The Great Poker Chase

A silent film comedy that looks like an actual film from the 1920's . Complete with musical accompanyment and laughter from it's premiere showing at Fire Escape's Silent Film Festival on May 14, 2005. More Below: The Great Poker Chase began as a "wouldn't it be cool?" idea that was destined to go nowhere. Unfortunatley Pedro and Ramiro Castro, students at Illinois-Chicago and University of Chicago respectively, shared their idea with their sketch comedy group Big Dog Eat Child and Mike Larocco of Fire Ecape Films. Working with $400 dollars, an old bolex camera and 6 other ruffians from the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago, Big Dog Eat Child and Fire Escape Films produced an a film akin to the Keystone Kops silent film comedies. The piece was shot on 16mm film and edited on a moviola. Very little editing was done digitally. BDEC's URL is http://www.bigdogeatchild.com

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• 1920
• silent
• film
• comedy

[rockpaper]

We might make more videos one day. Running into a bolex camera filled with 16mm film isn't so easy these days.

[electrofunkdisaster]

Hey what is the music called, cheers

[rockpaper]

The music was orginally composed. No title.

[atearinamillion]

this was so cool as a media student i know how hard it is to edit without digital some of the best comedies were silent films.

[SamFreedom]

As an English student, it would have nice if you'd have learned how to punctuate your sentences.

[rockpaper]

As a film student, grammar doesn't matta'.

[rockpaper]

Thanks!

[BrightLibra]

Very good!

[BrightLibra]

@byrdsmaniac The laugh track MAKES it! Sounds like we are watching this in a theater, as it was intdended (well would be intended were it a real silent film) to be shown! Brilliant as only academic misery can bring out!

[byrdsmaniac]

The laugh track ruins it!

[NoBull408]

Very nice work! I just made a silent film myself and can really appreciate the idea behind this.

[Hotwheelsonfire]

jumping into their shoes hahaha

[YraggarY]

Absolutely FANTASTIC! Well done to all of you! Thoroughly enjoyable!

[mecorn56]

FUNNY SHJT!!!!!

[joeocho88]

GREAT WORK!!!! GREAT WORK!

WHen are you all going to make some MORE?

I LOVED THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!