Angelus Arcanum

Stuntwork of Angel.

POSTED BY: TheSomnambulist
UPDATED: Thursday, June 29, 2006 14:30
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Monday, June 12, 2006 2:05 PM

Did you see the 'unedited' club meeting fight in the extras? THAT was cool. If only...




Eric Draven could wipe the floor with Angelus Chrisisall

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:54 AM

That whole scene is non-stop action. It's choreographed very well, he just flows from one bad guy to the next. And Brandon was able to do all his own fighting, I think there were only 2 shots that he didn't do. They were very lucky to get such a talented young star on this movie.

You can see why they chose to tone down the violence for the finished film. The slow motion part where Brandon's being shot on the table was probably a little too close to home to be used at the time. My brother and I were watching the work print version the other day and they removed images like this from the characters death scene at the beginning of the movie as well.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:02 PM

They also took out Draven beheading a dude.

Squeemish Chrisisall

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:49 PM

And where he chops the guys hand off. I'm glad they didn't use that, it looked pretty crappy.

Have you seen the 2 hour work print version? There's a lot of good footage taken out that they should have left in.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:34 PM

No, I've only seen the outakes. Where can you see it?

Erik Chrisisall

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:31 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

I'm still hit with terrible sadness over what happened to Brandon Lee. I usually find watching films where someone has died during the making very difficult to watch or even consider, but there is something quite unique about The Crow and in particular the obvious passion Brandon had for the project. I watch that film out of respect for him really as much as the story. It's a haunting piece of work that stirs something in me I've never really been able to quantify into anything that makes sense. It's one of those films I love but refuse to watch with anyone else. It's a kind of a 'my time' film...


You summed up my every feeling for that movie...

Chrisisall



And I find myself cringing every time a shot is fired at Lee...I know in my head they would never use the lethal shot, but still......

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:52 PM

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Originally posted by mphillips:

And I find myself cringing every time a shot is fired at Lee...I know in my head they would never use the lethal shot, but still......

The whole movie is a surreal experience for me, and I end up using many tissues...

Manly tears, I mean Chrisisall

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:09 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
No, I've only seen the outakes. Where can you see it?

Erik Chrisisall




Chrisisall, the work print is quite difficult to get hold of as far as I know. My brother got his from someone who contacted him through Ebay, I'm not sure where else it would be available.

But you can see clips of it here though:
www.crowwings.com/index2.html

And screen caps of the whole video here:
www.crowwings.com/neverseen/start.html

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:30 PM

Thanks, T.

Chrisisall

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:29 PM

mphillips wrote:

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And I find myself cringing every time a shot is fired at Lee...I know in my head they would never use the lethal shot, but still......


Me too. Thankfully not so long ago I read that the camera and the film stock that was used for that scene was destroyed immediately.

It is a difficult film to watch knowing what occured and the narrative is all the more poignant as a consequence. However I feel compelled to love this film because; as has been so frequently stated, Brandon Lee did some great great work and it would be a greater crime if his brilliance were never to be seen.

R.I.P. Bandon

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