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God bless you! Hannah Arendt would be proud. My Reedley College film class was my Favorite college class Ever! Thanks Professor Paul!

Everyone forgets Son Of Kong

I love this movie more than any remake

This documentary was clearly done by some neophyte Junior College person, who did not do much research.

Wow! What a great video....I love classic cinema... I can tell you put a lot of effort into this...great job!

People must have been awe struck job dropped seeing this movie at that time

Tremendous masterpiece...amazing side effects..far ahead of its time

Someone on here sped up the effects on this to 120fps. It makes it even better!!!! They need to re-relase this in HD at 120fps

When I was a boy in the 1970's many of these old films were shown on television. They were great and gave you a window into early American film. It's a travesty that they don't air anymore for whatever reason. They are IMPORTANT for giving the younger generation PERSPECTIVE on history in a very subtle and passive way. I suspect it's one of the reasons so many kids today are clueless about life in general.

Learn how to pronounce your "T's"......please

My first King Kong Aurora glow-in-the-dark I had a bendable one I had this King Kong son of Kong an LP for kids that the voice actor who was in an Andy Griffith episode that goes with a cow wearing shoes the actor who plays The Specialist

It wasn't the morality of showcasing animals (that's a load of modern crap), it was the danger!

The fur rustle looks like wind.

I absolutely loved this deep dive into practical effects. I'm gonna see if you got one on "the fly"

Fantastic video; thanks for posting. Instant sub! Great narration, by the way... ;)

Very nice job. I’m a animator editor here in Hollywood, and even hit to meet Ray Harryhausen here a few times before he passed away.

12:16 “a pah-unt?”

Thank you for putting this project out for the public - King Kong is one of my all-time favorite films and it was very interesting to see how it was made

What a legendary film! A true classic!

That was really clever

You know what back then in the 1980’s in 1986 The Filmmakers should make a sequel of The Goonies called The Goonies 2 with some Stop Motion Animation Giant Gorilla 🦍 and Dinosaurs 🦖 like Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen!

WW2 started in 1939

Great storytelling love your commentary! Bravo!

What I really appreciate about this movie no matter how often I've seen it, is its tight pacing. There isn't one superfluous word of dialogue or wasted frame of film in its total 100-minute running time. We get basically the whole story explained in the first 20 minutes after which it picks up speed and doesn't let up all the way to the final fadeout. A brilliant example of narrative and editing without an ounce of padding -- everything we see and hear is absolutely relevant to the story.

Amazing! Strong, confident director! Strong work! 💪

You lost me at wire figure

Sorry if it sounds like i'm nitpicking, but did you really have to imply the "Capitalism bad!!1!!" cliché at the very end? I'm pretty sure without Capitalism, you wouldn't have a computer to make this video, or a house to live in, or movies on home media or streaming, or even a job if you have one

Nicely done documentary , this movie is also a masterpiece of writing and pacing. What really sells Kong and makes everything else work is the acting. Ann's terror in the reveal scene the trembling fear as he approaches then the pure physicality of her attempt to escape (I'd be surprised if Fay Wray didn't bruise her own wrists pulling so hard) made the audience believe in Kong immediately and that as much as the technical expertise is what made it work

Great job Katie! Yes there were a few errors but the pros outweighed the cons in your presentation - and that's coming from a guy who has seen King Kong and the Production 601 documentary numerous times!

“An 18 inch wire figure…” As the video shows quite clearly a machined steel ball and socket armature. You lost me 18 seconds in.

great work Katie Keenan, greetings from Australia.

Loved the docu-short but I would be very careful with this statement at 12:48. CGI is not easy, nor is it any less ingenious or less creative than what Willis O'Brien and Roy Harryhausen were doing nearly a century ago. This was an unfair and honestly misinformed jab. I would checkout the recent video essay "no cgi is really just invisible cgi".

I don’t know what this movie wasn’t a pioneer in, from the filming to the models and especially the soundtrack and it’s use in the film.

Nicely done despite some factual errors (WW2?!) A for effort! Best regards and hope you go far in all your work efforts.

One thing critics miss was how incredibly rapid-paced the movie was. After the slow beginning, once Kong is shown, all the action on Skull Island and NYC takes place basically just over an hour. Nothing like this occurred until the second Indian Jones movie.

Really great, well made video. King Kong really is such a great film, even now. The technical mastery on display in it is incredible, not to mention the great story and writing.

🎥 🦍

Without this hard work we now wont be able to see a Giant gorilla fighting a Guy in suit breathing atomic breath

I knew a bunch of the effects but WOW you went into so many different techniques that I had no idea about. This movie is one of my very favorites - I much prefer "real things" over CGI.

I think it was a wonderful presentation. 😊

fantastic discussion!

What if Godzilla 1933 and King Kong 1954 exist!

This movie looks like shit. Why didn't they just use CGI?

Can we stop calling video essays that use literally zero original footage or interviews documentaries lol

great documentarie Katie, thanks!

Well done . This is one of my all-time favorites. I’ve watched it hundreds of times . A bit weird , but I don’t think so. Thanks

whats missing at the end of this clip is the line: "...oooor with other words: its just a big pile of garbage like every Hollywood movie thats been made ever since"

Thank you for sharing! The film was made with heart and we all can see that even today. This is proof that technology is a wonderful tool when it's used along with the heart.

My all time favorite film...Great job on the documentary Katie!

This is awesome! Great job!