Subway disaster (41 photos)

LJ user russos writes: This will happen on December 21, 2012, when the disaster film “Metro” will be released, which is currently being filmed by Igor Tolstunov’s production company (“PROFIT”) based on the novel “Metro” by Dmitry Safonov. It's hard to say anything good about this novel. But when I was offered to visit the film set, I naturally couldn’t refuse.

The film script, of course, differs from the book, but is written based on it. Here's a description of the film from the press release:

“The widespread construction of new buildings in the center of Moscow is causing a crack to appear in one of the metro tunnels between two stations. No one could have imagined that as a result of a breach in the seal of the ceiling, water from the Moscow River would pour into the tunnel and hundreds of train passengers would be at the mercy of the impending flood. The furious flow of water threatens not only the collapse of the metro tunnels, but also the destruction of the entire city.

Among the people in trouble are city hospital doctor Andrei Garin and his daughter Ksyusha. Garin fights the disaster, trying to save the surviving passengers, including... his wife's lover. Garin will have to overcome resentment, anger and fear. He must survive to get back his love, his family... his old happy life.”

What I saw on the set shocked me, but again to the press release:

“Preparation for filming lasted almost a year - the creators studied the intricacies of the subway systems, developed proprietary filming technologies, unique scenery, and looked for non-standard special equipment and locations.”

I don’t know about the subtleties - the film will show that, but the creators have studied the basics of the metro perfectly well. Let's get a look.

1. Several subway cars were purchased for filming, which were then brought to varying degrees of disrepair in accordance with the film script.

2. Interior scenes are filmed in this carriage, and the necessary tunnel views and station interiors will be superimposed on the green background outside.

3. For one of the sets in a special filming pool at the film studio named after. Gorky built an underground bunker. The scenes in it have already been filmed, and the scenery itself has been dismantled.

4. The film also involves many complex stunt scenes. This and the previous photographs were provided by the press service of the film company.

5. Unlike the book, the actions take place in the city center, at the fictional Sadovaya station on the Circle Line.

6. This is not product placement, this is truly a fictitious advertisement.

7. Metro map, almost similar to Moscow. Suddenly - Sadovaya.

8. The film's budget is $9 million, which by today's standards for Russian cinema is an impressive amount.

9. Mannequins.

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11. A very cut up carriage. There is a tunnel in the background.

12. Preparation of props.

13. For filming, a subway tunnel was built with a life-size height and width and a length of 117 meters.

14. This was a shock for me. Made of plywood, cardboard, some kind of clever mixture for tubing, wood and boards - a natural tunnel. I even felt a metropolitan smell while in it. Very high quality decorations. Yes, there are minor flaws, but believe me, 99.9 percent of people will not notice them.

15. There are no rails in the tunnel. They will be drawn in later (they were not done in order to make the work of the film crew with equipment and extras easier - and this is about a hundred people). But the most important thing is that the tunnel is sealed and can hold tons of water. During filming, its level can reach one and a half meters along its entire length.

16. “Tubing.” Essentially handmade from epoxy and fiberglass. In total, more than 500 pieces were made.

17. Many different scenes are filmed in one tunnel, so there are inserts of other lining that are incomprehensible from a technical point of view.

18. Inside the carriage. Most recently, he rode the subway and transported passengers.

19. The contact rail is made of wood, and the casing on top is real.

20. A crumpled carriage.

21. And a very badly damaged carriage. I would even say crushed into meat.

22. The last time a disaster film was filmed in Russia was 25 years ago. It was the film “Breakthrough” (1986), shot by the same director of photography that today shoots “Metro” - Sergei Astakhov.

23. I will definitely watch this film and write what I think about it.

24. The scenery evokes only delight and respect for the work done.

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26. Germukha, but not working. I was amazed by the attention to detail. And the tunnel, as you can see, is a little flooded.

27. And this is what it looks like from the outside.

28. Models of a train carriage, scale 1:3. yustas somehow looks critically at all this.

29. Inside the layout.

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35. Tunnel layout.

36. Strange sensations in him.

37. And this is a working germukha. This tunnel can completely flood!

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39. The layout of the head car exactly corresponds to the requirements of this head, which is also somehow used in filming.

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41. This is the “butt of the carriage” - torn off from the carriage and moved by the flow of water through the tunnel. With the help of computer graphics it will be given the final “correct” look.