10-17-2010, 05:00 PM
Hi All,
By All accounts the documentary should be out soon. BTW, quick funny story,
My Avatar photo, is of me (obviously), on location for this documentary, we were on the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrim trail, about 6 klicks out of Roncesvalles.
As you can see I'm sporting a particularly nasty 'gash' on my forehead, this is of course make up. We had just finished shooting the last scene of the day, the make up girl sat down next to me to remove said headwound, when suddenly some Pilgrims hiked past, I indicated to the make up girl and another colleague of mine, to follow my lead. At which point she gently dab my head with cotton wool, while I winced and moaned in great pain, while my colleague put his arm on my shoulder to comfort me, the Pilgrims nearly fainted as they walked past with jaws scraping on the floor! Just one of the funny and great times we had on this project.
Knowing the attention to detail that went into this, and the skill of director Olivier, this looks set to be a really good looking documentary.
Not the usual fodder where, for example Roman legionaries are all wearing armour ands helms akin to those of a General or some such. Or to distinguish between Vikings and Saxons, the Vikings are all Blonde, with plaits, and furry leggings , plus bearded axes that look like they weigh about 10 Kilos, whilst the Saxons are ALL wearing Maille and carrying heater shields and 12 Century swords. Plus, fighting in that, Sword in each hand, spinning, jumping, hollywood Samurai kind of way.
By All accounts the documentary should be out soon. BTW, quick funny story,
My Avatar photo, is of me (obviously), on location for this documentary, we were on the Camino de Santiago, the pilgrim trail, about 6 klicks out of Roncesvalles.
As you can see I'm sporting a particularly nasty 'gash' on my forehead, this is of course make up. We had just finished shooting the last scene of the day, the make up girl sat down next to me to remove said headwound, when suddenly some Pilgrims hiked past, I indicated to the make up girl and another colleague of mine, to follow my lead. At which point she gently dab my head with cotton wool, while I winced and moaned in great pain, while my colleague put his arm on my shoulder to comfort me, the Pilgrims nearly fainted as they walked past with jaws scraping on the floor! Just one of the funny and great times we had on this project.
Knowing the attention to detail that went into this, and the skill of director Olivier, this looks set to be a really good looking documentary.
Not the usual fodder where, for example Roman legionaries are all wearing armour ands helms akin to those of a General or some such. Or to distinguish between Vikings and Saxons, the Vikings are all Blonde, with plaits, and furry leggings , plus bearded axes that look like they weigh about 10 Kilos, whilst the Saxons are ALL wearing Maille and carrying heater shields and 12 Century swords. Plus, fighting in that, Sword in each hand, spinning, jumping, hollywood Samurai kind of way.
Bruce Tordoff
"Truth is my sword, Wisdom is my shield
and ignorance is the foe to which I shall not yield"
"Truth is my sword, Wisdom is my shield
and ignorance is the foe to which I shall not yield"
