Re: U sets in "The Matrix" ??

["Peter Ruxton" <rucko@bigpond.com>]

Peter Ware wrote in message <370D22B2.31FB22A0@ozemail.com.au>...
>The new film "The Matrix" shot in Sydney last year has a scene at an
>underground railway station where several trains resembling the old
>interurban "U sets" are seen.
>
>The station itself is dark, dirty and has an architecture that resembles
>the typical underground station seen in other US movies. The three
>trains, two moving through at high speed and one stationary at the
>platform, are only glimpsed briefly. The two moving trains are shown as
>front end shots approaching - the lights shown are unlike any I have
>seen on CityRail trains - as well as side shots of a single car moving
>past. In the brief side views the metallic sides looked very much like
>those on the U sets. In the one stationary car scene, the seating looked
>like that on the U sets with front facing seats but the door seemed to
>be automatic - the stationary car was quite possibly just a manufactured
>mock-up.
>
>Watch for it if you see the movie. The movie itself was, in my opinion,
>very good and one of the better ones that I have seen this year.
>
>Peter Ware
>
>
This was done underneath the old wheat Silos at Rozelle by 3801 I think
about 12 months ago.

"U" CRS was used.


P. Ruxton