Wolf on fire. - La guerre du feu (1982) Discussion

[–] rebelchris 18 years ago

I was thinking the same thing...that scene must have been shot in a country thats not very strict on animal rights...although it is 1981, not far off from the fifties when they would run horses into wires in old cowboy movies...the wolve shots were awsome

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[–] Fah_Cue 18 years ago

Ya, at first I didn't really put it all together, but then a few scenes later, I remembered and went back and was like "holy *beep* they did set that wolf on fire!"...crazy

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[–] ArkadyRenko 18 years ago

That thing is comented twice in both the comentary tracks of that movie's DVD (region 1 editon).

Fromwhat they tell, it was accidental that the wolf caught fire. The actor was suposed to thow the buring branch lose to the wolves, but not that close. The wolf had long hair,and it caught fire. The filming crew rushed to help the wolf, and a few second of the aniamls caugh fire, it was extinguished because of how fast it run, the frie blow away. When the crew mananged to get the wolf, the fire had been out and the wolf suffered no dammage and wasn't hurt. But it got a scare.

By the way, many actors were injured during the making of this movie, due to the gruesome conditons they shot it. Do you guys also care about the humans actorsthat were hurt as much as that wolf?

"There is no Seyser Koze!!!" Gabriel Byrne blunder while filming The Usual Suspects.

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[–] uVSthem 18 years ago

I do care about the human actors however they can fend for themselves and understand the risk they are taking. The animals pretty much have no choice in the matter.

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[–] DKQNY 18 years ago

Exactly, well said ramday.
While the actors are all aware of the risks, the animals are basicaly placed in harms way and its up to the people around them to ensure their safety and be responsible for their well being.
All for our entertainment.

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[–] surfnchik14 18 years ago

The human actors willingly signed up for the role, if they're worried about getting hurt they can get stunt doubles. The animals just get placed in the role if they easy enough to handle/teach.

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[–] v40 18 years ago

Got yesterday Region 2 UK DVD version of this movie, and that scene is cut out.
Checked from ten years old VHS copy, and it was there alright.

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[–] ahrenbej 18 years ago

TiVo'd it from Cinemax and the scene is there....

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[–] grazatt 18 years ago

Thats pretty cool. I remember a movie called Endangered Species that had a bull on fire. As it ran off, some one said "hows the bull" and another character siad "about medium well by now"

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[–] ranmel 18 years ago

If you are into burning animals, check out Tarkovsky's 'Andrei Rubleov'. There is a scene with a buring cow. And when I say 'burning', I mean fully engulfed in flames. I read that they made a hide for it out of asbestos so it was not hurt.

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[–] NukedaFridge 15 years ago

Wolves tasted Ron Perlman's wrath. They won't be back soon.

4 Kinds of man
I Will, I Try, I Am, I Won't.

And they hate each others guts.

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[–] ezracobb366 15 years ago

its not a movie, but the most animal burning I have ever heard of is in a extremely disturbing irish novel named "The Wasp factory". I'm talking entire flocks of sheep baby.

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[–] Mehki_Girl 15 years ago

They sure did...probably wasn't meant to happen...I hope they had some water nearby...this was foreign made...couldn't happen here..against the law....

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[–] Sven_Hassel 15 years ago

More wolves should have been on fire and there should have been a massive soft metal soundtrack to this movie!

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[–] dihnekis 14 years ago

seriously, that was a terrible joke. and when i saw it happen, i could tell immediately it was both real and probably unintentional. Ron Perlman is just that badass.

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