Its crazy that this almost century old film does a better job of building serious amounts of tension in a single short scene then most of the action movies of modern day are capable of even with their 9-figure budgets!
@@pegasBaO23 Even in today's psychological film there are dozens of stuntmen listed in end credits. Back then Buster was the actor, director AND the sole stuntman for his own role at the same time. It would be out of the question today for an actor to act in that scene, live and with no safety measures. Good times, bad times. Some actors are even prevented today by lawyers to ride a bike not to harm themselves.......
@@greg-warsaw4708 "Some actors are even prevented today by lawyers to ride a bike not to harm themselves" that feels a bit extreme, but I suppose there is a reason for the fact that on average actors tend to live well into their nineties and still preform
The movie fell out of copyright at some point, but has been re-released a few times with different music. The music on the later versions is still copyrighted. Replacing the sound would mean they didn't have to pay to use the clip.
It's just a fake front of a train on a dolly being pushed by the crew though. Add some steam ports, watch your filming angles, and it looks real enough.
@@RobertMounceOnLinethis was not fake. This is real, they zoomed in and once they cut filming they ran off the tracks. Think you should do better research. This is not CGI like today’s shitty movies
Ok...notice there is no 'conductor' looking out of the train to control speed. Showing how well they knew their knew trains. Also notice that at 19 seconds we get a side view going the same speed as the train.
Its crazy that this almost century old film does a better job of building serious amounts of tension in a single short scene then most of the action movies of modern day are capable of even with their 9-figure budgets!
the tension is real, because so is the danger, this is a real steam train, and a single mistake could've killed Buster Keaton
@@pegasBaO23 Even in today's psychological film there are dozens of stuntmen listed in end credits. Back then Buster was the actor, director AND the sole stuntman for his own role at the same time. It would be out of the question today for an actor to act in that scene, live and with no safety measures. Good times, bad times. Some actors are even prevented today by lawyers to ride a bike not to harm themselves.......
@@greg-warsaw4708 "Some actors are even prevented today by lawyers to ride a bike not to harm themselves" that feels a bit extreme, but I suppose there is a reason for the fact that on average actors tend to live well into their nineties and still preform
You sound stupid asf. Modern movies are way better than those old bullshit films you old fools enjoyed
What about Tom Cruise?
The tension was real in the second one so satisfying in the end
Ikr
Developer in release date
This scene was filmed in my home town
Culver City?
Cottage Grove, Oregon?
American city, America?
@@exerdose yes
Bruh!
I remember seeing this clip on a CD-ROM encyclopedia and they replaced the track with 'Animals Went in Two By Two'.
The movie fell out of copyright at some point, but has been re-released a few times with different music.
The music on the later versions is still copyrighted.
Replacing the sound would mean they didn't have to pay to use the clip.
I can tell you from experience
Those logs are not that light 😂
Lol, very cleverly risky
It's just a fake front of a train on a dolly being pushed by the crew though. Add some steam ports, watch your filming angles, and it looks real enough.
@@RobertMounceOnLinethis was not fake. This is real, they zoomed in and once they cut filming they ran off the tracks. Think you should do better research. This is not CGI like today’s shitty movies
This is insane; if he slips he dies
According to Bernie Burns of Rooster Teeth, the second tie hit him in the face and broke his jaw.
Ayyyy lmao that's why I'm here
+Kipper Hawkins me too
+Michael Harrison doesn't look like it at all
It really doesn't. Could not confirm.
I call bunk!
Trolley Tom: he's old like me!
Music?
Used in Shining Time Station: th-cam.com/video/dh5CF6ztyEc/w-d-xo.html
Today it would have been done with CGI.
Powerful JRE
I swear I heard before that a stuntman did this and died during this actual shot and his body is in bushes on side. But u don't t see it.
Anyone here from Explosm?
s' est trop rigolo!
Ok...notice there is no 'conductor' looking out of the train to control speed. Showing how well they knew their knew trains. Also notice that at 19 seconds we get a side view going the same speed as the train.
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I would just jump of and remove it manually if I were Mr Keaton, But we need action so I will excuse it
The train was hardly moving and they speed up the film.
The boards fall like they normally would though
@@nathanpeck2817 And the steam looks real too..
It's still going forward and it's quite heavy. If you're foot got stuck that would be the end.
@@Avidcomp I already explained how it was done.
@@StanSwan "hardly moving" makes it sound like it wasn't that big of a deal as a stunt - I thought.