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["Cristobal Palmer" <cristobalpalmer AT gmail.com>]

If you want good sword-(and spear, and...)-fighting look to Yimou
Zhang, the director of both House of Flying Daggers and Hero:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955443/

For a strange and compelling amalgamation of Kung Fu, Gangster,
Western, and Chuck Jones-ish animation, look to Kung Fu Hustle:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/

-CMP

On 8/28/06, B Holroyd <beeholroyd AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool! I haven't seen that -- I'll keep it in mind.... The highly choreographed swordfights in 
> "Princess Bride" began my fascination with the genre.... Other good swordfights come to mind, but 
> I can't remember sources.... "The Man in the Iron Mask," maybe? "The Fifth Musketeer"? 
> Both recent Zoro flicks provided good action....   ~B
>
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>
> On 8/28/06, dave.m.parker AT gsk.com <dave.m.parker AT gsk.com> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Straying farther and farther from the original topic...
> >
> > I haven't seen it, but I heard that "Rob Roy" has the best swordfighting 
> scene ever.
> >  ____________________
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> >  Dave Parker
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> >  "B Holroyd" <beeholroyd AT gmail.com>
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> > 28-Aug-2006 14:13
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> > Subject Re: [internetworkers] first time car buyer here--help
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> > I recently discovered a guy flick quite by accident.... Being rather
> >  fond of swashbucklers, I bought the "Master and Commander, The Far
> >  Side of the World" CD on special.... I wasn't too fond of it, as it is
> >  bloody and full of fights and other gross stuff and you only see a
> >  total of, like, four women (for, like, 10 seconds as they are paraded
> >  past the ship with other wares for sale). The battle scenes were
> >  horrifying, the sword fights were vicious. My husband was mesmerized.
> >  I think it may even beat out "The 13th Warrior" for having the least
> >  appeal to a female mindset... Russell Crowe is no Antonio Banderas! As
> >  for the car flicks -- I kind of liked Vanishing Point, way back when
> >  it first came out, but not enough to watch it a second time, FWIW....
> >        ~B
> >
> >  On 8/28/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 AT gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > I couldn't wait.  I watched the video on-line.  Wow!
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > On 8/28/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 AT gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > > That one sounds like a winner.
> >  > >
> >  > > (for the record I'll take Vanishing Point over Bullitt.  But it's a 
> close
> >  > call.  A very close call.)
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> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > On 8/28/06, ron thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com> wrote:
> >  > > > my pick:
> >  > > >
> >  > > > C'était un rendez-vous by Claude Lelouch
> >  > > >
> >  > > > It's all of eight minutes long. One shot, live to film.  A high speed
> >  > > > run thru pre-dawn Paris captured by an early gyro-stabilized camera
> >  > > > mounted low on the front bumper.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > http://www.rendezvousdvd.com/
> >  > > >
> >  > > > Interesting, but some spoilers:
> >  > > >
> >  > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27%C3%A9tait_un_rendez-vous
> >  > > >
> >  > > > You can see it on the net, but I highly recommend holding off to 
> view it
> >  > > >   from  DVD.  Good stuff.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > --rt
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Cristobal M. Palmer
UNC-CH SILS Student
TriLUG Vice Chair
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"Television-free since 2003"

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