It’s easy to forget about the environment of a film when engrossed in a gripping storyline, which undermines the painstaking effort put into them. For example, the Chariot Arena in the 1959 Ben Hur was carved away at a rock quarry by 1,000 workers for over a year, and 40,000 tonnes of white sand was imported from Mexico. The scene alone cost $4,000,000!
Looking at a more recent example, The Titanic featured a replica ship built at 90% scale, and was so large a bespoke studio had to be built around it on the Mexican coastline. Water was pumped in directly from the ocean to fill the huge tanks.
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