We saw it a few times in grade school- A classic of short film.
@willyjoerockhead19 күн бұрын
I saw this back in the 1980's highschool but i don't remember music all through it...fuzzy memories
@s1234pro23 күн бұрын
WOW!
@riccardogalasso4394Ай бұрын
Finn brought me here 🥲
@alfonsorolli1645Ай бұрын
Dropped acid in ‘68 and made the mistake of watching this. I flipped out.
@pipmitchell7059Ай бұрын
A concept that William Golding expanded into a full novel, Pincher Martin.
@PropellerHat_KnoxАй бұрын
THANK YOU KZbin ALGORITHM
@francesco55812 ай бұрын
Ambrose Bierce was a nihilistic Agnostic (very inclined to Atheism/Naturalism) due probably to personal experiences. Probably he heard many times about NDEs experience from wounded soldiers so he gave his nihilistic representation of an NDE (Near Death Experience) for a materialist perspective. Great idea but poor guy (Bierce...).
@davidrendell21172 ай бұрын
I always thought it was a French production but it has been decades since I last saw it so I guess I'm wrong, unless there is a different version.
@idaho_girl2 ай бұрын
Like many of you I saw this in English class in Jr HS or HS back in the 80s. It was an important lesson in storytelling and story-reading, e.g., what is written is not meant to be taken only literally.
@ordulf71932 ай бұрын
meh, I want the original
@thecinematicmind3 ай бұрын
Cinema and Television History
@brendancoburn4273 ай бұрын
65 now, watched this as a 9 year old on Irish T.V. in 1968. It made a massive impact on me then , that I haven't forgotten. That was compounded 4 years later, when the short story was part of our school syllabus. Thank you for uploading this.
@zed60953 ай бұрын
That. Was. Amazeballs.
@rexwave46243 ай бұрын
Perhaps the underwater scenes influenced The Thin Red Line?
@chris555293 ай бұрын
All things considered, this is surprisingly well done. Thanks for making and posting this, bro! I read the story when I was a kid, and it stayed with me always.
@schwegburt30023 ай бұрын
Seems like a lot of us saw this in school. And it stuck with us. The prospect of facing an execution and the last moments being a fantasy of escape and seeing your loved ones again . . . It still hits hard today.
@voz8057 күн бұрын
This little synopsis reminded me of the song written by Claude Putnam, Jr. and made into a big hit by Tom Jones, The Green, Green Grass of Home, though the prisoner was in a prison cell not on a bridge. Too much of a coincidence that Mr. Putnam didn't "borrow" the plot from Mr. Bierce.
@normanleach54274 ай бұрын
The original sountrack is missing.. and that is THE REASON I started this clip.
@user-it1ig8fn1r5 ай бұрын
Wrong music! Why isn't the original, so off-handily threateningly music used? The one you use totally ruins the whole effect!
@dannchamberlain42835 ай бұрын
If that was the best short film of 1964, I can only imagine how horrid the worst film of the year was.
@keithboone44375 ай бұрын
They showed two versions I never seen this one
@RuleofFive5 ай бұрын
This overbearing orchestral arrangement ruined the intimate experience of the last moments of this man's life. The whole point was his noticing and HEARING every sound, taking in every detail. Why was this inserted over the original soundtrack???
@Heywhatsupmyman5 ай бұрын
Adam Young from Owl City named his project Owl City because of this short film
@Shoprestorationthe6 ай бұрын
Thumbs fucking DOWN
@ronalddesiderio76256 ай бұрын
9th grade saw this. Its never left my heart 💜
@Tertullian19717 ай бұрын
I saw the film in 8th grade. Ambrose Bierce was as brilliant a writer as Poe.
@iamyianni7 ай бұрын
This is not the original soundtrack
@GK-ji3pm8 ай бұрын
I remember watching this on a reel to reel projector in school in the mid 1980s....I remember the voice saying " Im a free man" as he looked around once he made it to the ground....I mever forgot this and this is the first time i have seen it since...
@clarenceperkins18358 ай бұрын
What he do yo
@Music_Guy_9 ай бұрын
I swear that’s Lana del ray 😭
@JohnParks-zc1pn9 ай бұрын
I saw this in 8th grade (1970-1971).
@RB01.109 ай бұрын
I remember watching this in 10th Grade Film Class many years ago and this is still one of the most shocking and unexpected endings I ever saw. Reminded me of The Last Temptation of Christ
@Mr.Robert15 ай бұрын
Yes, but in reality, Jesus was Mary's illegitimate son. They came up with this elaborate story that he was the "Son of God" to cover everything up. She's supposed to be a virgin, but has other children. Billions of followers, a story that was made up by man. The so-called " New Testament." There's no such thing as the New Testament. That's what mankind does, makeup stories as they go along. Then Along Came Muhammad. Billions of people believing that nonsense. Mormons of Latter-day Saints. Have you ever studied what they believe? A crock of nonsense. Buddha, and all the gods of India, Hinduism. There is a power that controls the universe. Man does not know what it is, and may never know.
@Hawatt119 ай бұрын
This video was shown in several of my high school literature classes in the 1970's.
@shawnramsey826410 ай бұрын
I remember watching it in school
@chicolopez872210 ай бұрын
Get rid of this " unoriginal dramatc" music.then it be fucking cool.
@MarketingRoberts7 ай бұрын
Grow up!
@chriswilton997610 ай бұрын
My Dad gave me this short story to read: I remember the book was "Men At War".
@Erik_Ochoa01310 ай бұрын
To think this short film would be attributed to Adam Young to why he’s called Owl City, very interesting!
@walterfristoe464310 ай бұрын
Yesterday I mentioned to a friend that I was in the process of reading The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, and she told me about this movie, which I'd never heard of. I'm so glad I was able to see it here! It was much like the short story! I loved it! 🤠
@roddos11 ай бұрын
Świetny!
@jyxl290411 ай бұрын
What can we infer from this guys?
@MrUndersolo11 ай бұрын
I saw this in grade school. Still a little creeped out by it.
@johneyon525711 ай бұрын
"the realisation of a concept" - this is an edited version of the french production - with dialog removed - and music added - the real film short was 28 min long
@zurn4111 ай бұрын
Ms. Palucci (She looked like the singer Nicolette Larson) showed this film to our class in 1977.
@adhithyan5643 Жыл бұрын
പണ്ട് ഒരു ഫിലിം ക്യാമ്പിന് പോയപ്പോ അവിടെ ഈ ഷോർട്ഫിലിം കാണിച്ചുതന്നിരുന്നു 2018 ആണെന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു
@kevinsmith9691 Жыл бұрын
The music is really annoying. The original film had music that was more sparse and gave the action time to breathe. This music is just overpowering. It ruins the film.
@bryanhall762 Жыл бұрын
I do not remember the day I viewed this😢 I have never forgot it
@emwilson3764 Жыл бұрын
Donnie Darko. He escaped his death at the beginning and goes through a flight of fancy where he is the hero, then it turns back and it actually fell on him and he died.. think about it…
@RogerDeakins349 Жыл бұрын
*_Kalyan Sarkar students hit the like button😂*
@Priyanka-xf9vx Жыл бұрын
Best short film
@tammanyfields3583 Жыл бұрын
Saw this in high school in 1978 and I never forgot how powerful this film was and the cliff hanger was outstanding.