When you're feeling stressed

[Joe]

I think this short movie from 1925 about a man trying to get home to his sweetheart and facing lots of obstacles is pretty awesome, and maybe a humorous metaphor for the trials we all have to face in our journeys.

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[Deleted member 11729]

;D excellent! ... I am asking myself how did they "filmed" all this rocks avalanche scenes .. they are excellent! ... and yeas you are right, sort of a humorist metaphor of life we are going through ... and also a bit to romantic, but made me sad to think ah ... I wish to have the one who will be ready to go through all the life obstacles with (for) me ...

thank you for sharing!

 

[MK Scarlett]

Thanks Joe for sharing this amazing video. I laughed and felt respectful for the stuntmen at these old times.
The end is hilarious! ;)

 

[Solie123]

That was great Joe! Thanks for sharing... Hope everyone keeps their heads up

 

[Turgon]

What a stuntman! He sure falls down enough times but keeps picking himself back up to make it to his journeys end. Thanks for sharing, Joe.

 

[Cleo]

Thanks for sharing, pretty funny in light of the metaphor mentioned. Reminds me of the humorous skits I've seen of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

;D excellent! ... I am asking myself how did they "filmed" all this rocks avalanche scenes .. they are excellent!

Was wondering the same..wonder what the boulders were actually made out of.

 

[Turgon]

;D excellent! ... I am asking myself how did they "filmed" all this rocks avalanche scenes .. they are excellent!

Was wondering the same..wonder what the boulders were actually made out of.

I'll take a guess and say some sort of chicken wire with paper mache

 

[Solie123]

;D excellent! ... I am asking myself how did they "filmed" all this rocks avalanche scenes .. they are excellent!

Was wondering the same..wonder what the boulders were actually made out of.

I'll take a guess and say some sort of chicken wire with paper mache

That or foam painted over! They have to be light, he got trampled a couple of times by them, and if they were as heavy as they looked, I'm not sure he'd still be running. Plus they must have had to film that scene a couple of times to get it right. Really awesome.

 

[Marina9]

Haha that was a great video Joe! Thanks for sharing, it could be a daily reminder to watch in the mornings and never forget to keep ur head up no matter what obstacles you may encounter hehe :D

 

[Cleo]

;D excellent! ... I am asking myself how did they "filmed" all this rocks avalanche scenes .. they are excellent!

Was wondering the same..wonder what the boulders were actually made out of.

I'll take a guess and say some sort of chicken wire with paper mache

That or foam painted over! They have to be light, he got trampled a couple of times by them, and if they were as heavy as they looked, I'm not sure he'd still be running. Plus they must have had to film that scene a couple of times to get it right. Really awesome.

Yeah, I was kind of thinking along the lines of paper mâché, maybe paper mâché over foam? They did a good job anyway at making the boulders look real. :)

 

[Carl]

Am I the only one who was clenching my teeth rather than laughing through most of that? Some of those boulders were monsters! Respect.

 

[Rich]

Good one! Thanks for sharing Joe. Love the ending: Just when he thinks he's finally made it safely home..

 

[Turgon]

Am I the only one who was clenching my teeth rather than laughing through most of that? Some of those boulders were monsters! Respect.

There were a few moments! He took some serious spills like when that giant boulder took out the tree and he was dodging all of the smaller ones near the end. I couldn't believe he got up from a few of those stunts even if it was planned and the boulders were some kind of foam material.

 

[Windmill knight]

That guy was amazing! Was that Buster Keaton? Some of the things he did reminded me of Jackie Chan. It's hard to believe that such guys survived their careers.

 

[Palinurus]

Was that Buster Keaton?

I'm quite sure it is him and I wouldn't know of any other actor who was capable of performing this type of stunts all by himself. He's rather famous for them, actually. And for always keeping a strait face doing the most impossible things -- his trademark so to speak.

Very enjoyable.