Another great reaction. Btw you have got to check out the movie 'life' sci-fi horror with Ryan Reynolds. It's alien combined with the gravity movie. realistic, with a totally unique alien creature that is beautiful yet absolutely terrifying. Shot so well, music really gets the heart pumping, Really think you'll love it.
I thought it was super cool that he said one character was an indian (as in a Native American) because of his western movies career, but the girl imagined an Indian (as in a person from India) because that's what the girl knew. You can see it at the end when they show the black and white movie, and the native American dude rubs his eyebrow in the same way as the Indian character does.
I've always loved that detail, too. They way Roy's narration is filtered and distorted through Alexandria's imagination. Storytelling is always collaborative.
I actually wrote my bachelor's thesis on this movie! I did a psychological analysis on the symbolism in Roy's stories, how his characters are a reflection of different aspects of himself and how he foreshadows his own suicidal ideation through them from the very beginning: Alexander the Great, lost in a desert, deciding to dump the last of their water as some form of poetic, dignified surrender without losing face in front of others; Luigi, who becomes "less of a man" after getting shot in the leg and choosing to blow himself up; the Indian, whose wife got taken by their enemy right from under his nose, cutting off his own lifeline as an act of selfless courage; the slave, toiling under the governor's rule to the point where he loses a loved one and he snaps, then giving away his own life to act as a human shield; the mystic, beaten to death while chanting his spells, his faith useless against the pain; Darwin and Wallace, intellect and instinct, shot down by a firing squad in pointless cruelty. It's not just "the bandit" that represents Roy, it's the entire cast (minus Alexandria, who is her own person intervening in the story), including the female love interest, who is both an idealized form and caricature of women/Roy's ex-girlfriend, his jaded view informing every step she takes in the story. No matter how much time passes, every time I remember this movie I fall in love with it all over again. I've read all I could find about how it was made, and I'm obsessed with how unusual of a trajectory it had for it to be made. The director had no script, which was why nobody wanted to fund it and he decided to do it himself out of his own pocket. The story took shape around Roy and Alexandria's interactions, they literally just filmed these two together with NO clear plot in mind!!! Lee Pace actually made most people on the set think he was in fact disabled from the waist down, because the director needed the little girl to be as natural as possible when interacting with him, and when he actually stood up in front of her for the first time, she believed her love was what healed him. :') And did you know the little girl was Romanian? Imagine my shock hearing my native language in this movie the first time I watched it, lol. Also!! While the line "It's only waist high" is really funny on its own, it takes quite the turn if you remember Roy is paralized from the waist down. The water might reprezent his paralysis, his own loss of autonomy, his perceived helplessness which threatens to pull him under. Not to mention, he became disabled after a failed stunt where he fell off a bridge into the river below, so he probably has a lot of trauma associated with water at this point (and that makes Alexander the Great pouring out the water all that more poignant). Really glad you watched this movie, it is so underrated!!
Hi! By any chance could you share a link to you thesis or where could I find it please? I just saw this movie and it made me cry so much when the girl's dreams are shattered by Roy's own depression and frustration and would love to get to understand it better through your work
@@yevmaltabar1441 aww thank you! I initially wrote my thesis in my native language (Romanian), but I am actually working on translating it and posting it somewhere - and possibly refining some parts too. I'll let you know when it's done, if you want. :D
So the director of this movie was mostly a Music Video and Commercial director. This was his dream project and he made it by taking jobs around the world then flying out the actors he needed to shoot scenes in that country. Every set is in some way a real place he felt had not been showcased on film that he feared would soon be destroyed or closed off to the public so he wanted to capture it for future generations
I can't remember the last time I saw a video title that I clicked on so fast. This film is an underappreciated masterpiece. I knew you'd appreciate it. I was not disappointed. Great reaction as always, James!
It's both an homage to stunt actors and, in the literal story that's being told from her perspective, Alexandria believing that Roy is all of those people.
The girl thinks all the stunts are Roy, which is why she talks about it in the end, she sees him in every movie from then on. Using her naive perspective again and as others said it is a hommage to another age of filmmaking in the end there.
In the little girl's mind, Roy was every single stuntman that she saw in the movies. He was not all of the stuntmen. He was just the first one, where he gets hit on the head. Alexandria is about 5 years old. I will always love this movie. One of my favorites. For once the child is a girl, not a boy! The director was looking for a boy, of course, but realized that she was the actress he needed.
THIS FILM IS A MASTERPIECE I've been suggesting it to different reaction channels for what feels like ages.... The world deserves to know this movie exist.
Lee Pace, the lead actor, pretended he couldn't walk behind the scenes so as not interrupt Catinka's actiting. The little girl had no idea he could walk for part of the filming.
Fun fact! One of the big reasons behind the making of this movie was that the director wanted to preserve some of the world's landmarks and buildings in film for future generations. He wanted to record these places so that even if they crumble over time, people can still see them through this movie; also, iirc there is no CG in this movie regarding the scenery. Everything is in-camera.
The music they used for the title is Beethoven's symphony no7 movement 2, commonly known as a piece for the fall of heroism, an absolute matching theme for this movie. This film has actually 3 intertwined stories talking at the same time: a broken stunt man saved by an innocent girl, a girl found comfort in a gibberish made up story to recover from the death of her father, and the era that film industry was so committed in a different level just to bring people joy and happiness. This is in my opinion one of the best movie about finding, love and filmmaking. I even went to India to visit about half of the locations filmed in this movie. It is almost a crime that such a great movie was missing from the majorty of the public
I originally saw this film in an arthouse in Chicago and I only went because I knew it was supposed to be beautiful and I love Lee Pace - I was not prepared for how funny and moving the actual story would be! The visuals are still probably the best part, though.
this is the only film i own on blueray. its the most beautiful way ive seen to look at mental health and how others can pull us through our difficulties. kids are wonderful
Oh I love this film ❤. The style/directing is gorgeous, the music is stunning and Lee Pace is delightful. Plus the real story wrapped around the tale is surprisingly weighty. Really glad you chose to check this one out 😊
Man, James, this is why you're my favorite youtuber that does reacting to films and TV. You don't only do all the conventional and popular stuff most other reactors do, you also delve into anything from older classics/cult classics to lesser known art house stuff (this, Stalker, Jacob's Ladder, Suspiria, Seven Samurai, etc etc). Glad you appreciated The Fall. Lowkey it's been my favorite movie for a while. Jawdroppingly beautiful shots and composition, simple but well-executed and moving story (it's based on an old Bulgarian film called Yo Ho Ho) and what is imo the best and most authentic child performance ever captured on film.
Oh my god ! I'm so happy you're watching The Fall . One of my favorite movies . Amazing story and just simply visually stunning. An underrated gem in my opinion
Oh my goddddddddddd you have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for you to react to this. *Tears of joy* 😂 this film is criminally underrated and not a lot of people even know it exists 😢 pure masterpiece
I love how this film plays with storytelling by showing it through the eyes of a child. It’s got a dream like quality to it too - like how our dreams will integrate a song playing on our alarm clock before we fully wake up. It’s interesting to see how the girl interprets “the Indian” for example as a person in India vs. a Native American (how Roy intended it).
The Fall is truly a film that needs to be appreciated more. I’m hoping we maybe get a Criterion version because the lore and stories of the shoot are as interesting as the visuals themself. I think too few people understood it at the time and thus why it is so hard to find in regular media As for me, I got an OG dvd. 😊
I saw this in theaters back in the day. And what's so crazy is that it was widely panned and kinda forgotten back then when it was such an amazing representation of fantasy and stark reality all blended together beautifully behind the eyes of a child (who critics originally thought was the weakest part of the film). It's great you got to it, because it's one of those rare movies that should be watched over and over again for one to truly discover and appreciate all the complicated layering that the director implemented into it with each viewing. For instance, it actually took me a couple of viewings to realize that the main heroine in the fantasy world was played by two different women - at one point it was the nurse and and one point it was the main heroes fiance'.
The little girl thought that Lee Pace was really in a wheel chair the entire time they filmed the movie. On the last day of shooting he stood up and revealed to her that he could walk! I would highly recommend getting a physical copy if this movie and watching the special features. The story of the making of this movie is just as interesting as the movie itself. It's worth it just to see her reaction to him standing up from his wheelchair!
This movie is incredible! Eiko Ishioka did the costume design, and her work is always worth watching. I just started watching Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, for which she did the production design. It’s astounding. She was a visionary!
I’m SO glad you put this on the channel because it gets nowhere near the attention it deserves, and may be one of the most beautiful looking films ever made. It’s incredible
To me the implication is that the little girl thinks all stuntmen are Roy, so she loves watch to movies with lots of stunts because it’s her only way to see him again 😢
I'm so happy you reacted to this movie. It's gorgeous, fun, and so damn obscure it seems like no one has even heard of it which is insane. Thank you for putting your/your audience's attention to it.
I love this film so much, and I'm so glad to see you react to it! To answer your question about the locations (and an art historian nerd-out), the step well where Darwin is shot (Chand Baori step well) and the steps the wife was running up early in the film are both in Northern India. The latter is an astronomical observatory, Jantar Mantar. The finale is filmed partly at Fatehpur Sikri (near Agra, where the Taj Mahal is) and Udaipur City Palace. The "kaboom" palace is the Mughal Emperor Akbar's Hall of Private Audience at Fatehpur Sikri, but they must have built a model of it for the actual explosion! The "grass is greener" bit was filmed in Southeast Asia. All in all, I think they filmed in over a dozen countries, which made the film take quite a while to put together.
im so happy you reacted to this! its my favorite movie of all time, and the best written and acted one out of this director's filmography imo. the transitions, eiko ishioka's amazing costumes, the on-location shooting, the dream scene with the flashbacn mixed in of alexandria's fall and the creepy stop-motion sequence (very similar to one made around the same time by the quay brothers, for the julie taymor's frida movie with salma hayek), its just one of the more stunning looking movies ever made and with one of the most heartwrenchingly simple and sweet stories ive seen. btw, i think someone else has said this in the comment, but the dangerous stunts montage at the end is meant to show that alexandria believes that all these stunts were done by roy -we the audience know that he didnt, it was harold lloyd and buster keaton and charlie chaplin, but its meant to be part of the fantasy and the story and perception alexandria had: she knows roy did stunts for the movies, and she loves and admires him so much she just sees him in every movie, then. second btw, the first scene with darwin in the greenhouse, that greenhouse and that scene was filmed in a botanic garden just two blocks away from my house!! it was closed to the public at that time i think, but recently theyve begun opening it up again for visitors, thankfully
This is one of my favorite movies ever! It’s such a shame that it’s so hard to find these days, and the story behind why and how that happened is in itself fascinating.
If I remember correctly, they told the girl that Lee Pace was actually paralyzed for the first part of filming, so she would instinctively treat him with care. It shows in her acting.
There is a song by Jon and Vangelis, from the early 1980s, which pays loving homage to the early years of Silent films and B&W Talkies, just as this film does. The song is called "The Friends of Mr. Cairo" and is exciting and then gorgeous. "Jon" is Jon Anderson, the other-worldly vocalist of the Progressive Rock band, Yes. Vangelis was the composer of music for films such as "Blade Runner", "Chariots of Fire" and many other great scores, many of them electronic symphonies. They released four albums together, the first three being almost complete masterpieces.
@@JamesVSCinema my next recommendation is One Cut of the Dead!! I think as a filmmaker you'd really like it. it's a love letter to filmmaking presented in an unexpected way!! hope u check it out 😁
It was a movie about stuntmen and this particular one being injured so bad he became addicted to morphine. I don't think that they were implying Roy was all those stunt performers in that ending montage, but showcasing, paying respect, to the people who risk their lives for our entertainment.
I don't know how much of it you noticed James but everything in the story is from the girls perspective. Like the snowflake letter that's given to Alexander the Great. Even all the characters were people that she knew in the hospital, the princess was nurse Evelyn, the ex slave was the guy who delivers the ice, the demolition expert is an actual demolition expert that worked with Roy in the film industry etc. Even the governors henchmen are dressed like the scary x ray guy in the hospital(edit I wrote this before getting to the part where you noticed that my b). Also @21:35 Roy described an Indian man who rubbed his brow when he was thinking. Roy meant an Native American but Alexandria pictured an actual Indian man. So many great details!
One of my all time favorite movies... such a visual gem (same goes for The Cell). And one the few where a child actor/actress didn't get on my nerves (they often do that.. especially in Hollywood, Disney productions). And I really hope it'll one day get a stunning 4K/Dolby Vision/HDR blu-ray release.
Just subscribed to you like a day ago and am delighted beyond all sense to see one of my all-time favorite films in the queue already! This movie makes the viewer feel literally everything. "How do you suck in your own story?" is such a perfect summation of Roy as a character - tragic, selfish, full of bone-deep self-loathing.
So thrilled that you reacted to this film! It really is an underappreciated gem. I only wish I could've seen this in the theaters on a huge screen. A visual masterpiece!
Holy shit this is probably the first time in my life I’ve ever seen someone review The Fall now that’s fuckin crazy. You are truly one of a kind on this platform
Amazing to see you doing a reaction to this film! The cinematography was the main reason I loved this film (although I originally discovered it because I loved Lee Pace from Pushing Daisies). It is visually stunning.
I saw this film in the theaters in 2007 and I remember leaving feeling so energized, and deeply emotional. I’ve been fan of the Director since mirror mirror and the cell, and when I saw the trailer for this film, I instantly knew that I would love it. The opening title of the film is one of the best titles that I think I’ve ever seen in my entire life and it doesn’t get enough appreciation.
Fun fact if you watch Dark Knight rises when Batman gets out of the pit if you look in the distance you can see the town that painted blue from this movie
A couple of years before "The Fall", Tarsem Singh's "The Cell" looked just as exotic, and it had the beautiful Jennifer Lopez, a good actress and additional eye candy. The surrealism is on in full style there too, although the subject matter -- a serial killer of young women -- is not as pleasant as the magical "The Fall". But, it must be seen, because Tarsem's movies are like nobody else's on Earth.
Oh this is one of my absolute favorites!! So glad you reacted to this. It’s kind of legendary in my friend group, especially since it’s so hard to find. It’s so so beautiful, hopefully this gets more people to check it out!
You don't know how happy you made me today seeing this. This is one of my favorite films. I saw it years ago on Netflix and it has always been in my mind. The visuals are just outstanding. As well as the acting. It is super hard to find so I'm curious where I can find it? haha/. I'm so excited you've seen this now. I had a feeling with your film background that you would love the visuals. It premiered at TIFF in 2006 but wasn't released in theaters until 2008. I'm not sure why. Pan's Labryinth came out in 2006 as well. The young actress in the movie was for the most part unscripted. They wanted her performance to feel real so her interactions and responses to Lee were genuine and unscripted. Also I just love Lee Pace in everything he's in. He was in the film 'Bodies, Bodies, Bodies' this year. It's an A24 film and I highly recommend it to react it. It's a fun time. :)
Oh I love this movie so much! I haven’t ever seen another reactor react to it. It’s so unique and beautiful and heartbreaking and just brilliant. I wish it was more widely known! (Also, as for the ending with Charlie Chaplin, etc, I think it’s more than Alexandria is imagining that Roy is the stuntman in every movie she watches. Her childlike innocence wanting to believe he walks again and goes back to work ❤)
I have visited the place where The desert turns into an oasis. Similar landscapes exist in china too. But I think it was shot in Indian side, most likely Serchu valley of Ladakh.
I'm in love with this film since the first second. My first view was in 2007. About the similarities with the Spanish-Mexican The Pan Labyrinth, well, I just can get it. Both are from 2006 but this one premiered a month before and is partially based in a previous scrip of a Bulgarian Movie from 83. Tarsem Singh is a master, an underrated master. About the locations, you can find out them in the Wiki (I think). A few of them were familiar to me because of the film BARAKA (1992).
I watched this movie with my husband in 2012 on vacation in Switzerland and we had eaten some FIRE edibles about an hour before watching this….we cut the lights off, closed the curtains, and by the time we got 20 minutes into this movie I literally felt like a kid again. It really created that almost mystical sense of wanderlust you remember from your childhood….everything was bigger, brighter, and more beautiful. It felt like we were in the movie and ever since then I’ve been looking for this film, but couldn’t find it. Now I am absolutely ecstatic and I’m rolling a joint as we speak 🫠🤷🏻♀️🛸
Many of these shots are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and even those dances are cultural practices. Tarsem the director wanted to preserve as many of these places as he could before they would be lost to history or become inaccessible to people.
Roy is not Charlie Chaplin. Roy is just a stunt guy, they are saying that perhaps all the legends from silent era perhaps didn't perform all the own stunts. But that's a side note. The main thing here is why was Roy hospitalized in the first place? It was a stunt gone wrong, as shown in the opening credit scene. And perhaps that was Roy's first suicide attempt. And they paid it off later by showing all the stunt scenes later. Not only to hammer the idea of the time period this film was supposed to take place, but also footnote to the love letter that the film is for the cinematic arts, and the art of storytelling itself. The moment when a horse arrives, and through a hole it's image is projected upaide down in the wall inside. That's a reference for how cameras were invented in the first place. And it is remarkable that it was shown through the eyes of a curious child, because as children when we playfully investigate the world around us, little monents like that have huge and magical impact on us. Early on, we realize that reality itseld can be cinematic, if we are really looking, if we are really paying attention.
Love, love, love this film! When I first saw it, I had to purchase it. The visuals are like none that I had seen before. The little girl warmed my heart throughout the entire movie. She was able to act like a little girl, something quite rare in movies these days. I never get tired of this movie and I'm so glad you got to experience it.
The crazy stairs, are something called a step well, and they're mostly found in India, I believe. I actually fell down a UA-cam hole about them once I finally discovered what they were called, because I found that scene in this movie so hypnotic to watch. The locations in this film are bananas!
It's my absolute favorite movie, along with Nine Days. It's fun to rewatch The Fall and see which people in their real world are in their story world too! It took me a few watches to find everyone ^_^
I was SO excited to see you react to this movie!!! 😃 It's one of my favourite of all time! It is SO gorgeous and the story is very touching too. It's even more incredible when you know those are all real locations. You should really watch The Cell too from Tarsem. The imagery is mind blowing.
I knew it was a lot. I didn't know it was 76. Turkey Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (hospital scenes) Teges Village, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia Andaman Islands, India (Elephants swimming in the sea scene) Bali, Indonesia Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina (Jardin Botanico and Jardin Zoologico) Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (blue city) Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Egypt Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Namib-Naukluft National Park, Erongo, Namibia (desert scenes) Butterfly Reef, Fiji (Butterfly Island) Sumatra, Indonesia Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy Taj Lake Palace, Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India (Palace in the lake) Jardín Botánico, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Argentina Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Chand Baori, Abhaneri, Rajasthan, India (Stepwell scene) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Chile Prague, Czech Republic Magnet Hill, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Romania Valkenberg Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (hospital scenes) Namibia (desert scenes) Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Jardin Zoologico, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina Gunang Kawi, Bali, Indonesia Pangong Tso, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India Consuegra, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (Riding horses in windmills scene) Brazil Charles Bridge, Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic (Blue bandit jumps from bridge) Himalayas, Nepal India Italy Maldives Paris, France South Africa Spain Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India Cambodia Dunsfold Park, Dunsfold, Surrey, England, UK (model of Fatehpur Sikri for visual effects explosion sequence) Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India Pangong Lake, Jammu & Kashmir, India Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Erongo, Namibia Indonesia Czech Republic Nepal The Colosseum, Rome, Lazio, Italy Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India Piketberg, Western Cape, South Africa (Bridge in the opening scene) Teatro Opera, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina Chandra Mahal, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Jailsalmer Fort, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia Red Fort, New Delhi, Delhi, India China Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Fiji Rome, Lazio, Italy Bolivia USA California, USA France Tomb of Akbar the Great, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India Stakna Gompa, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India Li River, China Namib Desert, Namibia Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA UK
I'm so excited! I'm about to start the video now, this is one of my favorite films of all time, it is a visual feast, I can't wait to see you react. Here we go.
How didn't I find your reaction to this (one of my top 5 favourite movies) in more than a year? - I blame UA-cam and Google's bad search algorithms. They just don't get me... (... and I'm subscribed to you (to be honest, and many others)... )
I saw this movie a few years into college after it came out and thought it was such a weird gem nobody talked about. I didn't think I'd find anyone reacting to it, so this is awesome.
I had to pause it. We're only a few minutes in to the start of the film, but I really hope you catch on to her perspective versus his perspective, when he says an Indian, for instance, he's thinking of a Native American. When she hears Indian, she's British, and so she pictures a man from India. Okay, I have to get back to the movie with you, oh boy, I've been waiting for someone to watch this. I'm so excited!
So happy to see a reaction to this. Taraem (who directed The Cell, before this) filmed this for over eight years and in over 14 countries to make this. He is currently working on a remaster that is 2 minutes longer. However in that he had another huge transition that ead filmed but never but in the film. His vision is something i love dearly 😭😭🥰🤌
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Hello James I recommend the movie Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Another great reaction. Btw you have got to check out the movie 'life' sci-fi horror with Ryan Reynolds. It's alien combined with the gravity movie. realistic, with a totally unique alien creature that is beautiful yet absolutely terrifying. Shot so well, music really gets the heart pumping, Really think you'll love it.
Dead Man's Shoes (2004), a sad revenge thriller
I thought it was super cool that he said one character was an indian (as in a Native American) because of his western movies career, but the girl imagined an Indian (as in a person from India) because that's what the girl knew. You can see it at the end when they show the black and white movie, and the native American dude rubs his eyebrow in the same way as the Indian character does.
I've always loved that detail, too. They way Roy's narration is filtered and distorted through Alexandria's imagination. Storytelling is always collaborative.
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I actually wrote my bachelor's thesis on this movie! I did a psychological analysis on the symbolism in Roy's stories, how his characters are a reflection of different aspects of himself and how he foreshadows his own suicidal ideation through them from the very beginning: Alexander the Great, lost in a desert, deciding to dump the last of their water as some form of poetic, dignified surrender without losing face in front of others; Luigi, who becomes "less of a man" after getting shot in the leg and choosing to blow himself up; the Indian, whose wife got taken by their enemy right from under his nose, cutting off his own lifeline as an act of selfless courage; the slave, toiling under the governor's rule to the point where he loses a loved one and he snaps, then giving away his own life to act as a human shield; the mystic, beaten to death while chanting his spells, his faith useless against the pain; Darwin and Wallace, intellect and instinct, shot down by a firing squad in pointless cruelty. It's not just "the bandit" that represents Roy, it's the entire cast (minus Alexandria, who is her own person intervening in the story), including the female love interest, who is both an idealized form and caricature of women/Roy's ex-girlfriend, his jaded view informing every step she takes in the story.
No matter how much time passes, every time I remember this movie I fall in love with it all over again. I've read all I could find about how it was made, and I'm obsessed with how unusual of a trajectory it had for it to be made. The director had no script, which was why nobody wanted to fund it and he decided to do it himself out of his own pocket. The story took shape around Roy and Alexandria's interactions, they literally just filmed these two together with NO clear plot in mind!!! Lee Pace actually made most people on the set think he was in fact disabled from the waist down, because the director needed the little girl to be as natural as possible when interacting with him, and when he actually stood up in front of her for the first time, she believed her love was what healed him. :')
And did you know the little girl was Romanian? Imagine my shock hearing my native language in this movie the first time I watched it, lol.
Also!! While the line "It's only waist high" is really funny on its own, it takes quite the turn if you remember Roy is paralized from the waist down. The water might reprezent his paralysis, his own loss of autonomy, his perceived helplessness which threatens to pull him under. Not to mention, he became disabled after a failed stunt where he fell off a bridge into the river below, so he probably has a lot of trauma associated with water at this point (and that makes Alexander the Great pouring out the water all that more poignant).
Really glad you watched this movie, it is so underrated!!
Hi! By any chance could you share a link to you thesis or where could I find it please? I just saw this movie and it made me cry so much when the girl's dreams are shattered by Roy's own depression and frustration and would love to get to understand it better through your work
@@yevmaltabar1441 aww thank you! I initially wrote my thesis in my native language (Romanian), but I am actually working on translating it and posting it somewhere - and possibly refining some parts too. I'll let you know when it's done, if you want. :D
I'd love to! Thank you for making the effort on translating it 😊
@@Melodymist you could probably use that as a script for an interesting video about the film.
Plus one here, I wanna read that thesis too :)
So glad you watched this it's so underrated!!! This film was actually shot over 4 years in 28 different countries using only existing locations!
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So the director of this movie was mostly a Music Video and Commercial director. This was his dream project and he made it by taking jobs around the world then flying out the actors he needed to shoot scenes in that country. Every set is in some way a real place he felt had not been showcased on film that he feared would soon be destroyed or closed off to the public so he wanted to capture it for future generations
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This movie is so underrated and should be shown to more people. It has been one of my favorites for a long time.
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They weren't implying that Roy was Charlie Chaplin, it was simply an homage to the outrageously dangerous stunts from that era of film.
Yep, Roy was a stuntman who just happened to get in a bad accident. You gotta re watch the beginning credits to fully understand.
It's both an homage to stunt actors and, in the literal story that's being told from her perspective, Alexandria believing that Roy is all of those people.
@@darko1295Yes! That’s how I understood it.
Chaplin certainly not, all the clips were with Buster Keaton.
This movie is severely underappreciated! It's just breathtaking.
Tarsem Singh is such an underrated artistic talent. This movie, The Cell, Immortals, Mirror Mirror...his movies are always feasts for the eyes.
And all of his music videos.
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I'd put him up there with Luc Besson and Wes Anderson for color and composition.
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I feel the same way about Julie Taymor.
The girl thinks all the stunts are Roy, which is why she talks about it in the end, she sees him in every movie from then on. Using her naive perspective again and as others said it is a hommage to another age of filmmaking in the end there.
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In the little girl's mind, Roy was every single stuntman that she saw in the movies. He was not all of the stuntmen. He was just the first one, where he gets hit on the head. Alexandria is about 5 years old.
I will always love this movie. One of my favorites. For once the child is a girl, not a boy! The director was looking for a boy, of course, but realized that she was the actress he needed.
THIS FILM IS A MASTERPIECE
I've been suggesting it to different reaction channels for what feels like ages....
The world deserves to know this movie exist.
we need to do a campaign to comment and spamm each reactioner like reel rejects or smn, thats the only way they can read us. Massive commenting
Lee Pace, the lead actor, pretended he couldn't walk behind the scenes so as not interrupt Catinka's actiting. The little girl had no idea he could walk for part of the filming.
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David Fincher called this film the product of Andrei Tarkovsky directing The Wizard Of Oz which is one of the greatest descriptions I’ve ever heard 😂😂
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Fun fact! One of the big reasons behind the making of this movie was that the director wanted to preserve some of the world's landmarks and buildings in film for future generations. He wanted to record these places so that even if they crumble over time, people can still see them through this movie;
also, iirc there is no CG in this movie regarding the scenery. Everything is in-camera.
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That's why it took four years to film. Tarsem is a true artist.
The music they used for the title is Beethoven's symphony no7 movement 2, commonly known as a piece for the fall of heroism, an absolute matching theme for this movie. This film has actually 3 intertwined stories talking at the same time: a broken stunt man saved by an innocent girl, a girl found comfort in a gibberish made up story to recover from the death of her father, and the era that film industry was so committed in a different level just to bring people joy and happiness. This is in my opinion one of the best movie about finding, love and filmmaking. I even went to India to visit about half of the locations filmed in this movie. It is almost a crime that such a great movie was missing from the majorty of the public
I originally saw this film in an arthouse in Chicago and I only went because I knew it was supposed to be beautiful and I love Lee Pace - I was not prepared for how funny and moving the actual story would be! The visuals are still probably the best part, though.
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this is the only film i own on blueray. its the most beautiful way ive seen to look at mental health and how others can pull us through our difficulties. kids are wonderful
Don't ever sell it... not available on streaming. A new copy is ~$130 on Blu-ray
Oh I love this film ❤. The style/directing is gorgeous, the music is stunning and Lee Pace is delightful. Plus the real story wrapped around the tale is surprisingly weighty. Really glad you chose to check this one out 😊
Couldn’t agree more! ♥️ just like good children stories, there’s always seem to be a weighted lesson at the core.
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I love and adore the Fall. It's a love letter to filmmaking and story telling.
One of the most underrated hidden gems in cinema history. Love this movie
Man, James, this is why you're my favorite youtuber that does reacting to films and TV. You don't only do all the conventional and popular stuff most other reactors do, you also delve into anything from older classics/cult classics to lesser known art house stuff (this, Stalker, Jacob's Ladder, Suspiria, Seven Samurai, etc etc). Glad you appreciated The Fall. Lowkey it's been my favorite movie for a while. Jawdroppingly beautiful shots and composition, simple but well-executed and moving story (it's based on an old Bulgarian film called Yo Ho Ho) and what is imo the best and most authentic child performance ever captured on film.
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Oh my god ! I'm so happy you're watching The Fall . One of my favorite movies . Amazing story and just simply visually stunning. An underrated gem in my opinion
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Oh my goddddddddddd you have no idea how long I’ve been waiting for you to react to this. *Tears of joy* 😂 this film is criminally underrated and not a lot of people even know it exists 😢 pure masterpiece
hahaha it’s really neat seeing all the love this film has within its following!
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😅I mean... I want to keep it hidden honesty.
I love how this film plays with storytelling by showing it through the eyes of a child. It’s got a dream like quality to it too - like how our dreams will integrate a song playing on our alarm clock before we fully wake up. It’s interesting to see how the girl interprets “the Indian” for example as a person in India vs. a Native American (how Roy intended it).
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"He can't even beat his enemy in his own story" - this explains Roy's emotional weakness and unwillingness to continue living perfectly.
The Fall is truly a film that needs to be appreciated more. I’m hoping we maybe get a Criterion version because the lore and stories of the shoot are as interesting as the visuals themself. I think too few people understood it at the time and thus why it is so hard to find in regular media
As for me, I got an OG dvd. 😊
Never clicked on one of your videos faster! This is in my top 5 fave films of all time. This inspired a rewatch! Thank you for reacting and reviewing
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I saw this in theaters back in the day. And what's so crazy is that it was widely panned and kinda forgotten back then when it was such an amazing representation of fantasy and stark reality all blended together beautifully behind the eyes of a child (who critics originally thought was the weakest part of the film). It's great you got to it, because it's one of those rare movies that should be watched over and over again for one to truly discover and appreciate all the complicated layering that the director implemented into it with each viewing. For instance, it actually took me a couple of viewings to realize that the main heroine in the fantasy world was played by two different women - at one point it was the nurse and and one point it was the main heroes fiance'.
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The little girl thought that Lee Pace was really in a wheel chair the entire time they filmed the movie. On the last day of shooting he stood up and revealed to her that he could walk! I would highly recommend getting a physical copy if this movie and watching the special features. The story of the making of this movie is just as interesting as the movie itself. It's worth it just to see her reaction to him standing up from his wheelchair!
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This movie is incredible! Eiko Ishioka did the costume design, and her work is always worth watching. I just started watching Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, for which she did the production design. It’s astounding. She was a visionary!
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I’m SO glad you put this on the channel because it gets nowhere near the attention it deserves, and may be one of the most beautiful looking films ever made. It’s incredible
To me the implication is that the little girl thinks all stuntmen are Roy, so she loves watch to movies with lots of stunts because it’s her only way to see him again 😢
She’s so precious!
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Finally, someone reacted to this movie. This is one of my top 25 all-time
I'm so happy you reacted to this movie. It's gorgeous, fun, and so damn obscure it seems like no one has even heard of it which is insane. Thank you for putting your/your audience's attention to it.
Been waiting for this one. Visually stunning.
At last! I hope many other folk get to see this film, too. It's a wonderful film, like a more artistic Princess Bride. The cinematography was amazing
I love this film so much, and I'm so glad to see you react to it! To answer your question about the locations (and an art historian nerd-out), the step well where Darwin is shot (Chand Baori step well) and the steps the wife was running up early in the film are both in Northern India. The latter is an astronomical observatory, Jantar Mantar. The finale is filmed partly at Fatehpur Sikri (near Agra, where the Taj Mahal is) and Udaipur City Palace. The "kaboom" palace is the Mughal Emperor Akbar's Hall of Private Audience at Fatehpur Sikri, but they must have built a model of it for the actual explosion! The "grass is greener" bit was filmed in Southeast Asia. All in all, I think they filmed in over a dozen countries, which made the film take quite a while to put together.
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im so happy you reacted to this! its my favorite movie of all time, and the best written and acted one out of this director's filmography imo. the transitions, eiko ishioka's amazing costumes, the on-location shooting, the dream scene with the flashbacn mixed in of alexandria's fall and the creepy stop-motion sequence (very similar to one made around the same time by the quay brothers, for the julie taymor's frida movie with salma hayek), its just one of the more stunning looking movies ever made and with one of the most heartwrenchingly simple and sweet stories ive seen.
btw, i think someone else has said this in the comment, but the dangerous stunts montage at the end is meant to show that alexandria believes that all these stunts were done by roy -we the audience know that he didnt, it was harold lloyd and buster keaton and charlie chaplin, but its meant to be part of the fantasy and the story and perception alexandria had: she knows roy did stunts for the movies, and she loves and admires him so much she just sees him in every movie, then.
second btw, the first scene with darwin in the greenhouse, that greenhouse and that scene was filmed in a botanic garden just two blocks away from my house!! it was closed to the public at that time i think, but recently theyve begun opening it up again for visitors, thankfully
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This is one of my favorite movies ever! It’s such a shame that it’s so hard to find these days, and the story behind why and how that happened is in itself fascinating.
I am so glad you reacted to this!! It’s such a lovely film, and I feel like it’s so rare to find someone who’s watched it
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If I remember correctly, they told the girl that Lee Pace was actually paralyzed for the first part of filming, so she would instinctively treat him with care. It shows in her acting.
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There is a song by Jon and Vangelis, from the early 1980s, which pays loving homage to the early years of Silent films and B&W Talkies, just as this film does. The song is called "The Friends of Mr. Cairo" and is exciting and then gorgeous. "Jon" is Jon Anderson, the other-worldly vocalist of the Progressive Rock band, Yes. Vangelis was the composer of music for films such as "Blade Runner", "Chariots of Fire" and many other great scores, many of them electronic symphonies. They released four albums together, the first three being almost complete masterpieces.
JAMES!!!! I'VE BEEN WANTING YOU TO WATCH THIS SINCE I DISCOVERED YOUR CHANNEL TWO YEARS AGO!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
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@@JamesVSCinema my next recommendation is One Cut of the Dead!! I think as a filmmaker you'd really like it. it's a love letter to filmmaking presented in an unexpected way!! hope u check it out 😁
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OMG I _love_ this movie! The use of colour is astounding!
Yes! It's here^^
So happy you enjoyed it. It's one of the most beautiful movies i've seen both the visuals and the story.
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It was a movie about stuntmen and this particular one being injured so bad he became addicted to morphine. I don't think that they were implying Roy was all those stunt performers in that ending montage, but showcasing, paying respect, to the people who risk their lives for our entertainment.
I don't know how much of it you noticed James but everything in the story is from the girls perspective. Like the snowflake letter that's given to Alexander the Great. Even all the characters were people that she knew in the hospital, the princess was nurse Evelyn, the ex slave was the guy who delivers the ice, the demolition expert is an actual demolition expert that worked with Roy in the film industry etc. Even the governors henchmen are dressed like the scary x ray guy in the hospital(edit I wrote this before getting to the part where you noticed that my b). Also @21:35 Roy described an Indian man who rubbed his brow when he was thinking. Roy meant an Native American but Alexandria pictured an actual Indian man. So many great details!
One of my all time favorite movies... such a visual gem (same goes for The Cell). And one the few where a child actor/actress didn't get on my nerves (they often do that.. especially in Hollywood, Disney productions).
And I really hope it'll one day get a stunning 4K/Dolby Vision/HDR blu-ray release.
Just subscribed to you like a day ago and am delighted beyond all sense to see one of my all-time favorite films in the queue already! This movie makes the viewer feel literally everything. "How do you suck in your own story?" is such a perfect summation of Roy as a character - tragic, selfish, full of bone-deep self-loathing.
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The visuals in this movie are fantastic. I can only find it on DVD, but I'd love for them to release a 4K version.
Yeah I'm holding off buying it for the 4k version. Same as Gravity.
The 1080p version is available on the high seas
In case you haven’t heard, it’s on MUBI now in 4K and is supposedly getting a physical release next year!
So thrilled that you reacted to this film! It really is an underappreciated gem. I only wish I could've seen this in the theaters on a huge screen. A visual masterpiece!
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Holy shit this is probably the first time in my life I’ve ever seen someone review The Fall now that’s fuckin crazy. You are truly one of a kind on this platform
There’s only one other I’ve found, his name is Shan.
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Amazing to see you doing a reaction to this film! The cinematography was the main reason I loved this film (although I originally discovered it because I loved Lee Pace from Pushing Daisies). It is visually stunning.
I saw this film in the theaters in 2007 and I remember leaving feeling so energized, and deeply emotional. I’ve been fan of the Director since mirror mirror and the cell, and when I saw the trailer for this film, I instantly knew that I would love it. The opening title of the film is one of the best titles that I think I’ve ever seen in my entire life and it doesn’t get enough appreciation.
Fun fact if you watch Dark Knight rises when Batman gets out of the pit if you look in the distance you can see the town that painted blue from this movie
A couple of years before "The Fall", Tarsem Singh's "The Cell" looked just as exotic, and it had the beautiful Jennifer Lopez, a good actress and additional eye candy. The surrealism is on in full style there too, although the subject matter -- a serial killer of young women -- is not as pleasant as the magical "The Fall". But, it must be seen, because Tarsem's movies are like nobody else's on Earth.
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I loved this film when I first saw it years ago! So glad that someone finally reacted to it, especially someone who understands good filmmaking.
Oh this is one of my absolute favorites!! So glad you reacted to this. It’s kind of legendary in my friend group, especially since it’s so hard to find. It’s so so beautiful, hopefully this gets more people to check it out!
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I loved this movie when it came out, I love it to this day. It's one of my all time favorites and I am SO happy you got to experience its beauty too 😊
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You don't know how happy you made me today seeing this. This is one of my favorite films. I saw it years ago on Netflix and it has always been in my mind. The visuals are just outstanding. As well as the acting. It is super hard to find so I'm curious where I can find it? haha/. I'm so excited you've seen this now. I had a feeling with your film background that you would love the visuals. It premiered at TIFF in 2006 but wasn't released in theaters until 2008. I'm not sure why. Pan's Labryinth came out in 2006 as well. The young actress in the movie was for the most part unscripted. They wanted her performance to feel real so her interactions and responses to Lee were genuine and unscripted. Also I just love Lee Pace in everything he's in. He was in the film 'Bodies, Bodies, Bodies' this year. It's an A24 film and I highly recommend it to react it. It's a fun time. :)
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Oh I love this movie so much! I haven’t ever seen another reactor react to it. It’s so unique and beautiful and heartbreaking and just brilliant. I wish it was more widely known! (Also, as for the ending with Charlie Chaplin, etc, I think it’s more than Alexandria is imagining that Roy is the stuntman in every movie she watches. Her childlike innocence wanting to believe he walks again and goes back to work ❤)
There’s one other reactor who has, his name is Shan! He’s great, too.
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Yes! Been hoping for this one - what an absolute spectacle. Put Lee Pace on my radar as well
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Thanks for the comments and analysis. The Fall is one of my all time favorites. Watch it again, you won't tire of it.
A very unique film, indeed. I have a copy and have watched it several times. A beautiful, and strange, film.
Definitely. Incredibly beautiful and the shots are seriously out of this world.
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Yes!!! This is one of my all time favorite movies! I never thought you would react to this!!!
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I love this movie. I love watching Tarsem Singh projects. There’s always some composition I’ve never seen before.
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I have visited the place where The desert turns into an oasis. Similar landscapes exist in china too. But I think it was shot in Indian side, most likely Serchu valley of Ladakh.
A blu-ray (or ideally 4K) of this film has been a long-time holy grail I hope to own some day. C'mon Sony Pictures!
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Thank you so much for doing this one! No one has it. So cool you did it.
I'm in love with this film since the first second. My first view was in 2007. About the similarities with the Spanish-Mexican The Pan Labyrinth, well, I just can get it. Both are from 2006 but this one premiered a month before and is partially based in a previous scrip of a Bulgarian Movie from 83.
Tarsem Singh is a master, an underrated master.
About the locations, you can find out them in the Wiki (I think). A few of them were familiar to me because of the film BARAKA (1992).
I watched this movie with my husband in 2012 on vacation in Switzerland and we had eaten some FIRE edibles about an hour before watching this….we cut the lights off, closed the curtains, and by the time we got 20 minutes into this movie I literally felt like a kid again. It really created that almost mystical sense of wanderlust you remember from your childhood….everything was bigger, brighter, and more beautiful. It felt like we were in the movie and ever since then I’ve been looking for this film, but couldn’t find it. Now I am absolutely ecstatic and I’m rolling a joint as we speak 🫠🤷🏻♀️🛸
I think this was the little girls first time speaking English also. Supposedly she didn't speak English before this movie.
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Many of these shots are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and even those dances are cultural practices. Tarsem the director wanted to preserve as many of these places as he could before they would be lost to history or become inaccessible to people.
I've been waiting for this one! Glad you were able to find it!
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I really hope we get a 4K version of this film some day, it is beautiful.
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Criterion 😢
@@increible8822 Yeah...Fingers crossed they do it some day!
Finally! I’ve been waiting for this one for ages
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Roy is not Charlie Chaplin. Roy is just a stunt guy, they are saying that perhaps all the legends from silent era perhaps didn't perform all the own stunts. But that's a side note. The main thing here is why was Roy hospitalized in the first place? It was a stunt gone wrong, as shown in the opening credit scene. And perhaps that was Roy's first suicide attempt. And they paid it off later by showing all the stunt scenes later. Not only to hammer the idea of the time period this film was supposed to take place, but also footnote to the love letter that the film is for the cinematic arts, and the art of storytelling itself. The moment when a horse arrives, and through a hole it's image is projected upaide down in the wall inside. That's a reference for how cameras were invented in the first place. And it is remarkable that it was shown through the eyes of a curious child, because as children when we playfully investigate the world around us, little monents like that have huge and magical impact on us. Early on, we realize that reality itseld can be cinematic, if we are really looking, if we are really paying attention.
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So I just read this is coming back to theaters on Sep.27 of this year and it will be available to stream(in 4K I believe) on Mubi!
Love, love, love this film! When I first saw it, I had to purchase it. The visuals are like none that I had seen before. The little girl warmed my heart throughout the entire movie. She was able to act like a little girl, something quite rare in movies these days. I never get tired of this movie and I'm so glad you got to experience it.
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The crazy stairs, are something called a step well, and they're mostly found in India, I believe. I actually fell down a UA-cam hole about them once I finally discovered what they were called, because I found that scene in this movie so hypnotic to watch. The locations in this film are bananas!
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It's my absolute favorite movie, along with Nine Days. It's fun to rewatch The Fall and see which people in their real world are in their story world too! It took me a few watches to find everyone ^_^
My favorite movie
One of my desert island movies. Just one of the most amazing movies I’ve ever seen
I was SO excited to see you react to this movie!!! 😃 It's one of my favourite of all time! It is SO gorgeous and the story is very touching too. It's even more incredible when you know those are all real locations. You should really watch The Cell too from Tarsem. The imagery is mind blowing.
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Check out the making of this film. The reveal of the main actor's ability to the child actress is amazing.
damn how did i miss this?
great movie. i watched this, Big Fish and Forrest Gump back to back.
I knew it was a lot. I didn't know it was 76.
Turkey
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (hospital scenes)
Teges Village, Ubud, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
Andaman Islands, India (Elephants swimming in the sea scene)
Bali, Indonesia
Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina (Jardin Botanico and Jardin Zoologico)
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (blue city)
Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Egypt
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Fatehpur Sikri, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Namib-Naukluft National Park, Erongo, Namibia (desert scenes)
Butterfly Reef, Fiji (Butterfly Island)
Sumatra, Indonesia
Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Taj Lake Palace, Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India (Palace in the lake)
Jardín Botánico, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Argentina
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Chand Baori, Abhaneri, Rajasthan, India (Stepwell scene)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chile
Prague, Czech Republic
Magnet Hill, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Romania
Valkenberg Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (hospital scenes)
Namibia (desert scenes)
Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Jardin Zoologico, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Gunang Kawi, Bali, Indonesia
Pangong Tso, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Consuegra, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (Riding horses in windmills scene)
Brazil
Charles Bridge, Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic (Blue bandit jumps from bridge)
Himalayas, Nepal
India
Italy
Maldives
Paris, France
South Africa
Spain
Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
Cambodia
Dunsfold Park, Dunsfold, Surrey, England, UK (model of Fatehpur Sikri for visual effects explosion sequence)
Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Pangong Lake, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Erongo, Namibia
Indonesia
Czech Republic
Nepal
The Colosseum, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Piketberg, Western Cape, South Africa (Bridge in the opening scene)
Teatro Opera, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Chandra Mahal, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Jailsalmer Fort, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Red Fort, New Delhi, Delhi, India
China
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Fiji
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Bolivia
USA
California, USA
France
Tomb of Akbar the Great, Sikandra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Stakna Gompa, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Li River, China
Namib Desert, Namibia
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
UK
Ty for fallowing this film… lol omg you are so awesome. Ty for review this film, not many people know it, but it is with out a doubt a cult classic.
The director also did The Cell with Jennifer Lopez. It's just as beautiful and mind-blowing as the Fall.
I'm so excited! I'm about to start the video now, this is one of my favorite films of all time, it is a visual feast, I can't wait to see you react. Here we go.
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How didn't I find your reaction to this (one of my top 5 favourite movies) in more than a year? -
I blame UA-cam and Google's bad search algorithms. They just don't get me...
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Amazing how almost all the comments are full blown thesis about the film. Motion picture is a collection of still photography with sound.
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I saw this movie a few years into college after it came out and thought it was such a weird gem nobody talked about. I didn't think I'd find anyone reacting to it, so this is awesome.
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I had to pause it. We're only a few minutes in to the start of the film, but I really hope you catch on to her perspective versus his perspective, when he says an Indian, for instance, he's thinking of a Native American. When she hears Indian, she's British, and so she pictures a man from India.
Okay, I have to get back to the movie with you, oh boy, I've been waiting for someone to watch this. I'm so excited!
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“Charles Darwin is dripped up” 😂😂😂😂
Great stuff, thank you for sharing. Hope you are well and as always, stay awesome, stay genuine and stay dripped.... much love
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Tarsem was forever my top pick to direct a _Doctor Strange_ movie. Still could.
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I've not seen this but omg it looks amazing
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I legit had forgotten about this movie. You are pulling out some underrated gems.
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So happy to see a reaction to this. Taraem (who directed The Cell, before this) filmed this for over eight years and in over 14 countries to make this. He is currently working on a remaster that is 2 minutes longer. However in that he had another huge transition that ead filmed but never but in the film. His vision is something i love dearly 😭😭🥰🤌