Pretty good character development seeing how less scared hubert is by the end of the movie and how hes been so close to death so many times he sets the rules and is very stoic and confrontational by the end and it shows how his fear became the motivating factor to finish it once and for all.
Yep doesn't seem to be hate driven as well, like the other guy. Other dude was being arrested for dueling in the 1st place and he starts a decades long ego/revenge battle with this man cause he refuses to answer for his crime..... Dueling! Dueling causes more dueling lol! But ya by the end I think Hubert is ready to kill this man and move on with his life.
@@BrassBashers He didn't want to kill him though. He never did. He literally just wanted to be left alone. If he kills Feraud, he ultimately ends up playing by Ferauds rules. Thats why he spares him. And tells him that its Feraud's turn to adhere to HIS idea of honor.
idk why this would have been his idea for the last duel involving pistons over swords. This would have been biggest disadvantage from all of their exchanges seeing he is the physically larger man and therefore a larger target, giving him a disadvantage when compared to a sword and longer reach, with his longer arms
@@Bee-tj8gc the pistols were introduced to help the audience feel the passage of time seeing as this movie takes place over 20 years and it shows in the background Napoleon and the military changes including the transition from close combat to ranged combat its a story telling tool
The advantage of sword fighting usually comes down to skill. You make a good point though - as clearly D'Hubert was the better fighter with sabres he should have chosen that instead of let Feraud's second initially decide on pistols at Feraud's likely suggestion beforehand > recalling their incident in Russia.
His pistol was empty. D'Hurbert was just driving home the point that he was at Feraud's mercy.He knew it. And was prepared to face death with honor and no fear.
@@TheLAGopher "And was prepared to face death with honor and no fear" Perhaps what he believed to be honor, but as the film shows his sense of honor beyond the battlefield is less than fair to say the least. The truer part of honor would have been accepting his initial defeat by D'Hubert at the start of the film instead of hounding him all across Europe
Thanks..... I'm pretty sure D'Hubert wanted to make sure his act of mercy would finally diffuse all the remaining anger Feraud still had in him. It worked thankfully :)
Mercy indeed. The D’Hubert’s life was changed for years by the anger of the other man. He could have lived in a different way, been something else, but instead was forced to be a part of pointless dueling. I think he was well within his rights to kill Feraud for that reason.
@@dewfall56 yes - certainly; I guess his honour wouldn't allow that though; SPOILER ALERT - if you saw in the movie scene prior to the duel, d'Hubert had gone out of his way to get Feraud's name taken off a persecution list which in history at this time was French royalists taking revenge on Bonapartists who supported Napoleon when he returned to power in 1815... Feraud was a 'raving Bonapartist'.
Sorry to hear about that - But you've got him remembered here at least. I liked impersonating the few lines he had through the movie - with that nasal-ly tone. Did he have any anecdotes about the movie to tell you?
@@BaronsHistoryTimes Not about this film . My dad would know some stories as they were closer in age . He was quite well known in the Australian film scene . He was the husband in ' we of the never never ' which came out in early 80's . Wonderful film if you can find it .
I feel like Feraud's "LA" and immediate acceptance of death with the angry sounding "go on, kill me" after he tried so damn hard to kill this guy actually shows how crazy he is. It's like he doesn't care either way, the only things that matter to him in life are killing this guy or ending his own.
Yes, he lost all purpose in life after his idol Napoleon met his Waterloo. One should never underestimate demented people. This was d'Hubert's mistake when he asked turncoat minister Fouche to take Feraud of the death list of fanatic Bonapartists.... like Fouche says in the movie of Feraud > "He talked himself onto the list! We could not keep him off it...."
The IRL man Feraud is based on was just as obsessed as the fictional character is; I believe neither of them ended up dying (at least not at the other’s hand) but they fought 39 times before the historical figure gave up on trying to kill his counterpart.
Given what we find out in the final scene, d'Hubert's decision to leave the cuirassier's "Is he dead?" unanswered is a good one. To answer "yes" or "no" wouldn't have been quite true.
I ve just watched the movie on DVD this evening.Widescreen version, special edition.I ve also watched the version with Ridley Scott's comments,very intimate and interesting insight. This movie did cost £950k to make and Ridley made it look like a big budget movie.The photography is only second to Barry Lyndon.A master at work.I'm not so much into Ridley's more recent movies, like Gladiator or Prometheus. I think his best work is Alien, Blade Runner and The Duellists.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes me too. Everyone hated the film and I'll admit it didn't do the Alien cannon any favours but I enjoyed the film. One of the few I own on DVD.
Keith Carredine really coming into his own as an actor and the intensity of Harvey Keitel, "Deez woods smell of Kossaks", I loved the move for years, before I knew who Ridley Scott is. Just imagine he did the most accurate/realistic depiction of Napoleon in Russia when he didn't have a budget, ....who else cant wait for Napoleon?
I can wait. Wuacim Phoenix is a mediocre clown who pretended to be a drug addict for attention, and then when everyone called him out he pretended it was just an art project
Actually, interesting fact: There were dueling pistols with wax bullets that acted as the first type of airsoft guns, used in duels without the risk of killing anyone. They weren't extreme popular, but they are historical.
I've watched this movie so many times but never noticed the cow at around the 3 minute mark. Presumably it wandered onto the set and then wouldn't mooove.
Thanks - a few other people have uploaded the duels over the years, but many never did the non-duel/duel in Russia, which is a favourite for many fans of the movie.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes @ 7:04 the left hand side has 2 parallel lines of crushed grass. This is what car tracks look like. The man who is stood between them shows essentially where the car stopped, likely to drop off the crews for filming in that spot. You can see the same set of tracks around 0:54 but it is harder to make out with the angle and distance it is filmed at. I only went back to check when I saw the tracks at the end.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes I would expect, given the filming location (UK) and narrow track (looks around 1.5 m to 1.6 m wide from comparing to characters rough heights) that it was likely a Series II or III Land Rover track.
ngl, the way Feraud cocks and points his pistol, at 6:46 is so gangster! The way he tilts his head back, sneers down his nose, and just as he points with his glock-hand; he lowers his left hand and grabs his nuts like he's Tupac. That is such a classy level of villainy. That shit was elite, but I'm still gonna have to dock points for the misfire. Plus, he forgot to rotate his gat at a 90-degree angle. I would've settled for a 45-degree angle, but bro needs work. He still went hard, tho: (8/10)
The winning move in this duel: 1) Just leave, and make your opponent look like an idiot. 2) Find one advantageous position and hold it. If you wander in circles, and your opponent is wandering in circles, you could just never encounter each other and the whole thing is pointless. Get advantage, with elevation and cover, and wait.
@@NiLi_ You;re correct - more with regard to how their first duel started; d'Hubert had an arrogant attitude towards the already irritated Feraud. He played with fire, and got burned for the next 15 years.....
the difference in how they carried their guns to the duel is interesting, Feraud has his in a nice wooden case placed for the occassion. d'Hubert bright his with him in some bag/cloth much more uncerimonius might've just been what he had on hand or coudl purchase for the duel itself.
Actually, d'Hubert had the bag used for a reason, which is revealed near the movie end > spoiler alert* In anticipation that he would win, he didn't want his pregnant wife to find out that he had just been in a duel, so he hid his pistol in the bag along with some oranges; which was lucky, as his wife actually was awake when he got back home, asking him where he was.... he lied to her, explaining he'd gone for a walk, and when she asks what was in the bag, he took out an orange> both giggle, happy end.....
@@BaronsHistoryTimes Oh righ I had forgotten, but I think my point works either way, d'Hubert doesn't care if anyone knows he's there to duel while Feraud clearly is clinging to some kind of idea of the duel has a honored pursuit.
I love period movies. That dreary dirt filled cobble stoned alley with the trickle of human waste on one side. Reality! What a far cry from the usual polished and gilded decors we usually get.
He was actually very honorable and kind hearted for not shooting him because he had every right to kill him 10 times. Or was he kind at all letting him live...?
I think he elevated above being the winner of the game of death they played by breaking the rules of the game in order to preserve another man's life who stood there and demanded to be killed because of a silly game to maintain his own honor as well.
D'Hubert was much, much kinder to Feraud (saved him from persecution after the fall of Napoleon etc). Guess it was in his character to not let vengeful emotions overcome him. In the end, he 'killed' him morally, without taking his life.
There is a longer ending of this film. D'Hubert imposes to Feraud some conditions to pardon his life and at the final scene we see Feraud standing and contemplating below the beautiful valley of the Dordogne river.
@@ataulfoloor Thanks , but no worries, I think many people don't realize I have the climactic clip as well,.... so when they see your inquiry here they get the answer too. So, no need to erase your comment as it may help others who didn't know too.
Keital just going “LA” like he did through the whole movie, even when he was about to the one killed. haha i love this movie so much. Strange to see this movie be so different than Napoleon.
back when ridley knew how to make a film. i think napoleon must be a joke hes playing on the world. theres no way something so bad can be a serious project.
Yes, the way he's proud of the NAPOLEON-wreckage is mystifying - he had every opportunity to make it an accurate and interesting masterpiece and may be get an Oscar.... but he spat on all of those things.
The only thing that bugs me here is the loaded pistols being carried in the belt. Even if the shot is well wadded in (a risk in its own right), the ball or powder may come out when tilted down and jostled. You don't point a loaded pistol of their type at the ground. Resting the pistols on shoulders, barrels skyward was much more accurate (ie the shot doesn't fall out). The accuracy is too good, but plausible in the hands of such clear experts. Great scene though
@@sdporres My point is that even with taking them out carefully, his trousers will be full of gunpowder and the shot. It would fall out of the pistol barrel, into his trousers. It's something I've never seen in cinema but if you point a musket (or that era pistol) straight downwards the shot can fall out.
@@kelm91 yep, I mentioned wadding in my comment. I've done English Civil War Re-enactment and done this myself. Assuming these are wadded pistols (not all are, sometimes extra powder gets more in after the shot), it's still a problem. You can't wad too tightly or it can cause a misfire, so pointing directly down is always pretty darn likely to dislodge what you've loaded. It is in fact the way to main unload one that hasn't discharged properly...
@@samcook4207 Lol! I think @Michael Wood might be talking about dueling pistols often not being rifled - thus the smooth bore making for a much less accurate shot. Smooth bores were common in England, but as these guys are French it's much more likely that the pistols were rifled, so any inaccuracy here is more likely due to "human error"! :-)
It’s honestly crazy to think that we went from still using muskets to flying jets in 100 years. I wonder what the future of technology will look another 100 years from now.
@@z54964380Killing people with drones. Drones can’t take an enemy prisoner. You either have to kill them or leave them alone. Wounded soldiers are another thing. Under the Geneva Conventions, wounded soldiers are off limits. As are medical personnel. In Ukraine, drone operators target wounded soldiers, medics and medical personnel of all types. A war crime. But because drones are remotely operated, operators are not charged with war crimes.
My peeve is the strange idea that suddenlt d'Hubert and his limp leg gait are no issue at all in having to prance about on wooded hills and rocky outcrops of ruins.....
First of all, the animal is real. You can see it moving it's horn left to the tree. Second, this was Ridley's first movie and the budget was non existent. A little above 1 million. One of the actors of this movie who has a small role and was famous at the time agreed to receive a case of whiskey/wine as payment because they couldn't afford to pay him. I still think that despite the small budget, this film looks amazing. They did an excellent job.
Yes, ...... Feraud used up both his pistol shots which missed, while D'Hubert only missed with one shot. He held back his last shot - but only barely refrained it seems. At their close range, D'Hubert could have shot and killed Feraud ( unless the pistol misfired :P ). But essentially, Feraud was not going to run away like a coward, not beg for his life, and D'Hubert basically had the option to kill Feraud, but instead he opted to play the mercy card which we see Feraud felt obliged to go along with - under their rules of honour and duelling code.
Well you can say it wasnt because he missed but because hubert played a clever trick with his boot which frustrated feraud and also made him hesitate which imo made him miss to anticipation.
Hello - you're English is great. Pistol duels were not like in this movie sequence. In reality, the two people that were fighting a duel, stood about 20 yards facing each other and had two pistols to fire at each other. In the movie 'Barry Lyndon', you will see three pistol duel sequences which show how pistol duels were fought. Here's a link to one of those scenes. ua-cam.com/video/6bos2ZTGNZc/v-deo.html
No.it s a French expression usually accompagned by an arm(s) gesture which means to have finally resolved a problem and the fact of being pride of it.the gesture and sound is directed towards another person as if to say:you see!?
@@Mark.Cleworth Actually I did it as a prelude for viewers to see the movie conclusion in the last clip I made for this series. The movie ending deserves to be separate in my opinion; it has its own drama. I guess I should add that point since may be others like Natman are not aware of the clip list which includes the movie finale sequence.
No, not cheating.... After he impulsively fired his second shot, he knew that d'Hubert now had a chance to shoot and kill with his own second shot. What you see Feraud doing is merely firing the trigger of his empty pistol. There is no shot in it. He was being sarcastic in firing the empty pistol. The sparks you see are from the gunpowder residue left over from the previous shot he fired from that pistol.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes I was thinking he had reloaded off camera and his fear of death overcame his honor at the last second and just happened to misfire, but that would be out of character for him so I think your explanation makes more sense.
the heart of the story is 2 different types of men: the first man D'Hubert, even though he comes from Aristocratic background he learns how to commit to his own success. The second man Gabriel is only committed to his own insanity and Bonaparte.
*SPOILER* .............He spared him. According to the dueling rules he can never come near him again. His life belongs to the one who spared it. For a man so obsessed with hate and revenge that's a fate far worse than death.
@@TheDrunkHamster just the movie - Actual rules were really arrangements made based on agreements between the duellists and their seconds/companions who supervised and intervened on occasion to stop the continuation of a duel from getting out of hand dishonourably*.
Such a wonderful movie and message. Don't hold grudges people. Just kinda wished they had ended it as it was started, with swords. But I get it, they're old men now in a new era, pistols make more sense.
Pretty good character development seeing how less scared hubert is by the end of the movie and how hes been so close to death so many times he sets the rules and is very stoic and confrontational by the end and it shows how his fear became the motivating factor to finish it once and for all.
Yep doesn't seem to be hate driven as well, like the other guy. Other dude was being arrested for dueling in the 1st place and he starts a decades long ego/revenge battle with this man cause he refuses to answer for his crime..... Dueling! Dueling causes more dueling lol! But ya by the end I think Hubert is ready to kill this man and move on with his life.
@@BrassBashers He didn't want to kill him though. He never did. He literally just wanted to be left alone. If he kills Feraud, he ultimately ends up playing by Ferauds rules. Thats why he spares him. And tells him that its Feraud's turn to adhere to HIS idea of honor.
idk why this would have been his idea for the last duel involving pistons over swords.
This would have been biggest disadvantage from all of their exchanges seeing he is the physically larger man and therefore a larger target, giving him a disadvantage when compared to a sword and longer reach, with his longer arms
@@Bee-tj8gc the pistols were introduced to help the audience feel the passage of time seeing as this movie takes place over 20 years and it shows in the background Napoleon and the military changes including the transition from close combat to ranged combat its a story telling tool
The advantage of sword fighting usually comes down to skill. You make a good point though - as clearly D'Hubert was the better fighter with sabres he should have chosen that instead of let Feraud's second initially decide on pistols at Feraud's likely suggestion beforehand > recalling their incident in Russia.
I love how when his pistol doesn't fire he just throws it on the ground and demands to be shot, true lover of the game.
But his opponent didn't give him the satisfaction of " dying with honor" instead spared him so he could live the rest of his life disgraced
His pistol was empty. D'Hurbert was just driving home the point that he was at Feraud's mercy.He knew it. And was prepared to face death with honor and no fear.
@@TheLAGopheryes. he was just saying "oh look my guns are empty! shoot me"
More like he just doesn't care whether he lives or dies - only that he is right.
@@TheLAGopher
"And was prepared to face death with honor and no fear"
Perhaps what he believed to be honor, but as the film shows his sense of honor beyond the battlefield is less than fair to say the least.
The truer part of honor would have been accepting his initial defeat by D'Hubert at the start of the film instead of hounding him all across Europe
I love this. He notices the beauty of life around him, the other guy is just doggedly marching towards death.
Certainly - I think the movie is showing how vindictive aggressive people have no respect for peace and harmony that is all around them to appreciate.
Probably the reason why he hates him. Envy of his sence of estetics, class. Inferiority complex
Thanks for uploading this brilliant scene. A great example of how mercy can be more maddening to a villain than wrath.
Thanks..... I'm pretty sure D'Hubert wanted to make sure his act of mercy would finally diffuse all the remaining anger Feraud still had in him.
It worked thankfully :)
I didn't see that, no idea how it ended.....
Mercy indeed. The D’Hubert’s life was changed for years by the anger of the other man. He could have lived in a different way, been something else, but instead was forced to be a part of pointless dueling. I think he was well within his rights to kill Feraud for that reason.
@@BrassBashers the Finale is in my series of this movie segments :)
@@dewfall56 yes - certainly; I guess his honour wouldn't allow that though; SPOILER ALERT - if you saw in the movie scene prior to the duel, d'Hubert had gone out of his way to get Feraud's name taken off a persecution list which in history at this time was French royalists taking revenge on Bonapartists who supported Napoleon when he returned to power in 1815... Feraud was a 'raving Bonapartist'.
Every single shot of this movie is like a painting. It's a masterpiece.
I urge you to seek out Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon". That's painterly and plays out in a similar time period. 👍
Maybe except the fake cow at 2:51
@@cheeseandonions9558 its breathing...
Thats true!The grey sky of central Europe and its unique Landscape combinated with those great actors is a masterpiece!
@@TrueRahf Yes- the late 1970s historical war movies had a lot of sombre artistic feeling.
The guy with the eye patch is Arthur dignam who was my neighbour for 20 odd years.
Passed away last year I believe.
Sorry to hear about that - But you've got him remembered here at least.
I liked impersonating the few lines he had through the movie - with that nasal-ly tone.
Did he have any anecdotes about the movie to tell you?
@@BaronsHistoryTimes
Not about this film . My dad would know some stories as they were closer in age .
He was quite well known in the Australian film scene . He was the husband in ' we of the never never ' which came out in early 80's .
Wonderful film if you can find it .
@@twomindz79 I see it's on YT, whole movie, - I put it in my watch later list.
He was a great character actor. I can only claim having been a neighbour to Michael Robbins, Queens Road, Wimbledon.
@@njuham Arthur of On the buses?…?
I've just spent an hour at Chateau Commarque were this was filmed. Mind-blowing to see the actual locations.
@criostoirashtin11 Yes, it, really did.
This deserved an Oscar nomination for cinematography. Like many of Ridley Scott's films, it's outstanding.
This might actually be his most underrated film.
I had no idea he did this.
He is top-notch. You're right this was Oscar worthy
That would be Black Rain@@bufordhighwater9872
An incredible work. Still Scott's masterpiece.
3:11 amazing matte painting
Interesting - is that a guess or did you find that out? Seems like you may be correct.
I'm pretty sure that's the actual location (Chateau de Commarque)
I feel like Feraud's "LA" and immediate acceptance of death with the angry sounding "go on, kill me" after he tried so damn hard to kill this guy actually shows how crazy he is. It's like he doesn't care either way, the only things that matter to him in life are killing this guy or ending his own.
Yes, he lost all purpose in life after his idol Napoleon met his Waterloo. One should never underestimate demented people. This was d'Hubert's mistake when he asked turncoat minister Fouche to take Feraud of the death list of fanatic Bonapartists.... like Fouche says in the movie of Feraud > "He talked himself onto the list! We could not keep him off it...."
The IRL man Feraud is based on was just as obsessed as the fictional character is; I believe neither of them ended up dying (at least not at the other’s hand) but they fought 39 times before the historical figure gave up on trying to kill his counterpart.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes where i can find this movie
@@metron-ariston I guess, Ebay and Amazon and Google's movies are the best sorces.
Very nice cinematography. The landscape looked so much like classic European oil paintings.
A great film, one of Ridley Scott's best
Given what we find out in the final scene, d'Hubert's decision to leave the cuirassier's "Is he dead?" unanswered is a good one. To answer "yes" or "no" wouldn't have been quite true.
@criostoirashtin11 In the novel, one of the seconds was a cuirassier.
Pistols in the facility on license to kill was always my favorite
I ve just watched the movie on DVD this evening.Widescreen version, special edition.I ve also watched the version with Ridley Scott's comments,very intimate and interesting insight. This movie did cost £950k to make and Ridley made it look like a big budget movie.The photography is only second to Barry Lyndon.A master at work.I'm not so much into Ridley's more recent movies, like Gladiator or Prometheus. I think his best work is Alien, Blade Runner and The Duellists.
For some reason I was attracted to Prometheus > always watching the reruns too.
He did a really good job with LEGEND. A cult classic for fantasy lovers.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes me too. Everyone hated the film and I'll admit it didn't do the Alien cannon any favours but I enjoyed the film. One of the few I own on DVD.
Keith Carredine really coming into his own as an actor and the intensity of Harvey Keitel, "Deez woods smell of Kossaks", I loved the move for years, before I knew who Ridley Scott is. Just imagine he did the most accurate/realistic depiction of Napoleon in Russia when he didn't have a budget, ....who else cant wait for Napoleon?
I can wait. Wuacim Phoenix is a mediocre clown who pretended to be a drug addict for attention, and then when everyone called him out he pretended it was just an art project
I could have waited a lot longer for that steaming pile of dung.
curious what you thought of the movie now that it's out?
@@jacquesdeburgo2878 No comment lol.
'Accurate' in what way? That all Russians are barbarians? lol
Thank you for uploading these. Happy New Year 🥂
My pleasure.
Feel free to comment in my other videos too if you like Napoleonic history videos.😄
magnificent scenery in the the dordogne region
The intensity is cinematographically well-put; as expected from Scott. Albeit, not disregarded because it is expected.
Its 2021 bro why are you talkin like that lmao.
@@JukesMcGee you dare mock his use of civilised language as if you're constipated?
@toxic2waste...he's a time traveler,cut him some slack.
@@JukesMcGeeDimwit.
Paintball back in the day really sucked.
Actually, interesting fact:
There were dueling pistols with wax bullets that acted as the first type of airsoft guns, used in duels without the risk of killing anyone. They weren't extreme popular, but they are historical.
@@chawk6201 Yes! ua-cam.com/video/KWlAIcwxxD0/v-deo.html
@@chawk6201 So even If they didnt kill you they would ruin your clothes with that nasty wax stain.
We should legalize dueling change my mind.
@@LisaAnn777would solve a lot of things for sure
I can't get enough of the movie locations. The ruins in this scene was obviously a fortress. Imagine what battles have been fought here.
Castrum de Commarques
The English captured it during the Hundred Year War!🏴
I've watched this movie so many times but never noticed the cow at around the 3 minute mark. Presumably it wandered onto the set and then wouldn't mooove.
Me too- I was shocked when I saw them for the first time after so many times not noticing them
nice touch at the end with the two cows facing away from each other.
Do you think Ridley Scott told the cows to do that?
Best movie to inspire voters to “ Bring Back Dueling “ 🤺!!!
Best movie Scott has ever made!
yes - He got one very rightly done at least.
Amazing how it was his first one
@@williet.3058 And loved making sketches for the plot too.
Féraud is just a raging human hemorrhoid that goes and comes back
Thx for uploading all duels
Thanks - a few other people have uploaded the duels over the years, but many never did the non-duel/duel in Russia, which is a favourite for many fans of the movie.
Superb film.
This remastered soundtrack is perfect.
Indeed
An amazing film a true masterpiece absolutely excellent
2:59 - is there really a not moving cow in this duel scene?!🤯😅🤣😂
love how you can see tracks in the grass for a 4x4 :D
Where was that in the scene? Can you put a time stamp on it......?
@@BaronsHistoryTimes @ 7:04 the left hand side has 2 parallel lines of crushed grass. This is what car tracks look like. The man who is stood between them shows essentially where the car stopped, likely to drop off the crews for filming in that spot. You can see the same set of tracks around 0:54 but it is harder to make out with the angle and distance it is filmed at. I only went back to check when I saw the tracks at the end.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes I would expect, given the filming location (UK) and narrow track (looks around 1.5 m to 1.6 m wide from comparing to characters rough heights) that it was likely a Series II or III Land Rover track.
@@TopherGriffin Good observation> then again of could be a simulation of deep wagon wheel tracks in soggy grass, but seems like car treads did it.
First movie directed by Ridley Scott who would later direct Alien,Blade Runner and many other great movies.
ngl, the way Feraud cocks and points his pistol, at 6:46 is so gangster! The way he tilts his head back, sneers down his nose, and just as he points with his glock-hand; he lowers his left hand and grabs his nuts like he's Tupac. That is such a classy level of villainy. That shit was elite, but I'm still gonna have to dock points for the misfire. Plus, he forgot to rotate his gat at a 90-degree angle. I would've settled for a 45-degree angle, but bro needs work. He still went hard, tho: (8/10)
Tupac.... that's kinda almost true too!
Excelent Movie!
The winning move in this duel: 1) Just leave, and make your opponent look like an idiot. 2) Find one advantageous position and hold it. If you wander in circles, and your opponent is wandering in circles, you could just never encounter each other and the whole thing is pointless. Get advantage, with elevation and cover, and wait.
1) lol..... that would make Feraud go really nuts.
Camping. Basically.
You probably hide in bushes. If you don't keep moving then your enemy will probably walk up behind you.
I'd say both are very ungentleman-like
@@NiLi_ You;re correct - more with regard to how their first duel started; d'Hubert had an arrogant attitude towards the already irritated Feraud.
He played with fire, and got burned for the next 15 years.....
Excellent movie...
That lead content in those paintballs is really quite dangerous to your health.
the difference in how they carried their guns to the duel is interesting, Feraud has his in a nice wooden case placed for the occassion. d'Hubert bright his with him in some bag/cloth much more uncerimonius might've just been what he had on hand or coudl purchase for the duel itself.
Actually, d'Hubert had the bag used for a reason, which is revealed near the movie end > spoiler alert* In anticipation that he would win, he didn't want his pregnant wife to find out that he had just been in a duel, so he hid his pistol in the bag along with some oranges; which was lucky, as his wife actually was awake when he got back home, asking him where he was.... he lied to her, explaining he'd gone for a walk, and when she asks what was in the bag, he took out an orange> both giggle, happy end.....
@@BaronsHistoryTimes Oh righ I had forgotten, but I think my point works either way, d'Hubert doesn't care if anyone knows he's there to duel while Feraud clearly is clinging to some kind of idea of the duel has a honored pursuit.
@@tanngrisnr5076 I think Feraud was still in his grudge mode, and murdering d'Hubert would be too easy.... I'm guessing though :)
Keith Carradine - a forever actor like Christopher Plummer; he's in 'Fear the Walking Dead' tv show as charismatic as ever.
When Ridley Scott made good films.
4:00 I definitely heard a Predator out in the distance probably just observing or maybe ready to hunt the winner
I really wish the final duel was with swords , after the failed duel in Russia it felt like a sword duel was the I oh true duel to finish it.
I guess they wanted to go with pistol bangs and flashes for a more stirring finale.
I dunno man... they tried that 4 other times and got nowhere. Was time for an upgrade XD.
isn't it a callback how all that time ago h'ubert said 'pistols next time'
@@NH750_EMC Yes it is indeed.
Well SOMEBODY was definitely going to die this time! Or I suppose not
Wow, they had trigger finger discipline here already!
A litteral life time of war and handling single shot firearms will teach you that at some point I'm sure.
I love period movies. That dreary dirt filled cobble stoned alley with the trickle of human waste on one side. Reality! What a far cry from the usual polished and gilded decors we usually get.
He was actually very honorable and kind hearted for not shooting him because he had every right to kill him 10 times.
Or was he kind at all letting him live...?
Probably after he gave up his life and told him to shoot he didnt want to obey his enemy.
I think he elevated above being the winner of the game of death they played by breaking the rules of the game in order to preserve another man's life who stood there and demanded to be killed because of a silly game to maintain his own honor as well.
D'Hubert was much, much kinder to Feraud (saved him from persecution after the fall of Napoleon etc). Guess it was in his character to not let vengeful emotions overcome him. In the end, he 'killed' him morally, without taking his life.
Should have selected pickled eggs as weapons.
*spoons
Oh no he has a spoon!
Later in life, the angry old man comes to the young man's home at night, to bludgeon him. Before delivering the blow, the old man says "Sucker!".
I really liked this movie
A game of two way shooting range.
There is a longer ending of this film. D'Hubert imposes to Feraud some conditions to pardon his life and at the final scene we see Feraud standing and contemplating below the beautiful valley of the Dordogne river.
That sequence is in my Duellists clips playlist.
I apologize for not reading your explicit and clear statements regarding the conclusion to this clip. I will proceed to erase my commentary.
@@ataulfoloor Thanks , but no worries, I think many people don't realize I have the climactic clip as well,.... so when they see your inquiry here they get the answer too.
So, no need to erase your comment as it may help others who didn't know too.
Harvey Keitel was SALTY in this movie, 🤣🤣🤣
yes,.... a bit like his 'Taxi' movie character as a pimp
Keital just going “LA” like he did through the whole movie, even when he was about to the one killed. haha i love this movie so much. Strange to see this movie be so different than Napoleon.
It's surreal to see the polar opposites of both movies.
The actors were just perfect for their roles, even in height and general appearance
back when ridley knew how to make a film. i think napoleon must be a joke hes playing on the world. theres no way something so bad can be a serious project.
Yes, the way he's proud of the NAPOLEON-wreckage is mystifying - he had every opportunity to make it an accurate and interesting masterpiece and may be get an Oscar.... but he spat on all of those things.
He got woke (and creatively broke) a while ago
@williet.3058 did he? I'm not even sure what that even means anymore.
Tactics had changed.They chase each other like commando.
Why can't we all just get along
The only thing that bugs me here is the loaded pistols being carried in the belt.
Even if the shot is well wadded in (a risk in its own right), the ball or powder may come out when tilted down and jostled. You don't point a loaded pistol of their type at the ground.
Resting the pistols on shoulders, barrels skyward was much more accurate (ie the shot doesn't fall out).
The accuracy is too good, but plausible in the hands of such clear experts.
Great scene though
At least he retrieved them from his belt carefully.
@@sdporres
My point is that even with taking them out carefully, his trousers will be full of gunpowder and the shot.
It would fall out of the pistol barrel, into his trousers.
It's something I've never seen in cinema but if you point a musket (or that era pistol) straight downwards the shot can fall out.
@@kelm91 yep, I mentioned wadding in my comment. I've done English Civil War Re-enactment and done this myself.
Assuming these are wadded pistols (not all are, sometimes extra powder gets more in after the shot), it's still a problem.
You can't wad too tightly or it can cause a misfire, so pointing directly down is always pretty darn likely to dislodge what you've loaded.
It is in fact the way to main unload one that hasn't discharged properly...
I don't know how you figure the accuracy is too good, neither of them hit a single shot.
@@samcook4207 Lol! I think @Michael Wood might be talking about dueling pistols often not being rifled - thus the smooth bore making for a much less accurate shot. Smooth bores were common in England, but as these guys are French it's much more likely that the pistols were rifled, so any inaccuracy here is more likely due to "human error"! :-)
Harvey Keitel is extremely good at being the bad guy
He did it very well in the movie, Taxi.Driver
Un peliculón muy bien ambientado harvey keitel espectacular en su papel
Imagine the duel extended to the 1970's .They 'd be fighting with Mirage fighters.
Ah yes, 100 year olds in fighter jets.
It’s honestly crazy to think that we went from still using muskets to flying jets in 100 years. I wonder what the future of technology will look another 100 years from now.
@@z54964380 If there is no nuclear Armageddon, there shall powerful flying devices.If there is a nuclear Armaggedon, man shall return to the tomahawk.
@@z54964380Killing people with drones. Drones can’t take an enemy prisoner. You either have to kill them or leave them alone. Wounded soldiers are another thing. Under the Geneva Conventions, wounded soldiers are off limits. As are medical personnel. In Ukraine, drone operators target wounded soldiers, medics and medical personnel of all types. A war crime. But because drones are remotely operated, operators are not charged with war crimes.
Okay, two men dueling in a big ass ruin was a bad idea. Look how long it took fot them to just find each other.
My peeve is the strange idea that suddenlt d'Hubert and his limp leg gait are no issue at all in having to prance about on wooded hills and rocky outcrops of ruins.....
WHAT A GENTLEMAN *
I alwalys forget that before Alien Ridley Scott made this film.
Me and my bros playing with cheap airsofts in the woods be like.
The other guy had to have his leg amputated due to infection.
Without this we'd probably not gotten Alien. This is what sets up Scott to get greenlit for Alien. Or so the story is told.
interesting....
That isn't a real cow 2:57. Its so obvious that its just a prop, but why the heck is it there? What is behind it that they had to hide so badly?
First of all, the animal is real. You can see it moving it's horn left to the tree. Second, this was Ridley's first movie and the budget was non existent. A little above 1 million. One of the actors of this movie who has a small role and was famous at the time agreed to receive a case of whiskey/wine as payment because they couldn't afford to pay him. I still think that despite the small budget, this film looks amazing. They did an excellent job.
One of the classic movies.
Needs more Mr. Pink, exclaiming the need for professionalism.
He caped the flag with no kill in gulag.
So they are both generals in the army right ?
yes, they both ended up as generals
1:44 was this "forward" command supposed to mean something more? I think there is some hidden meaning but I don't really get it
When the 'second' says "forward", all he means is,
' go ahead - you can start now.....'
@@BaronsHistoryTimes I saw the second's smug look and I thought maybe he pulled some dirty tricks to somehow give Feraud the upper hand
@@z54964380 Yes - his look was like 'FINALLY, this is all over . He gave Feraud the chance to live.
Did d’Hubert win simply because Feraud missed?
Yes, ...... Feraud used up both his pistol shots which missed, while D'Hubert only missed with one shot.
He held back his last shot - but only barely refrained it seems. At their close range, D'Hubert could have shot and killed Feraud ( unless the pistol misfired :P ).
But essentially, Feraud was not going to run away like a coward, not beg for his life, and D'Hubert basically had the option to kill Feraud, but instead he opted to play the mercy card which we see Feraud felt obliged to go along with - under their rules of honour and duelling code.
Well you can say it wasnt because he missed but because hubert played a clever trick with his boot which frustrated feraud and also made him hesitate which imo made him miss to anticipation.
FPS games in the old days.
Could you tell me if ancient pistol duels were like this?
Sorry my bad english
Hello - you're English is great.
Pistol duels were not like in this movie sequence. In reality, the two people that were fighting a duel, stood about 20 yards facing each other and had two pistols to fire at each other. In the movie 'Barry Lyndon', you will see three pistol duel sequences which show how pistol duels were fought. Here's a link to one of those scenes.
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@@BaronsHistoryTimes Thank you!
Thank you so much!
@@brunopontis7620 No problem. Let me know if you need more help on something, if I'm available to reply.
Glad we have Playstation and Madden nowadays......
La!
No.it s a French expression usually accompagned by an arm(s) gesture which means to have finally resolved a problem and the fact of being pride of it.the gesture and sound is directed towards another person as if to say:you see!?
L’obsession nous rend aveugle
The Academy didn't even nominate The Duellists in 1978.
Shame
You have 5 duels and then don’t show the conclusion to the last one?!?!?
Yes, the conclusion is posted, - check my videos.
@@Mark.Cleworth Actually I did it as a prelude for viewers to see the movie conclusion in the last clip I made for this series. The movie ending deserves to be separate in my opinion; it has its own drama.
I guess I should add that point since may be others like Natman are not aware of the clip list which includes the movie finale sequence.
6:45 is that him cheating? Isn't that his third shot?
No, not cheating.... After he impulsively fired his second shot, he knew that d'Hubert now had a chance to shoot and kill with his own second shot.
What you see Feraud doing is merely firing the trigger of his empty pistol. There is no shot in it. He was being sarcastic in firing the empty pistol. The sparks you see are from the gunpowder residue left over from the previous shot he fired from that pistol.
@@BaronsHistoryTimes I was thinking he had reloaded off camera and his fear of death overcame his honor at the last second and just happened to misfire, but that would be out of character for him so I think your explanation makes more sense.
@@slayerhuh404 yes- he was being cocky; but one wonders if he really thought d'Hubert would murder him unarmed
@@slayerhuh404 Yes, the agreement / standard duel practice was 2 shots maximum.
Real footage of me and my friend in my backyard with airsoft spring pistols
FORWARD *
the heart of the story is 2 different types of men: the first man D'Hubert, even though he comes from Aristocratic background he learns how to commit to his own success. The second man Gabriel is only committed to his own insanity and Bonaparte.
And both linked by duelling-honour and military prowess (both climbing in the same ranks of promotions at the same time).
Thumbnail makes it look like a diss track
Beautiful cinemaphotography but, the continuity is poor.
Why can't I find this on Blu ray
Ir's available as bluray all over the place online when it's google searched.
"Is he dead? "?
*SPOILER* .............He spared him. According to the dueling rules he can never come near him again. His life belongs to the one who spared it. For a man so obsessed with hate and revenge that's a fate far worse than death.
@@haitolawrence5986 aint that the truth
@@haitolawrence5986 well said. Was that a legit rule or just from this movie?
@@TheDrunkHamster just the movie - Actual rules were really arrangements made based on agreements between the duellists and their seconds/companions who supervised and intervened on occasion to stop the continuation of a duel from getting out of hand dishonourably*.
The original "1v1 me on Rust".
imagine if they ran into a bear or lion. those pea shooter aint gonna help much 😂
I think the typical French soldier who was not badly injured regarded themselves as bears and lions in comparison to cossacks..... imo., lol
Lesson learned: don't bring a skateboard to a gunfight.
Lol
YOU MEAN, HE EXPENDED HIS ROUND * ONE, EACH *
YES, WITH A VERY DEEP, SUCKING CHEST WOUND *
where did feraud get a 3rd pistol?
He only has two.
Actual good Napoleonic wars film from Ridley Scott lol
Such a wonderful movie and message. Don't hold grudges people. Just kinda wished they had ended it as it was started, with swords. But I get it, they're old men now in a new era, pistols make more sense.
In the book they were under 40 iirc
Strange!!
He heaped hot coals upon his head by showing mercy to him. Now whenever he gets upset he will just burn out.
Cringe af
I was expecting the arrive of the predator
lol 👽