‘Come to Shell Beach. The water’s fine!’ This original prop miniature sign, complete with a slightly sinister winking sun and a waving woman dressed in a bikini, was used for special effects during the production of Australian director Alex Proyas' 1998 tech-noir film Dark City. This imagery of Shell Beach is key to the film. It represents an out-of-reach distant memory for the central character, Murdoch (played by Rufus Sewell), who inhabits a place that is in direct contrast to Shell Beach: a dark city bathed in shadows where the sun never shines.