In article <20030202005636.27734.00000545@mb-mj.aol.com>,
jfairch@aol.com says...
> I'm a little embaraced to admit that I actually saw this peice of drivel, but,
> did anyone else out there see the so-called "fencing" on Joe Millionaire? They
> used sword and dagger (apparently stage wepons) without the benifit of masks or
> safe clothing in an obviously uncoriographed game of
> let's-run-around-swinging-swords-at-each-other-in-an-unorganized-manner-an
> d-call-it-fencing. I was holding my breath expecting a serous injury. Luckily
> the only possible injury I saw was to the public's perception of the noble art.
>
> Jon
>
Like you, I cringed and held my breath as the two people "fenced". The
saddest part is that the young woman actually thought she was "fencing"
and really enjoyed her "date" with Joe Millionaire.
I'm trying to remember the Bond film. Except for the Left-handed jacket
on the right-handed Bond (!), wasn't the action on the strip passable?
It was only when they got off the strip and started fighting "for real"
(sic) that it got Hollywood.
I saw the movie "The Vikings" the other day on DVD. In a featurerette
the director discussed the making of the movie. He said that in sword
fight choreography he learned that the action is filmed in sequences
with a maximum 3 cuts. That more than 3 cuts is dangerous but with 3
cuts the attacker and defender can be properly prepared. Just thought I
would pass that along.
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