Thursday, February 26, 2009

Bruce Lee Ping Pong



In this Nokia commercial, Bruce Lee plays ping pong using his nunchaku while wearing his Game of Death outfit. Also enjoyable are the YouTube comments where people argue about whether the footage is real or fake ...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Duellists (1977)



This was Ridley Scott's directorial debut, a period piece based on a Joseph Conrad story in which two French officers, Armand D'Hubert (Keith Carradine) and Gabriel Féraud (Harvey Keitel), duel with each other repeatedly over a fifteen-year span during the Napoleonic Wars. The film features more excellent fencing choreography from William Hobbs. In this scene, Lieutenant Féraud duels a civilian, setting into motion a conflict that will last for 14 years ...