Wahlberg and real life Mickey Ward trainer & former boxer Dicky Eklund. The first rule of Fight Club is that it’s not about Fight Club (according to its director). He felt UFC fans were not the target audience for the movie, which he saw as a political piece about the dangers of consumerism. Ironically, David Fincher was upset when he saw Fight Club advertised during UFC events. She had never done realistic fight makeup, and closely studied the bloody aftermaths of UFC bouts. Makeup artist Julie Pearce also used the MMA as a reference. They also trained in boxing, taekwondo, and grappling. Tyler Durden shortly after delivering some Keith Hackney-esque punishment.Ĥ Fight Club (1999) – The UFC was used as inspiration for Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, who watched hours of fights in preparation for their roles. The wounds seen in the opening sequence are real-you can even see the stitches. Additionally, his horse scraped him against a tree, cutting his face. Thanks to the gladiatorial scenes, Crowe lost all feeling in his right forefinger for two years, aggravated an Achilles tendon injury, broke a foot bone, cracked a hipbone, and popped a bicep tendon. By contrast, Russell Crowe’s injury list doesn’t seem so bad. Alternatively, he would have amputees tied together, and he would then club them to death while pretending they were giants. In addition to ‘fair’ contests – where the opponent would submit to the emperor and keep his life – Commodus also enjoyed having wounded soldiers put in the arena for him to slay. Commodus did indeed like to fight in the arena. Photo by Universal/Getty Imagesģ Gladiator (2000) – Gladiator was a brutal film, but the reality behind it was far worse. Sideways lunges are a great way to tear something. Ultimately, twelve of the key figures behind the making of Body and Soul would end up blacklisted in Hollywood. Written by Abraham Polonsky, a socialist who would later be blacklisted, Body and Soul is both a fight film and a meditation on the corrupting nature of greed. To capture the fight scenes in a fluid manner, the cinematographer used a hand-held camera and wore roller skates-skating around the action in the boxing ring. 2 Body and Soul (1947) – A big inspiration to Martin Scorsese, Body and Soul was the original great fight film.
0 kommentar(er)
