I love how a picture of the revanant was used when talking about toning down the truth, when half the movie never actually happened or was untrue

Do, Kingdom of Heaven next

Cartoons. Just so you know, when adults learn that other adults watch cartoons their respect for that person diminishes by a fair amount.

I have a dream....

Imagine people being forced to duel someone when they feel offended instead of getting them fired from their jobs.

@@xifel72 that makes less sense. You tried it tho...

@@LangstoniusRex Historically a major reason for duels is one party demanding satisfaction when being offended. Today we have a cancel culture when someone has been offended.

@@xifel72 yeah but is one guy supposed to duel the twitter legions? lol. That might make for a good ppv though...

Have to agree about it being a masterpiece and an extremely good example of what can be done on a limited budget.

Ridley also added filters to cameras 's lenses.. Every frame looks like a painting..

Maybe that’s why they shot it there =.O

Ridley Scott had says he no idea that Sarlat-a-la-Canada had any historical connection to Conrads book when he ended up in the Dordogne. He said it was just a spot to get a bunch of shooting done with a river, hills and woods. Throw in some chateaux and old farm buildings dotted about, and most especially an easily accessible town and a hotel for the crew. It was a random chance pick from the ‘visual art director’ scouting about to cover a lot of scene options as they had limited time on the tightest of budget. Indeed the art director dressed up the hotel’s dinning room with muslin drapes for a bunch of the interior scenes. He only had something like three or four weeks with the relatively unknown (low budget) actors in Europe before the Christmas holiday or he’d pay a shit load of compensation to them if they didn’t fly back home in time for Yule, this was contract which Scott had underwritten himself in order to secure the $900,000 loan. I believe it’s why the scenes from the retreat from Moscow were shot in Scotland just before Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel flew back to the states. University students filled in as extras and the Student Union were making soup out of a bus to feed the crew. Missing the full Cossack scene Mr. Scott had intended, he reused a clip from one of his old TV adverts shown in the UK for the fleeing rider. I think he was at the top of his trade as an advertising film director in England when he flew out to the Hollywood to make his pitch for making his first movie.

@@ianseaweed Interesting

I was just thinking something along the same lines. Truly a wonder.

He does the same thing in Blade Runner.

I watched many times from the day it came out

I have always thought the same thing. I saw the movie when it first premiered and now watch it periodically on DVD. Almost every scene is a beautiful work of art.

Yes the wholesome beauty of nature's scenery; starkly contrasted against the vile ugly pettiness of Man aye....

A bit of The Count of Monte Christo too.

It was a brilliant & beautiful film, possibly his best, unlike the disgusting whitewash that was his "Kingdom of Heaven".

The uniforms, clothes and haircuts are very historically accurate, like the fighting techniques.

It is uncomparably better than Barry Lyndon in terms of script. Visually it's also better, more picturesque.

This movie is much better than Barry Lyndon in every way. It's still remembered today as a masterful film while Barry Lyndon is pretty much forgotten.

I believe that duel to death is actually a Later misconception , This is where the saying to draw first blood ,then duel would be over Even duel with pistols s ,the pistols they use were do inaccurate hardly ever any body died at the duel ,normally later on as result of infection

Fire Eaters!!!!

Basically Joker and Batman

French Hussards were some of the most feared warriors of the era. If not the. It is said that if you managed to reach 30 years old as a Hussard you were teased for being someone who avoided risk.

Well in the movie they only have 4 real duels and they absolutely are planning to kill eachother. Or at least feraud is. But its not uncommon that they dont coz the duel is over when a man in unable to continue and usually if the first good cut dont kill you, it puts you out of the contest.

I thought that scene nearly ruined the movie. It was completely unrealistic in every way. Contrary to being afraid, he wanted the duel, and wasn't the least bit afraid. Fighting is what he did for a living, by choice. No man like that is ever afraid of a fight, even if he knows the outcome will be his death. These are men who walk right into cannon fire, musket fire, and a thousand swords, and do so without hesitation. Shaking with fear is pure BS, and so completely unrealistic that it should be cut. It's in the film only for effect, and that's always stupid thing to do with a character.

@@jamesaritchie1 Have you ever been in combat, life or death the outcome? I'm guessing from your comment that you haven't. Bravery has nothing to do with it, only a fool or a sociopath doesn't know fear before combat. Contrary to your comment it was probably the most realistic scene in the movie.

@@jamesaritchie1 lmao all the things you mentioned you never seen personally, every man feels fear. Any that say he doesn't is a liar.

@@jamesaritchie1 I love boxing but I was still full of nerves before every bout as most fighters are. If nobody was watching I would probably have allowed myself to visibly shake from nervous energy if not "fear" per say.

@@jamesaritchie1 Minor difference, which you appear to have overlooked: In a battle, you are part of a mass of men, a piece of a larger machine. The cannon fire isn't directed at YOU, the muskets aren't pointed at YOU. The notoriously inaccurate weapons of the opposing force are aimed at the mass of men, of which you, individually, comprise a very small part. In a duel, YOU are the target. The weapon of your foe directed at you, and you alone. And while on foot one can maneuver and dodge, weave, parry and riposte, on horseback, it is a far different matter. Also, the speed and mass of the moving beast adds to the danger of those passing sword blows; limbs - and heads - can be lost during such exchanges. Instead of the blow being just the swing of a blade by a man's arm, there is now the speed of galloping horse, giving power to the blows, making each swing far deadlier. So, yes...the fear would be MUCH greater to anyone who's been in both combat and duels, because he would know all of those factors, and he would be well aware that if a single blow were to land in one of those mounted passes, it will very likely be deadly.

I see no other way too.

SuperMich66 - Psychotic? So you believe it psychotic to stand up for one's rights then...

@@emansnas Easy chief.... REAL Men just punch one another in the face a couple of times and move on. Idiots hold grudges for 20 years over something so trivial

@@JustHazardous But of course... why would you think I'd disagree... you seem to have missed my point

Which I suppose brings up another point.... It's usually considered wise to exercise some 'mindfulness' when choosing who to defend... and of course when choosing who to attack. My query, as it were, was after all directed to SuperMich66... who based on their comment appears to be a shallow smartass POS

It's possible it will get demonotized but I hope it can at least stay up. It's more important for me to share the video.

@@StoryDive Thanks for making it, I enjoyed the video. Was not familiar with this film or aware of the backstory.

That'll keep you busy for the next twenty years

And according to Scott, it was pure coincidence that the sun broke through the clouds, serving up that gorgeous shot.

@@bjornh4664 , viva the sun and coincidence. :)-

I believe it's a British film.

C’est vrai

American actors, probably so it would sell in America, but the director is British and he usually worked with a British crew I believe.

It is indeed a British film

it's 93% rated at rotten tomatoes so its not underrated

@@theshuriken Maybe I should have written that it did not get the widespread viewership it deserved.

I'm afraid you'll be let down. Ridley Scott isn't the old Ridley anymore as he proved many times now with the Allien franchise.

And yet . . . Scott's choices for the roles were Oliver Reed and Michael York. Not hard to guess who would play who. But the producer had Keitel and Carradine available, and Scott had to use them instead. Both had come off a string of films with the best directors of the time-- Keitel with Scorsese and Carradine with Altman-- and were at the top of their game. In one scene Edward Fox, as a colonel, sits down in the presence of Keitel, playing a brigadier general; Keitel reverted to to his Marine training and ad-libbed "Get your backside off that table!"

@@vitkriklan2633 I don't think his strength is in the scifi genre really. He has some good ideas with it and while the first couple of Aliens and Blade Runner were good, everything else has been real hit or miss with that genre. But Gladiator, 1492, his cut of Kingdom of Heaven, all good to great historical dramas. Not to mention Hannibal, Thelma & Louis, and Black Hawk Down. I wouldn't discount him over his Alien franchise alone.

@@vitkriklan2633 So the abortion scene in Prometheus is not Ridley Scott at the top of his game? Sorry mate, but he still has it when it matters.

Actually his next film is again about another duel based on a true story but set in medieval France. I fear this may be his last film as the circle seems to have closed.

In Homer's Iliad there is also this respect between rival heroes.

@@igordrm Its almost like "manliness" is a thing n shit. And is OK to me a man. Please ask your gender studies teacher about it the next time you see it.

That is why grade school and HS makes an adult out of you. I remember being bullied and I stood up for myself. We fought to a tie, we stopped hitting each other we were both exhausted. After that I never got bullied because I stood up and could whoop. I also took on a local bully in our neighbor hood who was 4 years older. I literally went crazy at the fight and pulled out a razor, my friends jumped me and held me down thinking I had lost it. After that the older bully left me and my friends alone thinking that I was crazy. I had actually done that on purpose knowing that he would steer clear of me later. Plan worked and we had no bullies in our neighbor hood at all.

Yea, i mean i thought it was odd how the film Fournier was so unreasonably hostile for just a minor grievance. Maybe that was added in the book for dramatic effect as well.After battling a guy for decades there has to develop a connection there.

Same exact thing happened to me when I was in Middle School. One guy was known to be hands-down the best fighter in school. He teased me one day, and I snapped, and attacked him. He kept knocking me to the ground (he had the reach of a freaking gorilla), but I kept getting back up. Finally, our gym teacher broke it up, dragging me - snarling and growling - away from the guy. Later, he approached me and asked me why I didn't just stop. "I don't quit", I told him. "That's cool" was all he said. We talked a bit, found we actually had a lot in common, and became great friends. Because of a fight. Because we were guys, and that's how guys sorted shit out. And there wasn't anything "toxic" about it. Just two guys, working some stuff out, and then putting it behind us, being friends from that point on.

The younger generation like myself, has, while no vocal interest in insults in this particular comment section, still a good taste in all things which men have created - if you know where to ask. Unfortunately; I shall now track you down and demand a duel from you Sir Sunburst Twelve for you have dared to not only insult the honour of my generation but also my personal intellect. Only death can satisfy such an outrageous offence. Prepare to meet your god Monsieur. We shall meet in the fields near la rue de Rhin Napoléon at Strasburg, at dawn one month from now. Sabres or pistols, take you pick. I will have my satisfaction either way.

@@Arcaryon Tis a sad and weak time we live in when the youth are insulted by the phrase "younger generation". Sir, your skin is thin. Venga quien venga.

@@Arcaryon How about handbags at dawn Tinkerbell

@OrcaBob 27 Stop trying to confuse people and facilitate knowledge synthesize new ideas. In the script of The duelist, one of the men says "now let me tell you my idea". These men were veterans and sons of revolutionary republicans, they embraced respectful process of expression and debate, and they were expanding a revolutionary empire with revolutionary ideals. They preferred respectful debates. Those that try to confuse others for no reason, are insecure punks.

@@danugo6742 What? At thirty paces and filled with chicken feathers?

... the world before CGI

William Hobbs was the fight director. As in his work on "The Three/Four Musketeers", some of the moves were later discovered to be ahistorical, but his main directive was to make it look like they were really trying to kill each other, and not just Flynning. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Flynning

@@steveparadis2978 I'd rather take anachronistic techniques (because at least they're real techniques, just the wrong time period) than spinning around and having swords cut through armor like butter. Just my 2 cents.

They kinda were actually duelling.

I grew my hair out due to my historical interest (to recreate historical hairstyles) and wore these hussar braids some times, largely due to this movie; they do indeed get quite solid, and I can really imagine them blocking or softening a blow, especailly if one weaved something like a stick or iron into them somehow.

Me the same, I'm watching always at the TV when it's broadcasted though

Me too, never tried to watch.

Ridley Scott claims a large chunk of his budget was spent on the costumes, but it was worth it.

@@ianseaweed They look really fantasic, thanks to Kubrick's uncompromising approach to filmmaking. He wanted to shoot the interiors of "Napoleon" using candlelight and the exteriors in locations where nothing visible in the shots dated to later than 1815. His "Barry Lyndon" (a favorite of mine, btw) was essentially a full-scale technical rehearsal for "Napoleon". After going to the trouble of inventing a new f:0.7 cine lens and location scouting all over Ireland and Western Europe for scenes without even a hint of the 20th century visible on the horizon, he wasn't about to scrimp on the uniforms of the Emperor's light cavalry peacocks.

Music videos in ‘77?

Ridley Scott started as a set designer for Kubrick

@@enscroggs I didn’t know any of this, no wonder the costumes were so good, and real shame about Kubrick’s Napoleon!

1 - I highly doubt it. Swords have insulated handles, so no.

@@Aregon972 Most swords of the Napoleonic period had wire-wrapped hilts -- braided wire wound over leather, sharkskin, rawhide, etc. -- the wire being anchored at both ends to the tang, ergo not electrically insulted in the least. Reproduction swords are made the same way because it's a very strong form of construction. Swords intended for stage fights in live theatre are often made of non-ferrous metals because they clang and ring in a dramatic fashion and they're considered less dangerous than steel swords. I have seen many of these and used a few on stage. They weren't insulated. However, in film work, the swords are often more realistic in material and construction, which makes them more dangerous. Choreography, editing, and optical effects are used to keep the performers safe. For example, when the POV is from behind one of the protagonists looking toward the other, i.e. in line with the fight rather than perpendicular to it, the filmmaker can use a 2x or 3x telephoto lens to compress the perspective, making the performers seem closer to each other than are in fact. Electric épées used in Olympic fencing are insulated, but not because there's a danger of significant shock. However, the cellar duel was fought with cavalry sabres, not fencing swords. Unless you have firsthand knowledge of this production, as property master, for instance, I would assume those swords were made in the traditional manner, if for no other reason than safety. If I were designing that fight I would rig the swords with wires running up the sleeves and down the trouser legs of the performers leading to a good ground, to ensure an arc when the swords contacted the walls. That alone would protect the duellists from significant shock. However, as added protection, I would have them wear one or two layers of surgical glove on their sword hands.

@@Aregon972 so YES .. the hilts on period swords are backed with metal which connects directly onto the blade .. I have several Napoleonic period swords in my collection and the grips are all wood with a leather or shark skin covering with a steel or brass backing on the top side of the hilt ... trust me they DO conduct electrical current .

@@mashbury However, in the case of a traditional katana the grip is made from wood covered with sharkskin then wrapped with braided silk. The complete grip is fixed to the tang with only a tapered wooden peg. If the swordsman holds the weapon properly -- i.e. with the strong hand about an inch below the tsuba, he's electrically insulated.

@@enscroggs STRANGELY... I don’t think French Light Cavalry of any era used Katana swords that much ... but HEY ... what the hell do I know .. only been using swords of this era for like 30 years .. 😳🤔

It's a beautiful film but Harvey K.'s accent almost ruined it for me.

That reminds me of the classic quote from Flashman, "My good sir. I didn’t presume to tell you where to aim your shot; don’t tell me where I should have aimed mine."

Yes, it's true. I sort of simplified it.

After some 50 years watching films, painting pictures or listening to so much garbage being said, it’s the historical nuances that delivered. Not just the beauty of the cinematic effects, lighting or precision of the dialogue that elevates this film. It’s as you say, the little subtexts that elevate it.

Ha! it does look like him lol

he was wearing mythril....

This cracked me up 🤣🤣🤣

Jesus Christ!!!

I’ve gotten in drunken scraps with my friends but shooting guns at each other is a bit much

@@wall8080 it starts innocently enough....with shooting empty beer cans of each others heads....and then somebody gets an ear grazed and the it's on.,...pellet guns are dangerous too.

Gabriel Feraud was a deranged man; obsessive with some level of Anti-Social Personality Disorder. He forced Armand d’ Hubert in to these duels with the intent of murdering him. It was not truly about honour, although d’ Hubert was innocent and honourable. Feraud was just possessed and insane. The ending of the final duel was an incredible act of mercy and honour by d’Hubert towards a man he could have justly killed. Possibly my favourite film of all time. I think in my mid twenties I watched it about ten times in a single year.

Sounds like there was a diminishing supply of opponents and both were into the arrangement.

@@wattlebough The other thing to remember is the era and nation in which it took place: Napoleon was a "corporal" up from the ranks, and now Emperor. He started allowing the so-called "lower orders" into the Officer ranks, and Feraud was one such: what we would have called a "low-class" man suddenly given the status normally attributed to gentlemen only. As such, he guarded his new status jealously. Hence why he took offence at the *tiniest* perceived slight. D'Hubert was a high-born gentleman, and was already well versed in the protocols, manners, and customs of his station, and I think he understood Feraud's predicament, which is why he was never the aggressor.

A more recent film in which almost every scene looks like a period painting is Last of the Mohicans.

Everyone talks about the beauty of the scenes, but the girl toward the end that he married is one of the finest women i've laid eyes on.

Nor me

The small crew doubled as extras in many scenes to make up the numbers. It is a superb, beautifully made film in every respect, a true classic that l never tire of watching.

@@BobandBear1 The scenes “In Russia” where actually filmed in Scotland and some of the extras came from the film and tv course students at Edinburgh University Ridley Scott told them it would be good experience for them and as a sign of good will he’d not charge them for taking part .. clever ... very clever ..

@@mashbury Aye, he's a shrewd filmmaker is our Ridley !. I read an interview with him after Gladiator came out. Referring to the battle scene in Germania, he initially wanted the scenes filmed there, then thought, well a forest is forest wherever you are. What's the point in carting everything over there ?. Can't remember where he eventually filmed it, but it turned out to be an attention grabbing opener. Given the 'Sword & Sandal' subject matter, which hadn't been in vogue for 40 odd years, it was an extremely bold move that, to put it mildly, turned out alright !.....as did the music.

@@BobandBear1 It was filmed near Alice Wood at Farnham in Surrey as it was due to be felled and the Forestry Commission where happy to let Scott do anything he wanted so long as it was all restored afterwards and they got the timber he cut down .. How do I know all this ? Because I was one of the Roman Cavalrymen during this shoot .. was a great months work 👍👍

MDGA---yes !!

True art. The castle (final duel) seems too beautiful to exist.

Amazon has it both streaming and the DVD. Well worth the price.

I watched it on youtube. should be still here.

And I noticed it on my dvd shelf last night and thought 'must watch that again', and this morn I have this video as suggested viewing. Strange days indeed.

@@cheesesk7450 As Jim Morrison of the Doors put it; *'Strange days have found us , Strange days have tracked us down, They're going to destroy, Our casual joys..'* The Doors, the deepest band EVER, Bloody Prophets. In a 1970 interview Jim predicted the music of the future would be 'poetry spoken over electronic beats' No wonder bands like Led Zeppelin, the Doors and Hendrix continue to fascinate us like the Beatles. Genius lasts. Just ask Mozart, Bach or Shakespeare.

I like the fact that the movie was sold to the two lead characters as an excuse to eat in a lot of French restraunts

Yes, his second who kept turning up like a bad penny all the time. I wanted the story to change just a bit and have Dupont slap him around, challenge him to a duel, and kill him or at least seriously injure him. To see how he likes it for a change

all men in 1800 or earlier are psychopaths compared to modern civilized men. Because you're all weak.

That's what they always say about the Deluge, but isn't realistic sabre dueling a bloody activity where both participants easily end with some cuts?

@@2adamast realism in terms of the choreography, using real guards and moves, striking at the person's head not over it or at the legs or something.

You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we will die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.

I enjoyed Crowe’s telling. I feel that if we got the sequel it would show what we wanted. It was a bit dragging, but just like Black Hawk Down it was a different style than Scott usually goes for so i welcomed it. Just my 2 cents But yes you wouldn’t believe it was made by the same director unless you knew better

Damn.. I got to watch this movie..

@@BarbadosBeerFestival It's a pure joy for the eyes. And the story is great too. Each shot is soo well framed you reckon the director cut his teeth on commercials.

He did also make Blade Runner, Alien and Gladiator though. He may be inconsistent but when he gets it right he REALLY gets it right.

@@Luca-bv5ic sure. He was one of my favourite directors. That's why when I saw this (aelarsen.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/robin-hood-the-battle-on-the-beach/) I really felt Scott is no more....