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[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 65 points 4 months ago

Iirc that picture was "faked" in the sense that the perspective makes it seem more dangerous than it is. There's actually a platform under him.

[-] Shawdow194@kbin.social 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I believe ~~Charlie Chaplin~~ did similar stunts back in the day

The end results are badass though. Totally looks like they are dangling in peril

Edit: Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton. Not Charlie Chaplin

[-] moody@lemmings.world 13 points 4 months ago

I don't think Chaplin was known for that kind of stunts, but Buster Keaton was. Like the classic clip where the front of a house collapses on him and he's standing right where the window falls.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Buster Keaton did a lot of this kind of thing with perspective and stuff, but he was also a badass who did some incredible stunts.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

I dunno if he was known for it or not, but Chaplin did this sort of thing too. There's a roller skating clip of him "almost falling" a couple floors in this compilation (2nd clip)

https://youtu.be/oBSpuZDKaKI

[-] moody@lemmings.world 1 points 4 months ago

That was a matte painting, there was no actual stunt there, just camera tricks.

That same video has a clip of Buster Keaton riding a motorcycle over a collapsing bridge. The part with the trucks was camera tricks. The part with the bridge falling was a real stunt.

[-] MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

This’d be more of a Harold Lloyd thing

[-] Shawdow194@kbin.social 2 points 4 months ago

That's it! Thank you

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