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February 29, 2016 10:18 AM Subscribe
The scene that helped The Revenant earn an oscar nomination for VFX is hard to watch. It's also disturbingly realistic, even though a stunt man substituted for an actual bear. How'd they do that? By consulting bear experts and studying videos of actual attacks. [Warning: last link is brutal]
Berenstain.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:00 AM on February 29, 2016 [38 favorites]
posted by shakespeherian at 11:00 AM on February 29, 2016 [38 favorites]
That's this universe.
posted by maxsparber at 11:01 AM on February 29, 2016 [42 favorites]
posted by maxsparber at 11:01 AM on February 29, 2016 [42 favorites]
Leo winning an Oscar : Reddit :: Abe Vigoda dying : Fark
posted by dirigibleman at 11:05 AM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by dirigibleman at 11:05 AM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Bear? Pffffft. More impressed by the VFX work that put SNL's Leslie Jones in the bear's place for that "let's put more black people in movies" clip package on last night's Oscars.
Seriously, can't stop thinking about it. For a multitude of reasons.
posted by palomar at 11:27 AM on February 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
Seriously, can't stop thinking about it. For a multitude of reasons.
posted by palomar at 11:27 AM on February 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
The last link is Face of Death material (and therefore a questionable addition to this post). At one point the bear seemed to be ripping off limbs or something.
posted by My Dad at 11:48 AM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by My Dad at 11:48 AM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Werner Herzog really missed out on a great youtube moment in not releasing a reaction video of him watching the Revenant trailer.
posted by poffin boffin at 11:49 AM on February 29, 2016 [16 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 11:49 AM on February 29, 2016 [16 favorites]
Seriously, can't stop thinking about it. For a multitude of reasons.
If the original VFX peeps were involved, it was probably realively easy. They had access to the footage with the stuntman edited out, but without the bear.
posted by sideshow at 12:14 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
If the original VFX peeps were involved, it was probably realively easy. They had access to the footage with the stuntman edited out, but without the bear.
posted by sideshow at 12:14 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
studying videos of actual attacks. [Warning: last link is brutal]
I think you should not keep it, you should destroy it. I think that's what you should do.</herzog>
posted by rory at 12:21 PM on February 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
I think you should not keep it, you should destroy it. I think that's what you should do.</herzog>
posted by rory at 12:21 PM on February 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Not Safe For Salmons
posted by poffin boffin at 12:22 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 12:22 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
I was thinking about waaaaaay more than just the VFX work involved in putting Leslie Jones in that scene, in that there's a whole lot that springs to mind when one sees a film clip altered to show a black women trying to disembowel a white guy with her bare hands. But the VFX work was nicely done.
posted by palomar at 12:34 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by palomar at 12:34 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
{insert analogy to GOP presidential candidate fight here}
posted by Wordshore at 2:01 PM on February 29, 2016
posted by Wordshore at 2:01 PM on February 29, 2016
The worst part of the video in the last link is the snide, facetious voice over.
posted by penduluum at 2:13 PM on February 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by penduluum at 2:13 PM on February 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
Like, hey writers for nil-budget TruTV clip show: I know you hate your lives and regret every decision that brought you to this point, but still? That's a person being mauled by a bear. Turn the glib snarkery down, like, 85%.
posted by penduluum at 2:22 PM on February 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by penduluum at 2:22 PM on February 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
Humor is just tragedy plus time, you know.
posted by My Dad at 4:36 PM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by My Dad at 4:36 PM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
That's a person being mauled by a bear. Turn the glib snarkery down, like, 85%.
Heh heh, only 85%. I love this place, I really do.
posted by nevercalm at 7:05 PM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Heh heh, only 85%. I love this place, I really do.
posted by nevercalm at 7:05 PM on February 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Digression: I have a fondness for Jean-Jacques Annaud's swell 1988 film, The Bear, told mostly from the bear's point of view, and starring the Oscar-recognized Bart the Bear.
posted by ovvl at 7:09 PM on February 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by ovvl at 7:09 PM on February 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
I can't watch the scene or the movie, but i love the thought of various other beings composited in to maul Leo. They should release the raw footage, so people can sub themselves in.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:41 PM on February 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:41 PM on February 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
first of all there should be a reel featuring every antagonist from every film he's ever been in. although would titanic be billy zane in white tie or an actual iceberg?
posted by poffin boffin at 9:36 PM on February 29, 2016
posted by poffin boffin at 9:36 PM on February 29, 2016
1988 The Bear has a mushroom trip from the point of view of a cub. It's pretty much the high water mark of cinema.
posted by mannequito at 11:20 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by mannequito at 11:20 PM on February 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Why did the guy get into the bear enclosure? Seems like bad planning.
posted by theorique at 9:52 AM on March 1, 2016
posted by theorique at 9:52 AM on March 1, 2016
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