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22-May-2002 - Article by KyocEr@~* All images in this article will enlarge when clicked on! On Monday, the 13th of March, the crew filming The Matrix 2 and 3 (Reloaded and Revolutions respectively) in Sydney, Australia informed residents and workers within the vicinity of Castlereagh Street that on the 16th (Wednesday) they would be blocking off traffic at 8:30 pm sharp in between the Bathurst and Liverpool Street intersections. For those of you that arent aware, Castlereagh Street is in the CBD and is quite busy most hours of the day. The crew advised that they would be employing all car parking spaces, and would only permit workers, or residents in the vicinity to remain within the area. ![]() This article focuses on important,
life-changing questions that you must surely be asking yourself,
such as: ![]() On set, as you can see from the pictures below, they removed street signs saying Keep Clear and Fire Trucks Enter (theres a Fire Station directly opposite), and replaced them with signs that said No Entry Except For Trucks Loading And Unloading 7AM 4PM Mon Thru Fri. ![]() Right in the middle of the street, they had earlier drilled and dug a rectangular hole. In the picture below, you can see the recess where the hole was dug, and one of the cameramen carrying some sort of device (Ill leave you to figure out what it is I have absolutely no idea). ![]() In this picture, you can see another crewmember holding something on top of a manhole cover. He took quite awhile holding that device above it until he was satisfied with it. Yet again, Im uncertain about its purpose. ![]() And now, what youve all been waiting for! Whats in this particular sequence/scene? Now, all of you die-hard Matrix fans out there (and there must be a lot of you, Im one myself) will most definitely know the significance of phones in the Matrix! If you recall, theres one scene in a subway station where theres a phone booth. Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) picks up the ringing phone, and disappears. Now heres the juicy bit yes, I present to you, a *genuine* fake telephone booth that you WILL be seeing in the movie, complete with matching newspaper stand! A close-up shot of the phone booth is also available below. Notice the graffiti and how dirty the handset is (it IS dirty, and it was admittedly a bit interesting to actually get a chance to stand right inside!). ![]() ![]() In front of the phone booth, you can see a Cadillac (its what Im assuming anyway, since you dont see many in Australia) parked right in front of it. From what I could tell, there is a person within the Cadillac (whose appearance may or may not be noticeable in the final film)? Not too tall either. ![]() Now, for the part that actually has some sort of action inside it they were filming this well until 3 am in the morning, over, and over, and OVER again. A trucks tires screech as, out of nowhere, it accelerates along the street with lights fully turned on, zooming past the Cadillac, over the rectangular hole that was dug earlier. This was the main thing that they were filming! Okay, so it wasnt really that exciting, as anyone whos watched a movie being produced knows how many takes one scene requires. ![]() ![]() To cut a long story short, it
was about midnight when I decided to walk one block home because
it was getting way too cold (its Winter down here), not
much was happening only the truck kept zooming down the
street. Not too soon either, since I later found out they were
having a lunch break at 1am in the morning (cheers
Hyrax), for another hour. From what I could see from my balcony
(its where my workstation is), things wrapped up shortly
after 2 am, possibly towards 2:30 am. I can only speculate at
this point that this was to replace the street signs, clear all
the equipment away etc. ![]() Me: Will any of the stars from
the movie be here tonight? ![]() And that, ladies and gentlemen, Matrix fans WORLDWIDE, concludes this little preview. Interesting, to say the least, but ultimately, nothing more than a little *sneak* at one of the telephone booths that will be used. It is entirely my speculation at this point, but I have a strong feeling that there will be a scene in which Neo (Keanu Reeves) either attempts to reach this phone booth (with it ringing?) or does reach it to be transported from the Matrix back to reality? Well only find out about this time, next year, unfortunately in the meantime, the latest teaser trailer can be downloaded from whatisthematrix.warnerbrothers.com . It looks set to be another cult classic in my books. Other Recent Content:
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