Facts From Behind the Scenes of Popular Films

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Matrix

Choreographer Yuan Heping, who worked on the main battle scenes and fights in the movie The Matrix, tried to get the maximum price for himself and for a long time refused to participate in the filming. When all his conditions were maximally fulfilled, he decided to throw in another demand that, as it seemed to him, not a single director would agree to fulfill. He demanded full control over all the scenes with fights and 4-month physical training of the actors. Wachowski had nowhere to go and they agreed to the terms.

Al Capone`s Prison

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...

20 Photos on How Power Changes People

The people who are at the helm of government often have a huge responsibility, which alternates with stress tests and critical thinking. Such high-ranking posts are likely to reflect not only on the character and mental order of the heads of state, but also on their appearance. In this collection, we decided to trace how the appearance of the main people of the country changed through the years of their reign ...

Empty Ghost Towns in China

In the early 2000s, the Chinese government threw all its efforts into the construction and development of large cities. For this reason, today we see many skyscrapers, large business centers and residential buildings built according to the latest technological inventions. This process does not stop to this day, and therefore if you ride around China today, you can stumble upon real ghost towns. Large, equipped with everything necessary for life, but did not know it ....