauffeur driven car passes the gateways of the European houses bringing 11-year-old Jamie (Christian Bale) back from his exclusive prep school.
Filming location photo, shot in England, for Empire of the Sun (1987). Scene description: Jim (Christian Bale), his cap on his head, rides his bicycle out of the front door and down the front steps and along the drive through the gate into the street.  He stops and watches Japanese soldiers looting a property on the other side of the street.