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10-AUG-2005 jrdu

Kung fu flying
by jrdu

Nanhai China

Things that fly: Chinese actors in kung fu movies. The lady is a Chinese movie star and the actor/director is psyching her up to fly. She's already in harness and the wires are covered by the red banners. The really interesting thing was the cameraman who was already flying up above her. I was ordered by the film crew to stop taking pictures. I could have acted dumb, because I don't understand the language, but I was there with my students. I think it is a bad example if a teacher is disobedient in front of his students, so I put my F707 back in my bag. The wire running across the picture is connected to a pulley on one end, with a whole crew of young men pulling on the other. That's how they make them fly.

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Sony Forums Challenges13-Aug-2005 04:23
Very interesting and unusual subject, jrdu...nice documentation of the filming of a "flight" sequence. Good idea. Thanks for the added caption info too. MFC