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In westerns they would tie cables to horses' legs at the right length so that they would fall in the right place as if they had been shot.
by Jeff_Brown 3y ago
In westerns they would tie cables to horses' legs at the right length so that they would fall in the right place as if they had been shot.
- Lio 3y agoYep the infamous “Running W” stunt. Tarantino’s talked about that quite a bit. Obviously the horse breaks its leg and then has to be put down. Pretty vile. So every take they’d end up killing a horse.
- Jensson 3y ago> So every take they’d end up killing a horse. Horrible, but maybe not as expensive as it sounds, cgi of similar quality costs much more than a horse.
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- jamiek88 3y agoI don’t think people are expressing incredulity at the expense here!
- Jensson 3y agoI know. And I think it is interesting to look at how much that costs compared to what we do today. It surprised me that animals aren't that expensive, I would have guessed that killing horses would be way more expensive.
- Kye 3y agoExpensive horses take expensive breeding, training, and maintenance. You can get a good draft horse (one bred for real work) for not much. And "hobby horse" isn't just a fun phrase.
- 40four 3y agoI just recently learned what a ‘hobby horse’ means (in the terms of a “fun phrase” as you say). So I’m dying laughing right now lol
- TeMPOraL 3y agoHorses used to be plenty, then automobiles pushed them out of their role in the order of things. They're the OG victim of automation at a species level. I imagine at the time they were making those movies, there was still a huge overpopulation of horses relative to the use humans had for them, so you know... supply and demand.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoNot even close, a horse costs as much as a car.
- Jensson 3y agoNo it doesn't, it costs a few thousand dollars. Even if you killed a horse every minute in an hour long episode it would just be in the six figures, which isn't much for special effects heavy tv-show today.
- shakow 3y agoA racing pure-blood sure, but an average horse goes for a couple thousands dollars at most.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoAn average used car costs a couple thousand dollars too.
- sersi 3y agoI was interested and based on this https://truewestmagazine.com/animal-cruelty-in-movies/ https://truewestmagazine.com/animal-cruelty-in-movies/ It seems that it wouldn't cripple a horse when "done right". Problem is that it seems a lot of stunt unit director didn't do it right. Interesting aside about Errol Flynn raising the issue of animal cruelty.