10 Movies Made Under INSANE Conditions

[@SinBlade06]

How are we not gonna talk about El Mariachi and how Robert Rodrigues shot the film with zero retakes, borrowed and rented props, and with a budget that makes a ham and cheese sandwich look gourmet?

[@jasoncaro8618]

I expected The Abyss to be no. 1. Filmed underwater, but without modern safety standards and James Cameron not giving a flying fig about his actors' well-being.

[@Hebdoma]

@@anthonynicholson5193 uhm according to wikipedia they filmed Das Boot on a Sound Stage in Bavaria, and the outer shots were just an empty model.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

@@erakfishfishfish And Ed Harris is tougher than the nails he eats for breakfast every morning, so that's saying something!

[@dylanogg347]

@@ArcherSuh4721 And he doesn't use any milk!

[@kanojo1969]

Winthout either Fitzcorrado or Apocalypse Now, the list is missing some classics. Legendary movies made in actually crazy conditions.

[@GarrettPDGA]

Yeah, there are a few Kinski acted films that could make this list.

[@captainspaulding5963]

It's almost like this list was only 10 entries, and was in no way, shape or form supposed to include EVERY movie.

[@anotherdimension6053]

Also surprised that The Abyss was not included. It was described as the toughest film shoot ever. The making of documentary (Under Pressure) gave amazing insight into just how hard it was to film underwater.

[@rome8180]

And it's made me hate James Cameron to this day. The dude is a total sadist. And yet I never hear him criticized in the same way Kubrick and Hitchcock are.

[@terryarmbruster9719]

Lol far away from toughest conditions. Maybe for recent movies but old school movies actors did most if their own stunts Kittie if any safety factors. Lots of independent movies have crazy difficulties band accidents .

[@terryarmbruster9719]

@@rome8180 lol hes nothing compared to Werner Herzog 😂 not even close

[@BlackHammer0891]

You’d think Tippi would’ve left them animals alone after The Birds

[@Breexbloodlust]

Right!

[@Sunprism]

Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre was on LSD for a good portion of shooting, including the famous chainsaw dance scene. Also, John Larroquette, who did the narration, recently admitted that he was paid for it in Weed.

[@Off_Brand_Mex]

Noice

[@Breexbloodlust]

I could totally see that freak out being the result of a trip lol

[@shaunreinert5202]

I feel like not having a script is more common than we all realize. So many movies don't have plot, substance etc...

[@henrykujawa4427]

TRADER HORN (MGM / 1931) was filmed on location in Africa. Apparently, just about every member of the cast and crew caught tropical diseases during the shoot, including the lead actress, Edwina Booth, who became so ill, she was unable to work for the next 2 years after, and sued the studio over it. But it gets worse. Two of the extras were actually KILLED by wild animals. One was run over by a rhinosaurus, the other accidentally fell into a stream while climbing over it and was EATEN by a crocodile. And here's the craziest part-- both incidents were LEFT IN the finished film! I've seen it. You know, after that, all the horrendous trials & tribulations gone through by the independantly-funded production THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN (1935, starring Herman Brix as the "authentic" Edgar Rice Burroughs version of the character) which was shot in the jungles of South America, almost seem trivial by comparison.

[@terryarmbruster9719]

Lop I can think of fifty movies way harder to complete than these. Lol Jaws isn't on here. Lol that film was a bits to complete.

[@michaelrue1400]

It's dangerous enough to work with professionally trained wild animals. Just ask Roy.

[@precious_muse]

Rain Man was also produced during a writer’s strike. Writer Barry Morrow said in the DVD commentary he had a definite beginning, a definite end, and a bunch of scenarios for the middle, but because of the writer’s strike going on, he couldn’t write much more than that. Much of the movie was improvised, such as (I think) Tom Cruise’s rant about underwear. Not to mention, it was a movie about autism when autism was still considered a rare condition and little information was public knowledge. I don’t have confirmation on this, but I heard most of the movie had to be reshot when Dustin Hoffman realized it would be more true to life if his character wasn’t making eye contact. But look how that movie turned out; it won all the Oscars.

[@markkoops2611]

Hated the revenant, but as a technical piece of work, that's incredible

[@greeneyes66]

until now, I regarded as pure Oscar bait. Might give it a shot after all now.

[@healingfromnarcissisticabu4575]

“Operation Toussaint” follows the efforts of Tim Ballard’s Operation Underground Railroad to crack down on child sex trafficking. Alongside a narrative that tracks a specific January 2018 operation in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti... A new feature film is coming out July 4th expanding on this story: "Sound of Freedom". This film can literally save lives!

[@ArcherSuh4721]

A lot of these entries are child's play compared to productions like The Island of Dr. Moreau, Apocalypse Now and Caligula... And I don't even have to scroll down to know someone's already made a comment about The Abyss!

[@jamesmendonca2900]

Alejandro G. Innaritu is the Stanley Kubrick of this century. He is an asshole to his cast and crew, but he is also an artist for a filmmaker, always seeking perfection in his work.

[@GarrettPDGA]

Any movie with the actor Kinski, an actor so egotistical and rage filled, that when a worker was bitten by a snake and had to remove his own hand, Kinski threw a huge fit about cold coffee because no one was pating attention to him for a second.

[@GarrettPDGA]

Or when food was brought on set and people stopped for lunch, he ran over and smashed his metal sword prop over a guys head. The man was wearing a helmet and was still badly lacerated, if he wasn't the sword would have killed him, no doubt.

[@OnlyAtJaMart]

It’d be funny if they went through all the trouble of actually shooting in space, instead of using special effects, and it just ends up being a bad movie

[@rome8180]

It's pronounced Tommy "Why-soh." Also, the two-camera stuff is well documented in the book version of The Disaster Artist. It's a shame the book hasn't been read by as many people as saw the movie. It's an absolutely hilarious and brilliantly written work. One of the best nonfiction books ever written, imo.

[@kris242]

Important to note with “The Celebration” that directors of Dogme 95 have often (if not always) broken some rules, and by the Dogme 95 law, have to write their “sins” down. Vinterberg broke 3: he covered a window with a prop to manipulate the lighting unnaturally, he used a mini-DV Camera, and the dream-sequence used special effects. Petty, I know 😂 I just kinda loved the fact that these directors committed so much that even the smallest details had to be admitted to.

[@robgronotte1]

Something improvised on set is by definition not "written", so it shouldn't have anything to do with the Writers' Guild. Just don't write it down anywhere.

[@greeneyes66]

For anybody interested in this line of thought: the podcast What Went Wrong purely focuses on troubled movie production histories. A treasure trove.

[@ouroboris]

6:30 "line item" I see what you did there 😉

[@alisoncircus]

It's amusing that you think that Reynolds not being allowed to improvise is "insane", and even more so that I agree with you. :)

[@michaelrue1400]

That's why I would never join a union. I won't have my creativity curbed by stupid politics.

[@alisoncircus]

@@michaelrue1400 LOLOL Clearly you have no concept of what unions do and do not do - or employers for that matter. Your "reasoning" is based on a false premise and proceeds accordingly. Nothing curbs your creativity except a lack of resources. No food, no time, no opportunity - definitely a curb. Unions are not. Oh, you think you ought to be able to contribute to a position you do not have? You can. It's called "making suggestions". Oh, you think you ought to be able to DICTATE to a position you do not have? You can. It's called "being the producer," aka, employer. Unionized or not, no one appreciates being told how to do their job by someone without the proper authority. Bye now.

[@jamalvargas6146]

Solo (1996) Filmed In Mexico Liked That Movie guilty pleasure of mine decades ago

[@dylanogg347]

"Filmed partially in space". The movie's title is quite apt.

[@ChucksCherubs3]

Oh, I love Shallow Grave! 🙂

[@1971chrismiller]

I liked Wonder Park and bought it on Blu-Ray. From the Dollar Tree, but still

[@zanethomas6865]

Dennis Quaid said there was a lot of "cocaine line items" on the movie budgets back in the day.

[@markelijio6012]

He's right, you know.

[@dylanogg347]

When I heard part of the budget went toward Cocaine, I thought back to Scarface: "Never get high on your own supply."

[@HereForTheComments]

Lmao the edit to get the director's name right at 3:58. It ain't easy doin' the KZbin thing.

[@s_nunyabiznez]

The Blues Brothers was made in the late 70s. The movie came out in '79.

[@andreapackfan6977]

Cocaine became a "line item". 😂

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

Even though it no longer exists, Wonder Park looks like something made in Soviet East Germany.

[@bheast86]

Cast being told not to read the source novel THE PRESTIGE Dropping tons of water on the set with no safety provision for the extra NOAH'S ARK

[@axel4196]

Roar sounds freakin bonkers!

[@tiamcclelland8736]

I'm shocked Fitzcaraldo and Texas Chainsaw Massacre aren't on this list.

[@smalls-ii1zd]

No mention of apocalypse now. The movie that gave its lead actor and director a heart attack?

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Deadpool 3 might be the only thing left from the MCU that is worth checking out

[@nmv33]

Deadpool technically is not part of the MCU yet.

[@Kyllinge]

That's some major bullshit that improvisation is considered writing. If it is, a hell of a lot of actors are due writing credits they didn't get. If it's because he's an actual writer, improvisation is an actor's action, not a writer's. It's whole existence is to be better than what the writer's put in or to fill in pieces that weren't even written, as in Iron Man. (which RDJ didn't get a writer credit on)

[@dylanogg347]

I'll be damned. Liefield said something helpful.

[@leebritnell2405]

Fitzcarraldo?Aguirre? Apocalypse Now?

[@scarletttyson4622]

That is insane why did they not train the animals? even though there would definitely be a chance they would use CGI if they we’re to remake this remind yourself not to star in this film 😂😬🦁🐅🐘

[@phillipscheid4505]

"Inappropriate & unwanted" conduct... New choice of wording?

[@CashelOConnolly]

Tom Cruise is looking old

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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[@marcjameswhelan]

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[@mikelmacrichard4772]

Speaking of The Birds, what? Any given Alfred Hitchcock movie not on this list? Everyone knows he was the worst to work with and James Cameron second worst. The horror story's from cast and crew are in the thousands.

[@DoloresLehmann]

And what about Kubrick? Where's he on your ranking?

[@craigikennedy]

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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[@marcjameswhelan]

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[@Casual_Gamer_776]

so deadpool 3 is getting the disney/marvel treatment by having to fit in the MCU AND they arent letting Reynolds improv on set. wow I'm losing more and more interest to see it, heres my bet for deadpool 3 joining other movies in the category of shitty third installments. just stop production until the strike is over. adding "improv" after the fact isn't going to be nearly as good.

[@erikthompson619]

What? No "Abyss"? No "Apocalypse now"? And that's some REALLY shoddy narration, rhythmically and also for pronouncing "Tommy Wiseau" as "wisau".

[@timmoporter3742]

I will never watch (or think of watching), anything that has Tom Cruise involved in it.

[@patrickstoops1584]

The Roar segment was ENTIRELY TOO LONG!!!!!

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Kevin Feige was the only one capable to save IRON MAN from AVI ARAD

[@marcjameswhelan]

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[@ProfCayo]

First. And i have no idea what this film is about

[@marcjameswhelan]

LOSER.