Filmmaker Jimmy Chin Breaks Down Epic Nature Scenes from Movies

Filmmaker Jimmy Chin Breaks Down Epic Nature Scenes from Movies | GQ

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Jimmy Chin, 'Free Solo' documentarian filmmaker and professional climber, breaks down survival tactics and cinematography from film, including '127 Hours,' 'The Revenant,' 'Into the Wild,' 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,' 'Point Break,' 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'The Beach.'
00:00 Intro
00:25 '127 Hours'
02:34 'The Revenant'
06:45 'Into the Wild'
09:58 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'
12:24 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'
16:31 'Point Break'
19:09 'Lawrence of Arabia'
21:49 'The Beach'
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Filmmaker Jimmy Chin Breaks Down Epic Nature Scenes from Movies | GQ

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@GQVideos 2 жыл бұрын

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@nuwnkumara8524 2 жыл бұрын

😓😓😓😓😓🙏

@TheHelican 2 жыл бұрын

For people needing to google this guy, he is 1) a world class mountaineer, climber and skier (he didn't just climb Mount Everest, he skied down it) and 2) one of, if not THE, best mountaineering photographers/filmmakers alive right now. He can not only keep pace with some of the worlds strongest rock and ice climbers, he can film them - artistically! - while doing everything they they do just as skilfully. His first documentary film is called Meru and he filmed a lot of the footage ad hoc while part of a team trying to climb a coveted mountain face in the Himalayas, and since then he and his directing partner made an oscar-winning film called Free Solo about Alex Honnold, one of the best and probably most famous rock climbers in the world, climbing a 2,300 metre rockface with zero ropes or safety equipment. Jimmy Chin is really, really cool.

@stayingweakisnotokay7502 2 жыл бұрын

alex is a god

@NoahRoach9214 2 жыл бұрын

Just for accuracy sake, I don’t know if I would say he can do everything they can do but with a camera

@nathangiannini3282 2 жыл бұрын

El cap is not 2,300 meters tall

@615exotics4 2 жыл бұрын

@@nathangiannini3282 You are right it's 2,307: El Capitan, byname El Cap, mountain in Yosemite National Park, east-central California. One of the park’s most notable landmarks, the granite monolith features nearly vertical walls and stands 7,569 feet (2,307 metres) above sea level and towers some 3,600 feet (1,100 metres) over the western end of Yosemite Valley.. Source Britannia

@itszaque5031 2 жыл бұрын

@@NoahRoach9214 he can do a lot of it, I think the point is that he can reach places and get shots that other film makers aren’t often able to get because he is experienced in a bunch of extreme sports.

@eafofny 2 жыл бұрын

unassumingly one of the planet's biggest badasses. Dude skied down Mount Everest after summitting it.

@tylerthompson5859 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm gonna climb it!" *Does* "Ah.. now, I'm gonna ski down it!"

@alexislanitis4434 2 жыл бұрын

As a DP of 12 years thank you for giving kudos to how important we are to a film production. Love how you emphasise on how we insist on getting stuff not necessarily in the script or production schedules. It gets a lot of people frustrated but makes for better films!

@decarvaj2256 2 жыл бұрын

Gosh, this man has one of the most soothing and pleasing voices I've ever heard

@cachelesssociety5187 Жыл бұрын

Indeed. I find its not just his voice. After watching Free Solo, 14 Peaks, and Meru, I would say he's a treasure of a human being. I'm sure the accomplishments he's been a part of owe a great deal to the equilibrium that comes across in his voice. . So well measured in unbelievably stressful circumstances.

@kellychung9169 2 жыл бұрын

such a cool perspective--as someone who is a world class athlete/cinematographer/director/photographer--he literally knows all the different perspectives of each shot

@prdoyle 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin is such a legend.

@kbuttstadt 2 жыл бұрын

One of the few people that can be justified in his criticism. The dude is a LEGEND.

@jessica8221 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin is the coolest. Totally blown away by him ever sense I watched Meru.

@m3rcuryslaboratory322 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy is the man! One of the best breakdowns of the year.

@chewie-v9546 2 жыл бұрын

Did you not hear him ramble about 127 hours and never actually say anything meaningful

@FollowingtheonewhoisChrist 2 жыл бұрын

My family and I know Jimmy personally and I'm really good friends with his niece. Really awesome guy!!

@brandonpullan9871 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy is one of the best in the game. His films Free Solo and The Rescue are the best of their genre. Cool to hear his perspectives on these classic scenes.

@Micksowagger 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome breakdown, Jimmy Chin's insight is brilliant.

@NoizyBearBearOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

He’s a Professional Climber/Photographer just in case y’all didn’t know what he was breaking down. Had to look him up. 🙄

@alldaydevo 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Meru, thats when I found him, bloody legend

@wolfferoni 2 жыл бұрын

It's the first line in the description.

@summerwinterfallspring4663 2 жыл бұрын

Bad title name. Should have specified that. I thought I was watching a survival expert and he was just doing a really bad job at the interview.

@anujith99 2 жыл бұрын

Love this guy ! His photography book was the best Xmas gift I got this year ❤️

@SpamMouse 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE the breakdowns.

@carlyhope 2 жыл бұрын

This was really interesting. Different but so informative. And his voice is really soothing super-lovely to listen to.

@Rizzbulla 2 жыл бұрын

He did an amazing job filming Alex Honnold. Free Solo was amazing.

@MartinV. 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin...yeah dude!!!!

@mcfart 2 жыл бұрын

yall should do more break downs with cinematographers/directors/etc

@elysiumsnakefarm1185 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah so then all the comments are like, "who tf is that" lol I totally agree with you, btw, just saying thats what would probably happen

@leilatarighi 2 жыл бұрын

We have all been waiting for this one

@tombystander 2 жыл бұрын

Dude crushed it with free solo

@ValerieVfc 2 жыл бұрын

Does Jimmy have his own Masterclass!? So many great tips on how to shoot in the wilderness..

@gablebrandon 2 жыл бұрын

Actually yes, I believe he does.

@mikedaknight8854 2 жыл бұрын

He does indeed

@MaverickZ007 2 жыл бұрын

My hero Jimmy Chin!

@hikingleigh 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy! Besides Alex Handhold's breakdowns, have never clicked faster

@mayaloza2140 2 жыл бұрын

such an epic filmmaker & person !

@artisticanna5275 2 жыл бұрын

Loved watching him 🧡

@andresgalvez 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin is the man!

@HenggaoCai 2 жыл бұрын

Into the Wild was the book that got me interested in this area.

@taylorlayton4508 2 жыл бұрын

Nice touch to end on Leave No Trace. Be gentle out there. Leave only footprints (if that), take only pictures.

@LordQuiche 2 жыл бұрын

Good vid thanks 🙏

@TheSkyHive 2 жыл бұрын

This is great content!

@samburks4815 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker review mountaineering scenes in movies??

@SLEEPYJK 2 жыл бұрын

I like how the thumbnail is Jimmy Chin pointing to his actual chin

@VNExperience 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin, _aka _*_"Jimmy the Chin"_* It was destiny - he was *_born_* to bear that name. Just like _Vincent "the Chin" Gigante._ 😎

@HenggaoCai 2 жыл бұрын

Into the Wild was written by his mentor, Jon Krakaur.

@fialee8 2 жыл бұрын

Just imagine trying to make one of these films 50+years ago where there was no digital or batteries. That's truly tough film making.

@James-dp3vx 2 жыл бұрын

Free solo ❤️

@rickracht1517 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin is awesome!!

@n0kki85 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder when they ask me to do the breakdown for mediocre office job enviroments.

@gabzpot 2 жыл бұрын

Chin is the real Daredevil.

@Phsymon7 2 жыл бұрын

2/7 scenes were survival. The rest were just beautiful shots. Isn't this the wrong kind of clips to break down for this awesome guy?...

@slickman5969 2 жыл бұрын

hes a director

@henrikwegerich6301 2 жыл бұрын

r/whoosh

@jarnold1789 2 жыл бұрын

He isn't a survivalist, he's an alpinisit and a photographer/videographer/director

@TheApilas 2 жыл бұрын

Title says clearly "Epic Nature Scenes"..

@elysiumsnakefarm1185 2 жыл бұрын

....No?

@desmondwang4391 2 жыл бұрын

nice shirt! whats the brand?

@auburn2234 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy question, love the flannel shirt , mind sharing what brand it is??

@oborevad 2 жыл бұрын

I want to know this too, did you find out, thought logically it might be Northface but haven’t found anything.

@1utube01 5 ай бұрын

Duluth Trading has something similar to it, with the vivid blue, but Duluth's is a flannel shirt jacket, and has a more solid yellow, vs his is not a jacket, and is faded yellow or beige. He is sponsored by North Face. So another possibility is it might be one of theirs.

@lincolnlu9869 2 жыл бұрын

Man. So many people never watched Free Solo huh?

@qwork-qwork4637 9 ай бұрын

2:57 fun fact: The Revenant was filmed entirely in natural light. A lot of people quit.

@dejjibd424 2 жыл бұрын

Revenant was great

@tjmed7708 2 жыл бұрын

did they change the title of the video?

@starkparker16 2 жыл бұрын

Cool shirt, Jimmy.

@littlelulu52093 2 жыл бұрын

No greater legend than this guy. He survived an avalanche for effs sake

@vnmueser 2 жыл бұрын

Ayy Jimmy! Good host

@redri0t77 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all should do cowboys with western movies or tv shows (like Yellowstone)👀👀👀👀👀

@TedTVNews 2 жыл бұрын

every dude that ever stepped in Fort Collins for more than 15 seconds talks like this

@neaituppi7306 Жыл бұрын

I think this one was particularly informed, because he knows the real situations, but also understands the priorities of filming something that looks really cool, at the expense of it "being real." I stopped watching a lot of these, because of the insistence of anything in them being real. if you only want real, don't watch movies.

@georgehernandez2156 2 жыл бұрын

They should have shown him the movie Buried.

@calum3704 2 жыл бұрын

Do a 10 things Steven rinnela can’t live without

@clayhackney3514 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe clarify that this is about cinematography and not an evaluation of the reality of the survival scenes??

@henryholcomb3269 2 жыл бұрын

carleton alum 😤

@johnny_sodapop 2 жыл бұрын

Kind of a weird episode, tbh. You usually have person who does thing breaking down scenes of thing. I had to look up who Jimmy is because you didn't have him say what he does. I appreciate and enjoyed watching this, but why did you not title it, 'DP Jimmy Chin breaks down filming in extreme environment scenes'. Because that's what's going on and it's awesome but your title is misleading because by the third vignette, we're all wondering what all this has to do with survival.

@eifelitorn 2 жыл бұрын

They say who he is in the description though.

@MrWadeBarrett 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't break down survival scenes, he broke down the mpvie techniques in survival scenes

@fredy5720 2 жыл бұрын

Is this a breakdown of survival or photography? Because I’m hella confused 😐

@graceellen622 2 жыл бұрын

my biggest flex is that my mom dated him in highschool

@frankrojas304 Жыл бұрын

What's the difference between a fire in a cave and a fire in an igloo?

@mattmeyers8167 2 жыл бұрын

Lol @ anybody thinking their filming conditions were the same as Meru. They were not.

@westonbuhler5470 Жыл бұрын

Watch Free Solo. absolutely amazing.

@gucciganglil2635 2 жыл бұрын

NATURE

@odin2823 2 жыл бұрын

survival is limited, just shots of movies in nature

@cesarvictorino8624 2 жыл бұрын

Real Cop or Real Life Firefighter break down police scenes or fire scenes.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 2 жыл бұрын

It's so gross how they introduce him as a "film director". 🤦‍♂️

@seaaniiee9081 2 жыл бұрын

So is he a director or some bear grylls??

@Lemur4200 2 жыл бұрын

Find me that flannel 😅

@desmondwang4391 2 жыл бұрын

what brand the flannel is?

@Lemur4200 2 жыл бұрын

@@desmondwang4391 not sure closest I've found was a $70 one

@oborevad 2 жыл бұрын

Did anyone find out the brand ?

@coyote000 2 жыл бұрын

3:27 his nails are so white

@sammts9058 2 жыл бұрын

Thought he was suppose to break down survival scenes? He's talking more about photography than survival 😂

@saginawdan 2 жыл бұрын

Click bait.

@theoccasionalmoonlight4050 2 жыл бұрын

Same. Why make it about "survival scenes" if he's gonna talk mostly about cinematography?

@johnluujl 2 жыл бұрын

@@theoccasionalmoonlight4050 I mean this is what he shoots, he's not just any DP/director. I'm more critical about the fact that they didn't mention that at the beginning of the video, because obviously everyone unfamiliar with him is gonna assume he's a survival expert.

@slickman5969 2 жыл бұрын

hes a director

@kochevar99 2 жыл бұрын

That might be because he is a photographer lol

@neaituppi7306 Жыл бұрын

All he said about The Beach, was the ethics of leaving an area as it was, with no disruption. 💩

@giacomoreverdito89 2 жыл бұрын

Does Jimmy Chin really not know what Petra is?

@bullishbearwhisperer4503 2 жыл бұрын

This guy needs to go on joe rogan! He's got a wealth of knowledge and experience that would make a 3 hr podcast fascinating. 👌

@JacobEjgaard Жыл бұрын

Kinda ......... you know ........... like .......... you know

@gunsofaugust1971 Жыл бұрын

Jimmy is a god whom I admire, so don't take this the wrong way. Do any of you fans know the timing of this vid? Was he coming off a rough project? He looks a bit haggard.

@Mm.Ant70 2 жыл бұрын

*if I gain 375 more subs and I will jump into Jake Paul’s next fight!🤝*

@Shaughn21 2 жыл бұрын

@markdotinc8371 2 жыл бұрын

So, I guess filmmaking is challenging

@bowmanwright140 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe change the title? Really misleading. Interesting video but it doesn't really line up with your title.

@ChadTower 2 жыл бұрын

Misleading... I wanted survival evaluation, not cinematography. Forget this thing.

@d3m3nt3dtaco 2 жыл бұрын

Can y'all do former presidents break down presidential movies? Obama would be good at this.

@redxreview 2 жыл бұрын

Is he a survival expert or a cinematographer?

@allasFCB3 2 жыл бұрын

both. also a climber and filmmaker.

@emmanuilch Жыл бұрын

ukraine

@hankisdank1 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Chin has many talents but he's not a survivalist

@folarinosibodu 2 жыл бұрын

He's talking about filmmaking not about what they are actually doing. Not too good.

@t-bonestickyfingers1336 2 жыл бұрын

He is a great filmmaker but this video was pretty lame.

@4JTH 2 жыл бұрын

Boring. Discussing lighting, camera angles. What happened to the survival aspect?

@penname8380 2 жыл бұрын

Into the wild's Christopher McCandless just didn't seem very intelligent.

@Leu8304 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the first rather boring break down (but surely the first totally mislabeled one..)

@charbiz801 2 жыл бұрын

Worst breakdown ever. Totally thought I was going to watch something different, turned into film studies 1010.

@archivesofarda986 2 жыл бұрын

You know there is actual survival movies right? Jeremiah Johnson Alive Jungle BackCountry Everest The Edge Alaska Open Water Cast Away The 33 Adrift All Is Lost just to name a few And you went with The Lord Of The Rings?