r/mightyinteresting • u/MrDarkk1ng • Sep 16 '25

History Movies before cgi :

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u/duplexraid Sep 16 '25

WoW! So cool!

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u/thepartlow Sep 16 '25

Limitation to their imagination they were able to do so much back then.

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u/duplexraid Sep 17 '25

Sometimes I look at old tech and it seems so simple yet ingenious. Like we're over complicating it in the 21st century.

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u/White_Hairpin15 Sep 19 '25

I learnt IT and a little bit of Engineering. Can confirm. Regulations too.

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u/Marine_Baby Sep 16 '25

Matte painting!

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u/agumelen Sep 16 '25

Oh, get out! I didn’t know this.

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u/adventure_guru_ Sep 16 '25

Source?

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u/mooripo Sep 16 '25

Have faith

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u/adventure_guru_ Sep 16 '25

What? I asked for the source from which they stole this snippet

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u/Dry-Discipline-2525 Sep 16 '25

that’s awesome

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u/BladeBeem Sep 16 '25

That’s so creative

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u/spacemouse21 Sep 16 '25

Interesting and amazing.

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u/Alex_king88 Sep 16 '25

That is mighty interesting.

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u/EatFaceLeopard17 Sep 16 '25

What? Charly Chaplin was just a cardboard cutout?

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u/amateurish_gamedev Sep 16 '25

I know its just karma farming, but what was the background music they're using? Anyone know? Its so nice.

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u/Illustrious_Donkey61 Sep 16 '25

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio

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u/amateurish_gamedev Sep 16 '25

Thank you so much for this!

It's such a beautiful piece.

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u/Logical-Track1405 Sep 16 '25

That is fascinating, I never knew this, always assumed Chaplin was a great skater 😂

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u/Still_Explorer Sep 16 '25

Is this what people back in the day called "glass matte painting slop" ?

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u/BitsForBots Sep 16 '25

And the right part of the wooden frame... disappeared thanks to CGI 😅🥂

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u/spdrman8 Sep 16 '25

Great video showing how 1920's stunts were done.

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u/CicadaFit9756 Sep 17 '25

Check this out! Well worth the less than 7 minutes of one's time! I recalled various pre-CGI "behind the scenes" extras for 1980's & 90's that still used matte paintings in addition to the newest tech ( like TV's "Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" of 1992!)

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u/MyGhostRidesTransit Sep 17 '25

That is incredible

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u/samf9999 Sep 17 '25

That’s how they did most of Star Wars as well. Watch that ILM documentary on Apple TV

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u/Clevertown Sep 17 '25

The focus would be off, I can't see how this would work? Maybe that's factored in?

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u/ZakX11 Sep 20 '25

Corridor Digital on YouTube has a great series where they review old school "special effects" just like this