Sunday, August 9, 2009

Battle of the Arms



Don't we all remember our first Vietnam flashback scene? I sure do. I play "Jack," a sweaty dude with only one arm. "Arm donors are scarce," says his doctor, which causes him to flash back to 1969, when he was part of an elite fighting force that wore white tennis shoes, jeans, and sweatshirts.

You would think the best thing about this would be the Vietnam stuff. But no! It's that scene where I'm stewing at the table and tell my my cad wife (played, naturally, by my sister, who may or may not also be my doctor) that I'm "thinking about the war again" and she flippantly suggests that I "stop that foolishness." Clearly, this is my Deer Hunter.

Even better than that: for a movie about a guy with one arm, I manage to spent two entire scenes with both arms.

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3 Comments:

At August 9, 2009 at 7:33 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Best moment is the phone call to Phil, wherein master thespian Dan Kraus does what can only be described as a Jack Torrence/Groucho Marx hybrid.

 
At November 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is a bit of Groucho in your one armed man. Best line though "all this arm switching got me excited, so i had to try it".

 
At November 16, 2009 at 10:55 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

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