Duel at Blood Creek

WG dog · 05-06-2012, 01:55 PM

Short film. 14 minutes. Clever. The Brit (Terry ?) might have liked this one.

Just for something different, entertaining.

http://vimeo.com/13121783

Neil Young · 05-06-2012, 03:34 PM

That was a little bit of alright.

Neil

Vlim · 05-06-2012, 05:23 PM

Brilliant!

lugerholsterrepair · 05-06-2012, 06:36 PM

Disjointed sound made it difficult to follow the nuances but I have to agree..very well done! The ending is not what one would come to expect...

Jack Lawman · 05-06-2012, 08:51 PM

It left me wondering how they would pick the dude who kept saying "someone approaches".

Ouch!

alanint · 05-06-2012, 09:08 PM

Shades of Tom Hulse as "Mozart"!!

pitsword · 05-07-2012, 10:35 AM

Neat vid. To let you know how my brain functions, from the very opening..after the walk through the field.. I kept wondering how they kept the paths so well groomed in those early times. Gee did they have a bunch of serfs with scissors trimming, trained sheep or did they just tramp it short. Really got me thinking about victorian lawn care. Maybe some prototype reel mowers like the ones I had to use to mow the seemingly acres of my youth. Alas, a John Deere.

Ron Wood · 05-07-2012, 11:31 AM

During my first tour in Germany I watched an elderly groundskeeper mowing the lawn at a large country home. He was using a scythe! He would take a couple of dozen passes with the scythe then stop, take a whet stone from his pocket, touch up the blade with a few strokes and start mowing again. The grass was evenly cut with no trace of a pattern...you couldn't do a better job with a modern mower. I was fascinated.

saab-bob · 05-07-2012, 02:52 PM

Thanks!
Very funny,similar to one of the old "Monte Python" skits.
Bob

Douglas Jr. · 05-08-2012, 03:18 PM

I found it great. The ending was somewhat brilliant.

Douglas.

Neil Young · 05-08-2012, 04:06 PM

I had a similar experience to Ron's--in the countryside near Cali, Colombia; on many occasions I saw people cutting the grass on the side of the roads with machettes. In order to swing the blade horizontal to the ground, some men bent over sharply at the waste and some were actually on their knees. I guess this is what happens with very cheap labor.

By the way, they worked hard and did an excellent job.

Neil

05-06-2012, 01:55 PM	#1
WG dog Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Thanks: 1,282 Thanked 37 Times in 24 Posts	Duel at Blood Creek Short film. 14 minutes. Clever. The Brit (Terry ?) might have liked this one. Just for something different, entertaining. http://vimeo.com/13121783

05-06-2012, 03:34 PM	#2
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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,762 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 3,102 Times in 1,428 Posts	Disjointed sound made it difficult to follow the nuances but I have to agree..very well done! The ending is not what one would come to expect... __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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Jack Lawman User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Near NYC Posts: 428 Thanks: 30 Thanked 64 Times in 37 Posts	It left me wondering how they would pick the dude who kept saying "someone approaches". Ouch! __________________ Why do you guys hate black circles so much?

05-07-2012, 11:31 AM	#8
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 6,988 Thanks: 1,067 Thanked 5,099 Times in 1,676 Posts	During my first tour in Germany I watched an elderly groundskeeper mowing the lawn at a large country home. He was using a scythe! He would take a couple of dozen passes with the scythe then stop, take a whet stone from his pocket, touch up the blade with a few strokes and start mowing again. The grass was evenly cut with no trace of a pattern...you couldn't do a better job with a modern mower. I was fascinated. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

05-06-2012, 05:23 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,043 Thanks: 1,032 Thanked 3,932 Times in 1,194 Posts	Brilliant!

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Shades of Tom Hulse as "Mozart"!!

05-07-2012, 10:35 AM	#7
pitsword User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 456 Thanks: 3,911 Thanked 101 Times in 81 Posts	Neat vid. To let you know how my brain functions, from the very opening..after the walk through the field.. I kept wondering how they kept the paths so well groomed in those early times. Gee did they have a bunch of serfs with scissors trimming, trained sheep or did they just tramp it short. Really got me thinking about victorian lawn care. Maybe some prototype reel mowers like the ones I had to use to mow the seemingly acres of my youth. Alas, a John Deere.

05-07-2012, 02:52 PM	#9
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	Thanks! Very funny,similar to one of the old "Monte Python" skits. Bob __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"

05-08-2012, 03:18 PM	#10
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	I found it great. The ending was somewhat brilliant. Douglas.

05-08-2012, 04:06 PM	#11
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 540 Thanks: 546 Thanked 438 Times in 165 Posts	I had a similar experience to Ron's--in the countryside near Cali, Colombia; on many occasions I saw people cutting the grass on the side of the roads with machettes. In order to swing the blade horizontal to the ground, some men bent over sharply at the waste and some were actually on their knees. I guess this is what happens with very cheap labor. By the way, they worked hard and did an excellent job. Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.