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FirmwareBurner

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Seeing the movie as a kid I totally expect it to be filmed in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, but Sydney never crossed my mind since the shots looks too "North America" to be anything else. Probably because in my mind Sydney is a beach with the opera house and an outback with kangaroos and giant spiders.

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wkat4242

2 days ago

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<@FirmwareBurner> That's why Sydney was so popular. The CBD has a really American feel but prices and wages are Australian. Fox studios had a huge campus there. Not sure if they still do.

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bitwize

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<@FirmwareBurner> The one that really baked my noodle was seeing Melbourne play the role of Boston in Knowing (2009), which it did fairly well if you don't look too closely.

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keepamovin

2 days ago

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<@bitwize> Like that film, but holy shit I did not know that was Melbourne! No way. Have to go back and watch. Classic Cage hahaha :)

also nice Matrix reference

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keepamovin

2 days ago

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<@FirmwareBurner> Heh :) Sydney downtown is very beautiful and very city vibe.

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FirmwareBurner

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<@keepamovin> Sounds like something a giant spider would say ;)

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keepamovin

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<@FirmwareBurner> Ah yes us sydneyspiders - I mean Sydneysiders - we're always looking for delicious - I mean gullible - I mean curious tourists in Sydney, and their dollars. We really don't have enough hehehe! :)

The Matrix (1999) Filming Locations – Shot-for-Shot – Sydney, Australia [video]

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wkat4242

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I'm surprised they used two real locations for the hotels. The "Heart O'The City" one at the very start, and the "Deja Vu" staircase.
These hotels look really delapidated in the film. I thought they were studio sets. I wonder how they managed to make them look so bad, tbh with late 90s tech (green screen mostly and limited CGI) it sounds like it would have been simpler to just build a delapidated staircase in a studio than to make the actual thing look rotten.
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FirmwareBurner

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Seeing the movie as a kid I totally expect it to be filmed in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, but Sydney never crossed my mind since the shots looks too "North America" to be anything else. Probably because in my mind Sydney is a beach with the opera house and an outback with kangaroos and giant spiders.
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wkat4242

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<@FirmwareBurner> That's why Sydney was so popular. The CBD has a really American feel but prices and wages are Australian. Fox studios had a huge campus there. Not sure if they still do.
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bitwize

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<@FirmwareBurner> The one that really baked my noodle was seeing Melbourne play the role of Boston in Knowing (2009), which it did fairly well if you don't look too closely.
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keepamovin

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<@bitwize> Like that film, but holy shit I did not know that was Melbourne! No way. Have to go back and watch. Classic Cage hahaha :)
also nice Matrix reference
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keepamovin

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<@FirmwareBurner> Heh :) Sydney downtown is very beautiful and very city vibe.
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FirmwareBurner

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<@keepamovin> Sounds like something a giant spider would say ;)
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keepamovin

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<@FirmwareBurner> Ah yes us sydneyspiders - I mean Sydneysiders - we're always looking for delicious - I mean gullible - I mean curious tourists in Sydney, and their dollars. We really don't have enough hehehe! :)