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la_marquise) wrote2010-06-15 12:26 pm
la_marquise) wrote2010-06-15 12:26 pm
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In which the estimable Yuen Biao is A Bad Influence.
In his 1989 film The Iceman Cometh (Ji dong ji xia), Yuen Biao forges a sword in the dining room of the house in which he is living. I spotted the danger the very first time we saw the film, back in around 1996, and informed the marquis that under no circumstances was he to imitate this behaviour. Forges do not belong in the house. (Nor do motorbikes, but that's another story.)
Now, I yield to none in my admiration of YB, but this morning, the marquis moved his forge into our dining room. I have reminded him that sword-making indoors is right out.
To be fair, this is not just an impulse on his part. Those of you who have visited in the last 12 months will know that he is having a new cement-block shed built for his metalworking. The builders arrive on Thursday, so everything has had to come out of the the present shed and be stored elsewhere. We have hammers in the attic, angle-grinders under the stairs, hoes in the hallway, a big wooden work-bench in the back garden (it's too big to bring into the house) and, yes, an anvil and a forge in the dining room.
I'll keep you posted on how well he resists temptation.
Now, I yield to none in my admiration of YB, but this morning, the marquis moved his forge into our dining room. I have reminded him that sword-making indoors is right out.
To be fair, this is not just an impulse on his part. Those of you who have visited in the last 12 months will know that he is having a new cement-block shed built for his metalworking. The builders arrive on Thursday, so everything has had to come out of the the present shed and be stored elsewhere. We have hammers in the attic, angle-grinders under the stairs, hoes in the hallway, a big wooden work-bench in the back garden (it's too big to bring into the house) and, yes, an anvil and a forge in the dining room.
I'll keep you posted on how well he resists temptation.