Cold weather in movies

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by James Slattery, Jan 2, 2018.

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  1. BadJack

    BadJack doorman who always high-fives children of divorce

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    Some of that recent, awful Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger flick was shot near me. It was probably August but they had huge mounds of what looked like cotton all over the place to conjure up Christmas magic.
     
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  2. HippieDrill

    HippieDrill Forum Resident

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    What's preposterous to me is expecting filmmakers to get every little aspect of realism right. We know it's fiction and therefore we should know that some aspects of it will not match reality. It's up to us the viewew to use our imaginations.
     
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  3. The Panda

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    I remember that they filmed the Rocky II proposal scene in winter at the Philadelphia Zoo and the bear just happened to come out as they filmed. It was totally unplanned.
     
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  4. Holy Diver

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    There's a scene in The Exorcism of Emily Rose where the snow is lightly falling. Pretty damn creepy, that and the fact she's possessed by the Devil. :shake:

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  5. BadJack

    BadJack doorman who always high-fives children of divorce

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    I've traveled through time on numerous occasions, and let me just tell you that those "Bill and Ted" movies get a lot wrong.
     
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  6. skisdlimit

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    These "cold movies" come to mind that I think were done well:

    The French Connection - NYC looks mostly frozen and I think actually was during filming
    Doctor Zhivago - one of the snowiest, iciest looking movies ever
    Nanook of the North - doesn't exactly make me want to be an Eskimo (brrrrrr!!!!)
     
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  7. Otlset

    Otlset I think I am I think

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    Poor Hatchet Jack knew cold!

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    From Jeremiah Johnson.
     
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  8. HippieDrill

    HippieDrill Forum Resident

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    Affliction 1997 was another good "snow movie".
     
  9. jkauff

    jkauff Senior Member

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    Battle Of The Bulge, the one with Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw? That film is famous for having almost NO snow or fog, the two things that made the German offensive possible. I think all the tank scenes were filmed in Spain, IIRC.
     
  10. sirmikael

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    Was the bear in another cut of the film? Did he eat the tiger that came out in the theatrical version?? :)
     
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  11. Jose Jones

    Jose Jones Outstanding Forum Member

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    There is a scene in Mad Men where Betty drives into a parking lot with snow on the ground, on the cars, everyone is dressed up perfectly in their 1960s winter finery...it looks pretty New York winter authentic.

    Per the commentary track, the scene was filmed in Pasadena, CA on a 100 degree day.
     
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  12. Matt Richardson

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    It's been a while since I listened to that commentary, but I remember it saying for one of the battle scenes in a forest there was no snow a few days prior and they were all prepared with fake snow. Then just before shooting began there was a mild snow shower that was just sufficient for a white covering. I thought they also said they obtained permission from German authorities to film that scene close to actual events. I could be wrong. I'll go back to my blu-ray and review.
     
  13. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    I guess I forgot, thought it was a polar bear
     
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  14. sirmikael

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    I thought you were going to say Panda! I know I wrote in a :) after my post, but I want to make sure to point out that I was just kidding. I really didn't remember much about that scene, so I had to watch it on YouTube. That's the only reason I knew it was a tiger!
     
  15. rswitzer

    rswitzer Forum Resident

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    The recent "The Mountain Between Us" was very realistically cold.

    Cold as the frost on a champagne glass, etc.
     
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  16. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    It's dangerous being in here while at work. You can't split your brain up. Plus, can't abuse youtube usage
    I knew you were kidding, don't worry.
    I think Sly ad-libbed some line about the tiger, didn't he?
     
  17. SandAndGlass

    SandAndGlass Twilight Forum Resident

    Depends on where your are and the temperature, often, in real life, you can't see and " visible breath".

    Most breath, including the scenes with Jack & Rose are in the water, are all CGI in post.
     
  18. sirmikael

    sirmikael Forum Resident

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    Yes, he did!
     
  19. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

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    As my wife pointed out to me, those Lifetime/Hallmark movies that are inevitable this time of year, you can never see the actors' breaths despite all the snow on the ground.
     
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  20. mmars982

    mmars982 Forum Resident

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    I can't remember the scene at the moment, but the movie The Social Network got ripped for adding fake breath as an effect when the actors were supposed to be out in the cold. I guess people felt a bad visual effect was a bigger distraction than not seeing breath. (Whatever the scene was, it wasn't in the middle of a huge snowstorm like in Murder on the Orient Express.)
     
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  21. bartels76

    bartels76 Forum Hall Of Fame

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    Misery
     
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  22. Bingo Bongo

    Bingo Bongo Music gives me Eargasms

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    You mean, the Beatles really weren't in the Alps in the Help! movie??? :D

    Sorry, had to reference the Beatles.......:doh:
     
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  23. vince

    vince Stan Ricker's son-in-law

  24. andrewskyDE

    andrewskyDE Island Owner

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    Nope, they were in Austria.^^ :p
     
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  25. GodShifter

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    The Revenant.
    The Thing.
     
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