Filmmaker reacts to The Crow (1994) for the FIRST TIME!
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My excitement for this film's release was immense. I was at the video store the morning it released and the dude behind the counter unwrapped the cellophane from the tape in front of me prior to renting. RIP Brandon Lee, life cut way too short, just like his father. Glad you enjoyed it bro 🤟
Brandon was pretty universally great in all the movies he was in. The movies themselves may not have been good, but brandon was always entertaining. the world lost quite the talent.
@@Lazrael32 He was a talent for sure. Such a loss for the world of cinema 🤟
I’m 48 and this is my favorite movie to this day all time .Brandon lee brought it .. violent heartfelt love story.. 💯..
I got to see this movie in the theater and I’ll tell you what after the movie was over I was silent for over 30 minutes Just taking in what I had just watched.
It’s a phenomenal film
Don't forget guys brandon lee the Legend still and its never forgotten
"You move and you're dead!"
"And I say I'm dead, and I move!"
Most badass line ever.
There are a couple I'd put on the same level, like
"The only thing that you and I have in common, Mr. Creedy, is we are both about to die." ("V for Vendetta"), or
"Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else." (Babylon 5, "Severed Dreams").
But yeah, it's certainly up there.
Bruce Lee's son. Brandon was utterly fantastic in this role and really flexed his acting prowess throughout. A total tragedy he died during the filming of this, but he left us with an unforgettable performance that'll last the test of time. The soundtrack is also one of the all-time greats.
And yet now they want to do a reboot/remake of the Crow and the franchise… modernize it for todays audiences. To say people are already up in arms about even thinking about touching this film is understated grossly.
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I heard it was the other way around. That filming was near the end when this happened. I recalled it was in a magazine almost a year after his death. They almost didn’t finish it but his fiancé didn’t want his last movie to die with it. You maybe be right, but I could swear they said it was all but finished. Despite all the trouble during filming in Wilmington that occurred, they were almost done. I’ll have to look into it again.
He's probably the only guy I'd want to see play Neo more than Keanu Reeves - and Reeves nailed that fucking role. That's just how great Brandon Lee is.
@@cozenw3236You’re absolutely right. It was near the end of filming, and Brandon & Eliza’s wedding was scheduled for shortly after.
The tragedy extended production for obvious reasons but the original schedule was almost complete when he was killed.
I was a grunge goth kid and saw this in theaters when it come out, it became one of my all time top 10 to this day, Rest in Peace Brandon, sorry that this had to be your magnum opus, not that it's a bad one, but you were to sure have more in the pocket.
Are you saying this was _Brandon's_ magnum opus? It wasn't. Showdown in Little Tokyo and Rapid Fire are, if you've not seen them and are a fan of Brandon lee, a must see.
@@CuidightheachODuinn I sure have, and though I would agree that Showdown was a great flic and the same with rapid fire (in that order), the Crow is still the best in my opinion, I can only give mine 😉
No such thing.. anyone alive then wouldn’t mix the two.. goth is 80s onwards, grunge is 90s only..
I’ll never forget the first time I watched Eric Draven suiting up and standing in the smashed out window, glaring into the storm with righteous fury in his eyes, the crow on his shoulder, and The Cure blasting over the soundtrack. I still get chills
Burn is hands down my favorite track on an amazing album.
A lot of people have already expressed how tragic it was that Brandon Lee died during the making of this film. Another part of the tragedy that isn't mention is Michael Massee, who played Funboy in the film and was the one who fired the shot that killed Brandon. He was traumatized by what happened that he took a year off from acting and never watched the final film. In a 2005 interview, 12 years after the event, he revealed that he still had nightmares about it saying, "I don't think you ever get over something like that." It's sad to think that even up to his death, he was still haunted by it.
yeah for real. poor guy. just a complete tragedy at every angle.
Another cast member impacted by Lee’s death was Rochelle Davis who played Sarah. Davis struggled with mental health & substance abuse in the years following the films release; on top of which she spent a period of time homeless. From following her social media, she’s turned her life around & is now making occasional appearances at various conventions.
thats really sad to hear but i'm glad she is doing better. @@davidanderson1639
@@davidanderson1639 I'm glad to hear she's turned her life around.
@@DanielS2001 if you do a bit of searching on here, you’ll find several Q&A sessions / podcasts with her. Absolutely; it’s great to see her turning her life around…yet at the same time keeping her memories of working with Brandon Lee alive.
I have been jamming to this soundtrack for almost 30 years now (30th anniversary next year). I may never get sick of it. It's an amazing collection of artists and tracks, some of which have never been performed again (The Cure famously never plays Burn live). It's goth, rock, metal and grunge. Simply incredible.
Yesssss! This soundtrack was worn out from heavy rotation.
Hey, The Cure have been playing "Burn" on their last few tours, and it's been a major highlight.
@@johnmordecai2776 Nice! Hadn't heard that they finally started doing it 👍
I adore NIN's version of Dead Souls (which we got a snippet of in this reaction.
The score is amazingly good too (though hard to find), the music really makes this movie move. It's not just a background, it's PART of the film!
This film is a true piece of art, in every aspect. "Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children".
That scene is crazy powerful. Watching Eric push the drugs out of Darla is wild imagery, combined with those words.
That line was from the comic. Which is way more brutal.
Lord if Wesley Blade and Brandon Crow had a flick together...perfection...
RIP Brandon Lee, he would have been a major star. Also the film is based on a comic book.
An absolute tragedy that we lost Brandon Lee during the making of this. He could’ve been a great talent like his father.
This movie hold so much in my little goth heart. It has some of the most quotable moments. And the costumes is just chefs kiss. The music too. The 90s were just built different in terms of filmmaking. So many more risks and real creativity. No matter how out there it was.
“Victims aren’t we all?”
Yeah. Poor Linda Lee, and Shannon.
Victims aren’t we all. A quote I’ll always remember from this movie.
I think it's fair to say he was a great talent!
@@johnohrstrom5112 I agree, he is still a great talent. It’s just a shame we couldn’t see his full potential
No movie is more quintessentially early 90's than this.
Loved this movie.
Brandon died when I was on a WestPac deployment. Back in those days, news was scarce on my ship, but his death made the ship's paper. As a Bruce Lee fan since kidhood, it was a real kick to the gut to know that legacy had hit an end.
The Crow came out right before I ended my active duty. I must have gone to the theaters twenty times. It was an amazing movie. My first love also loved the movie and I would quote mushy parts to her and she would do the same. So many great memories of this movie. It is loaded with my optimism of youth, my broken heart of losing my first love (we broke up, nothing sinister), and is a testament to the great human we lost when Brandon died.
I wish we could have had a library of awesome Brandon movies, but this film was truly a gift.
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Absolutely beautiful (& interesting) comment.
Beautiful pupper in your profile pic too.💙💙
And, of course, gratitude for your service.🌿💫
Woulda md a perfect Neo!
One of the BEST movie soundtracks of all-time! Nine Inch Nails' cover of "Dead Souls" is INCREDIBLE!
...and, Detroit's not exactly Hell, but, it's in the same zip code.
Yuuuuup.
Big Empty is a certified banger too!!!
Only thing that could top it would have been the Joy Division original, nothing less.
“People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.”
The beginning of the film and people still call Brandon's character "The Crow" like they skipped over that part 😅
@@wumpscutx1 And they're usually surprised when they get to the comics and find out just how many people the Crow has brought back.
Can I copy this to my qoutes of the original movie plz thank you
Where can I find this whole opening line
This movie is based on an independent comic written and drawn by James O'Barr. After his girlfriend was killed by a drunk driver, he began developing the comic as a way of dealing with his anger, which, sadly, he said only further enhanced his rage. He also then read a newspaper story about an engaged couple who were murdered over a wedding ring and harnessed that in his story. After 7 years of trying to find a publisher for his comic, it was finally picked up by Caliber Press.
Originally, the movie was being aimed as a direct-to-video release. During filming, Brandon Lee, the son of Bruce Lee and rising star who played Eric Draven in the film, was killed by an errant bullet struck him in the abdomen after a gun they had used as a time-saving measure was not inspected. The producers considered scrapping the movie entirely and Paramount Pictures pulled out of distributing the film, only for Miramax to step in with additional funding to complete the movie. Although Brandon Lee had already filmed most of his scenes, some of the shots ended up being filmed in silhouette with stunt actors and voices overlaid. The shot where he finally sees Sarah at the window is one such example.
The movie ended up going on to make 4 times its budget and spawn 3 sequels and a TV series. A reboot of the original film has been in development hell for around 15 years. Also, this was Alex Proyas' first North American film. He later went on to co-write and direct 'Dark City,' another excellent film you should check out if you've never seen it before. That film was co-written by David Goyer, who wrote Blade around the same time and would go on to co-write Batman Begins and help develop the next two films in Nolan's Batman trilogy.
That slow-mo shot when he's with those kids dancing around was his last usable shot of him alive. It would've been great to see how far his career would've gone had he lived longer.
Live long and forever, Bruce Lee & Brandon!! May your legacy and philosophy of life be passed on for generations to come!
This movie came out on a Friday the 13th that year. My father picked me up from school early when I was 9 to go watch it. We always watched his fathers movies and were excited to see Brandon in his final film.
RIP Dad
RIP Brandon
The Crow is best watched the night before Halloween. This movie is based in Detroit and the yearly thing "Devils Night" there. Its mentioned in the Graphic Novel.
And this came out BEFORE Blade......glad you loved it.....
Heh, your first reaction got me. As Eric says in the comic, "This isn't Hell. But you can see it from here."
Literally spent opening day traveling between theatres to see each showing in my city. The Crow was a formative work in my life. The movie definitely captured its essence.
16:55 This scene gets me every time with how somber and, in a way, beautiful it is. It just feels like a remembrance to Brando Lee, an "in memorial" scene. 30 years but still RIP.
The CGI you mentioned at the beginning (make-up reveal) was the first time a movie used CGI to bring a dead actor back to life. Brandon Lee was killed during the making of this movie and they used a body double to complete some scenes and used CGI to replace his face with Brandons, including the scene you mentioned.
That’s badass!
Chad Stahelski was the double and one of Brandon's stuntmen. The director of John Wick.
So from what I remember, he was killed because they used a revolver with dummy rounds that only had the primers. The dummy rounds are used strictly for visuals, so you can't see the obvious blank rounds when looking straight on. At some point, the trigger was pulled, and the primer had enough powder to push out the projectile to where it got lodged in the barrel. They then switched to the blank rounds that actually fire but don't have projectiles. But, in this case, it actually became a live round because of the projectile that was lodged in the barrel. So when the blank was fired, it propelled the projectile that was in the barrel like a regular bullet.
I remember when this story broke, and I remember feeling so bad for his mom Linda and his sister Shannon. They had to deal with another untimely death.
Michael Manse (Fun Boy) was devastated from being the one that accidently fired the blank, he took a year or so off acting.
@@Hellion47 RIP Brandon Lee and Michael Massee
I still have and play the soundtrack to this film. There is not enough space in the comment section for all the memories I have associated with this movie as well as Interview with the Vampire.
The movie is based on a graphic novel, and it really shows in a strong and evocative way.
The Crow hands down has the best gun fight in cinematic history. Absolutely top tier.
I love everything about this movie. I love the tragic story, the characters, the acting, the atmosphere, the soundtrack, it all works!
This is by the same director as Dark City, and both films are great and very rewatchable.
As a kid this movies aesthetic was so fire and being a fan of obarr art it nailed it. Also one of the best movies about eternal love.
Always love watching "the Crow". The club at the end was modeled after Leland City Club (still going strong!), a place my friends and I would go to every weekend and run it 'til close every night! (Would go to Ascension UK after for coffee with "special" ingredients, IFYKYK. Yea, that place got firmly shut down)
One of my favorite (comic book and in general) movies.
Seriously one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time!
Love The Crow, love The Cure.
R.I.P. Brandon Lee. Tragic freak accident that happened. Phenomenal person took to soon unfortunately. His performance cemented this film as an instant classic. Especially around Halloween. But a Phenomenal anyway you slice it.
This was the favorite movie of someone who was in my life very briefly but made a profound effect. And what a perfect movie for that to be the case with. Keep someone in your memory forever and they're always around. What a movie.
The pawn shop owner - Gideon - is played by Jon Polito, who's often cast in films by The Coen Brothers, several that you've reacted to. Probably where you've seen him before.
Oh yeah, he was super-memorable in Miller's Crossing - I bet that's where James remembers him from.
He was in the Big Lebowski, as, what he refers to himself as a brother Shamus. The private detective looking for Bunny Lebowski
This is a great movie, which, unfortunately will always be associated with Brandon Lee passing away, tragically during filming. Alex Proyas, who directed this film, also directed dark city.
@@NPCS4051it’s incredible
And "I, Robot".
@@NPCS4051Dark City is great. The same gothic weird city vibe with an insane story and really good acting from Rufus Sewell.
I absolutely love this movie, both the story and the soundtrack which I owned both. Great reaction
I am old enough to have caught this at the theater when it released. I thought it was so damn cool,like most people. Glad you "got" it!
They made the most perfect movie based off a comic book ever
This came out when i was in high school and the movie and soundtrack are so special to me. I love seeing people watch this for the first time.
the way this film is put together, from the set pieces, wardrobe, lighting, music, the whole package, is a work of gothic perfection. this was lightning in a bottle.
"It can't rain all the time." RIP Brandon.
I saw this at the cinema in South Africa at age 17 on a first date...the relationship didn`t last, but the impact of just what a great adaptation from comic book to film this was still carries weight!
The story, the performances, the soundtrack, the backdrop...all perfect...
"Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children...Morphine is bad for you..."
Such a good line!
haha growing up near Detroit, when his first words were, "Automatically we're in hell", I had to laugh. You ain't wrong dude!
"This isn't Hell, but you can see it from here..."
A great movie that will never get old. RIP to Brandon Lee (Draven), Michael Massee (funboy), John Polio (Gideon), Lou Criscuolo (Uniform cop), and those unmentioned who died since.
Brandon Lee was awesome. I strongly feel he would have played Neo in The Matrix had he not died so young. And the pawnshop guy was in Miller's Crossing that you watched recently (I believe) he's in a lot of stuff, great character actor.
A brilliant comic book movie. I love the mood, setting and dark storyline, and Brandon Lee is awesome as the Crow.
And afaik the only CGI used is face replacement on Brandon's stunt double when he replaced Brandon in a few shot to be able to finish the movie. The rest I'm pretty sure is all practical, old timey compositing and model work.
The story behind the crow, creator, comic and the film is wrapped in tragedy.
This is my favorite movie of all-time and struck a chord with me immediately. I saw it multiple times in the theater and dollar theaters. As a black guy who was only into hip hop and pop at the time this movie got me into rock music and started me on that journey of branching out. Loved the deft of weaving the soundtrack throughout this movie along with the musical score.
When a film mentally tosses the viewer into the world, it makes for such an amazing experience. 💟
Hell yeah man, hope you enjoyed it :)
One of the most legendary movies ever made. W everything that went into this movie w Brandons iconic death and all that. Ya, man. This is one of the most iconic movies youll ever react to.
grew up on this movie....so awesome!
One of my favorite movies of all time.
Brandon Lee was taken too soon.
RIP
Please do a follow up vid to this touching on Brandon Lee. This came out about the same time as Dragon, the Bruce Lee story. His father. In Dragon, there is a scene where Bruce is trying to defend a young Brandon from this deadly family curse. He succeeds in the movie, but it makes the death of Brandon during the filming of The Crow even more chilling. Such a tragic loss. Us in Gen X will always remember him.
I LOVE This movie, awesome Soundtrack as well
A classic, with a killer soundtrack.
Yes!! One of my favorites!! Love it!!
This movie was amazing on opening night. I still would have like to have seen the more comic accurate version they originally shot. They changed things after Brandon died, which is understandable. He was a great up an coming actor and a fantastic martial artist. This movie stands as a great memorial for his long time fans. For those who ask who Eliza is at the movies end dedication, it was Brandon's fiance, Eliza Hutton.
Pushing a skateboard like that is called "mongo." And on top of that her stance is goofy foot. VERY unusual combination.
And RIP Brandon Lee. He did such a great job in this.
I find this movie sadly beutuful, with the worst hell is losing your true love, and sweetest heaven spending forever with them.
I saw this opening night, the theater was in the heart of downtown Chicago (north end) and I was there in a sea of people deep in the goth culture. It was a fantastic time and we loved every minute of it. Plus being a fan of Bruce Lee and was just getting into the career moves Brandon was making, so his passing making this movie, around the same age as his father's passing just cut deep. Didn't feel like that again until The Dark Knight.
The guy who played Gideon was Jon Polito. He’s definitely been in a lot of stuff. One of his projects around this time was Homicide: Life on the Street. Brilliant show.
I think James saw him in Big Lebowski as an Irish monk 😉
@@LordVolkov And in Miller's Crossing.
The use of music in both the score and soundtrack is absolutely iconic in this movie! This movie was a touchstone for a generation of goths, and goths-at-heart. 💜🐦⬛🖤
Great film, great soundtrack, and great comic. Rest in peace to Brandon Lee
One of my all time faves. Me and my band nerd homies we’re all about this movie when it came out our senior year h.s.
This film was such an important part of my youth
one of the best comic book films
Being the son of the greatest martial arts legend Brandon Lee left his own mark. You can see how The Crow influenced Ledger's Joker in the Dark Knight. The scene where Joker walks in to meet with the mafia bosses and druglords is similar when Eric goes after Skank, and also villian Top Dollar always talking about his dad like Joker did and Top Dollar actually did tell Eric "You have put a SMILE on my face." And tragically, Heath Ledger also dying young, as did Brandon Lee, WAY too many similarities. Both were 28 when they passed.
Rip Brandon. You made your dad proud
This film is so brilliantly dark and enlightening simultaneously, in the sense of justice that should be done of so many wrongs that are not. Yet, it's so satisfying even if the wrongs are made right in the wrong way. I watched this when I was 11 and understood the message. They deserved their ends, clearly and exactly the way they did. Rest in Peace Brandon Lee.
Hell yeah I've been waiting for his reaction to this movie for a long time
One of my favorite movies ever, RIP Brandon and Michael Manse (Fun Boy).
Thank you James for giving this one a watch, Alex Proyas directed this and then directed Dark City!
Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick movies was a stuntman for Brandon and Brandon's body double for composite shots to finish the film.
Man this is such a great movie. Brandon Lee really had something. RIP.
One of the things I loved most about this film was the music. The soundtrack is absolutely epic, and Revell's score is just sooooo good. I still listen to both all the time, all these years later.
NO, I don't recommend this to toddlers. But that being said, this is one of my earliest movies I can remember watching, amazing imagery and spoopy
Love the content!!✊️
The actor that plays Candyman, in this movie, was also in a movie called the man from earth, small film, small cast, interesting film. might be hard to review, but i enjoyed the "what if" discussions in it. =).
My mother took me to the drive in on a rainy day to watch this back in 94. The best memory I had with my mother.
the entire movie is such a mood >< so many people watching it this october, gonna be happily shredding a guitar on the roof after watching them all!
This is my favorite movie of all time, the acting, set pieces, aesthetic, characters, cast, i love every second of this masterpiece
Another great action flick that showcases what a star Brandon would've been, and is also super underrated is Rapid Fire. Great flick, lots of awesome hand to hand fight scenes showing Brandon's martial arts capabilities, great cinematography, a cool story. It's a blast to watch and holds up great. Couldnt recommend it enough. Brandon Lee really had it all, acting chops, good looks, charm, and fantastic martial arts skills just like his dad. The epitomy of gone too soon.
I grew up in the late 70’s and early 80’s, so I was a BIG fan of martial arts movies, and obviously became a HUGE fan of Bruce Lee. When his son wanted to make his own path in life, and stayed away from martial arts to try to break into movies his way, but knew that he could never escape his father’s legacy, he embraced it and did some pretty good martial arts movies, and was finally looking forward to breaking out in his own way with this film. I followed the progression of the movie in Black Belt Magazine, and remember hearing about his death on MTV, and then reading about in Black Belt Magazine. The director almost scrapped the movie, but wanted to honor Brandon Lee’s memory and his efforts he had put in the film by making some changes, and then continuing to make the movie. All of the interviews he did before he died while making the movie, you could really see how much he WANTED to make this film by the passion that exuded from him when he spoke about his character and just the atmosphere on set. Such a tragic loss, but a great legacy with ‘The Crow’.
This movies making... taught me more about gun safety then the actual classes you have to take for public carry.
even when im doing acting i will check the shaft and bullets to be sure its not real.
Everything about this movie is lit. The soundtrack, the story, the setting, the characters. The soundtrack still soothes my grungy goth heart. I believe this was one of the first movies made based on a graphic novel. Alex Proyas is an Australian director and he nailed the mood. You mentioned how cool Eric Draven looks anywhere he is posed, but I would have loved to see your reaction to the scene where he walks into the church with the camera set above and looking down at him with the crow flying overhead. Very symmetrical and stylised. I love every bit of it. The main villain is Michael Wincott, who is also in a bunch of movies you might recognise like The Count of Monte Cristo (he's the warden in charge of the prison), Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (the Sheriff's cousin), and a bunch of others. Very cool voice that brings a great amount of menace to every role.
The Crow was my Halloween costume from when I saw it on vhs to this day. Such a good example of a strong male character, fighting for his woman even after they’re both dead.
You went as the bird and not Eric Draven?
This Crow & Blade need to team up..!
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The "Gideon" character is from "The Big Lebowski", he was the private detective that follows "The Dude" around in the Volkswagen beetle. ☺️😂
Brandon Lee died during fuming due being shot by a prop gun. His stunt double finished his scenes. His stunt double was Chad Stahelski who recently directed the John Wick films.
(Edit: I managed to get Chad's name spelled right and I see Brandon Kee. Ugh.)¡
"Dark City" is another Masterpiece of Alex Proyas.
Yes @ johncampbell Brandon Lee's stunt double was none other than the director of the John Wick series. 😂👍👍👍
@@lauce3998 sadly he seems to have only had 2 great films in him. Which admittedly is better then most but 2 decades waiting for another great film to blow me away was too long.
Ever since having seen The Crow upon its release, it has been one of my most favourite films. Not only because the performances are excellent, but because it’s visually stunning, has possibly one of the best soundtracks; & also because of what Proyas achieved.
The Crow was filmed somewhat back to front; with Brandon Lee filming all the scenes of him in make up first. This meant that the scenes of him without the now iconic make up would be some of the last filmed on the production; & sadly the last Lee would’ve ever film.
On March 31, 1993, Lee was filming a scene where his character, Eric, is shot after witnessing the beating and rape of his fiancée. Actor Michael Massee's character Funboy fires a .44 Smith & Wesson Model 639 revolver at Lee as he walks into the room. A previous scene using the same gun had called for inert dummy cartridges fitted with bullets, but no powder or primer, to be loaded in the revolver. For close-up scenes that use a revolver, where the bullets are clearly visible from the front, and do not require the gun to actually be fired, dummy cartridges provide a more realistic appearance than blank rounds, which have no bullet. Instead of purchasing commercial dummy cartridges, the film's prop crew, hampered by time constraints, created their own by pulling the bullets from live rounds, dumping the powder charge, then reinserting the bullets.
In the fatal scene, which called for the revolver to be actually fired at Lee from a distance of 12-15 feet, the dummy cartridges were exchanged for blank rounds, which feature a live powder charge and primer, but no bullet, thus allowing the gun to be fired without the risk of an actual projectile. As the production company had sent the firearms specialist home early, responsibility for the guns was given to a prop assistant who was unaware of the rule for inspecting all firearms before and after any handling. Therefore, the barrel was not checked for obstructions when the time came to load it with the blank rounds. Since the bullet from the dummy round was already trapped in the barrel, this caused the .44 Magnum bullet to be fired out of the barrel with virtually the same force as if the gun had been loaded with a live round, and it struck Lee in the abdomen, mortally wounding him.
O'Barr later remarked that losing Lee was like losing his fiancée all over again, and he regretted ever writing the comic in the first place.
In an interview in 2005, 12 years after the incident, Massee revealed that he still had nightmares about it, stating, "I don't think you ever get over something like that”. Massee died on 20th October 2016 & right up until he passed away, had never watched the film.
Another cast member impacted by Lee’s death was Rochelle Davis who played Sarah. Davis struggled with mental health & substance abuse in the years following the films release; on top of which she spent a period of time homeless. From following her social media, she’s turned her life around & is now making occasional appearances at various conventions.
Also, The Cure, who composed the song ‘Burn’ specifically for the film, up until only a few years back refused to play it out of respect.
After a great deal of soul-searching, Proyas and the rest of The Crow's cast and crew arrived at the conclusion that Lee would have insisted that they finish the film. With most of the actor's scenes completed, it was up to special effects house Dream Quest to fill in the blanks, which they accomplished in a number of ways. For the scene in which a newly-returned-from-the-grave Eric returns to his old apartment, for example, unused footage of Lee was used, with the actor's image digitally composited into a shot of the apartment set. For a few other key images, however, the effects technicians turned to techniques that were, in 1993, ridiculously cutting edge.
Proyas brought in a relatively green stunt performer by the name of Chad Stahelski, who had been good friends with Lee and had a similar build. For a handful of scenes, including the one in which Eric sports his eerie makeup for the first time, approaching his window as lightning briefly illuminates the room, Stahleski stood in for Lee during shooting. Then, Dream Quest used previously captured footage of Lee to digitally graft the actor's face on Stahleski's body. The resulting shots certainly benefit from their brevity and from the darkness in which they were shot, but even today, the effect holds up remarkably well.
Interestingly, Chad Stahelski went on to direct John Wick & I have no doubt that had his friend Brandon Lee not died far too young, he’d have been cast into the role.
I saw The Crow in theaters with a lot of my friends in tow. What a film! R.I.P. Brandon Lee. Such a great story and one of the most stylistically beautiful movies I've ever seen.
This was epic on the big screen, and the roof running scene was iconic at the time. Brandon Lee nailed it and made the ultimate date movie.
Without getting into the real life tragedies surrounding both the original comic and the on-set death of Brandon, this movie is a visual feast. The shot of the rings blasting from the shotgun during the pawnshop scene is beautiful. The director's next film after this, Dark City, is definitely worth a watch as well. I still listen to the soundtrack.
The crow is by far one of my favorite movies. The graphic novel it is based off of is amazing as well and because of working with the artist/author they made this film work amazingly. Oh and the creator of The Crow did a cameo in the movie he was the long hair guy looting the pawn shop
My fav movie growing up. Brandon did such a great job in this, the dark lighting scenes throughout is rare to see, but excellently done in this
Every line is quotable in this movie, true piece of art
Back then, I recommended it to everyone as just the most romantic movie ever. Saw it in cinema 3-4 times and many times over on my home wall afterwards. Kinda glad I got the graphic novel afterwards, since of course the graphic novel does more, but I think it was the right way to tell the story in film. And the soundtrack was just perfection for it, too.
Fun fact: The guy killed while duct taped in the car is the same actor who played Luther ("Warriors, come out to plaaaaaay") in "The Warriors." Great reaction. 🙂❤
The only VHS I didn´t get rid of. Bought it when I was 13 yo. I just LOVE this Movie.
Just a little recommendation: "Dark City", by Alex Proyas: same director here. A fascinating film that deserved the success of 'The Matrix', hardly anyone saw it at the time but it has become a cult gem of science fiction and noir cinema.
What a movie. I remember watching this on my parents VHS, at wayyy too early an age 😂
Awesome movie, amazing soundtrack!
The style of the cgi background almost reminds me of when films use stylized matte paintings, it transports you to the world rather than trying to convince you it’s in your own. Comic book movies used to do that very well, but now you just occasionally see it in fantasy films.