You Need to Watch SAFETY LAST!

[@greghammons9]

Thanks for the video Joshua!

[@anthonyanderson2405]

Great analysis of such a classic film!

[@bryanpalmer9660]

Watched Harold Lloyd films during the 80s when they were on NZ TV,classic movie making and thoroughly entertaining to watch along with IK Broadcaster Bob Monkhouse tv show Mad Movies which I watched early 70s(and unfortunately have not seen since) Auckland New Zealand 2024

[@dharmasx2]

We recently reviewed this movie in our cine club. What a discover! I watched 'Speedy (1928) right after, very funny too (: Thanks for the video man, very interesting. I hope they release more Harold Lloyd in bluray or 4k (praying)

[@JoshuaSutlive]

I’m glad you liked it! Though nowadays he’s often seen as being in the shadow of Chaplin and Keaton I’ve grown to become a pretty big Harold Lloyd fan over the years and try to spread the word on him when I can! The four existing Harold Lloyd Blu-ray’s we have from criterion are great but I agree! There are so many more films of his that could use the criterion treatment!

[@agapangolin7976]

i love 'safety last"! a few years ago i went to a screening that had a fantastic live musical accompaniment that somehow made the film even more gripping. the way people in the audience were gasping during the stunts, it was as if we were watching harold lloyd scale the building as it was happening! as for the most impressive stunt i've seen- it's impossible to choose just one, but jackie chan has done most of my favourites.

[@JoshuaSutlive]

That’s amazing! Safety last seems like a perfect film to have live musical accompaniment! And I completely agree on Jackie Chan! He really is the modern day equivalent to these silent comedians.

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

Need to watch this movie. And also do my own video on it to. My first hearing of this movie on a podcast from James Rolfe. I knew the familiar iconic clock tower scene. And it's also cool to see the connection of future filmmakers taking inspiration like Back to the Future. I've only seen some of the Mission Impossible movies but can see where they were inspired. The story is interesting how the way Lloyd did this movie and how he was able to still accomplish the effects with an accident he had on his hand.

[@garydmcgath]

The stunts in old silent movies are gripping in a way that the ones in modern movies can't be, because you know that the actors really are taking risks, even if they aren't as great as they look. Lloyd, as you mention, could have been killed. Likewise for Buster Keaton with the collapsing building in "Steamboat Bill Jr." and many others. Today the actors, or their stunt substitutes, appear in a CGI environment and don't risk anything worse than a few bruises. Even if you don't think about it, you're aware of the difference.

[@JoshuaSutlive]

I completely agree! Nowadays, if you see an amazing stunt, you just kind of assume that it was at least aided by CGI but back then, they had to find practical ways to do them in-camera which often meant doing them for real.

[@tylerbrock6047]

Hey Josh, great video as always! I want to introduce my movie night to Harold Lloyd after the Christmas season. Should I start with Safety Last or The Freshman?

[@JoshuaSutlive]

Great question! The first Harold Lloyd film I saw was Safety Last and I loved it but I don’t think I completely understood what set Harold Lloyd apart from Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin until I saw his more story-centric films like The Freshman and The Kid Brother. His ability to tell a story visually in those films is really unmatched and I feel that they were likely a big inspiration for the people at Pixar. You certainly can’t go wrong with Safety Last, but if I had to choose which to show first, I’d probably go with The Freshman!

[@drzarkov39]

One of mt favorite vignettes is Harold Lloyd's barroom scene in Preston Sturges's "The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock". kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZPMm5SMhbRjack