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Content Creator Jake Hillhouse on Why Filming Viral Stunts Is Much Harder Than You Think

Content Creator Jake Hillhouse on Why Filming Viral Stunts Is Much Harder Than You Think

Jake Hillhouse grew a considerable following by filming Jackass-esque comedy stunts like waxing his eyebrow by connecting a wax strip to the back of a moving car.

Need for Speed | 3 Films About Stuntmen & Daredevils

Need for Speed | 3 Films About Stuntmen & Daredevils

“Why do you like jumping?” the interviewer asks Tom Barry, a young stunt driver who briefly appears in The Devil at Your Heels. “Psychiatrists have all sorts of theories and...

Stunt Family: A Story About Daredevils

Stunt Family: A Story About Daredevils

Lois Seigel’s documentary Canada Vignettes: Stunt Family (1978) paints a portrait of a family of stunt people working in the film industry. I was fortunate to get a chance to...

The Devil at Your Heels: Is this for real?

oehttp://www.nfb.ca/film/devil_at_your_heels/ How can I best describe The Devil at Your Heels? Truth is stranger than fiction? The eccentric shall inherit the earth? Build it and they will come? No, I...