Unsung Hands
Over at The Unsung Joe, that celebration of the bit-part or background man, the walk-on, extra or one-line Johnny, there’s an appreciation of the hand-stand-in that’s well worth reading, and contains a nod to yours truly at the end. Well worth reading — but then, it always is!
July 15, 2010 at 12:05 am
It’s not always easy to get hand jobs. I hear.
July 15, 2010 at 12:08 am
You’ve become very smutty lately!
If you can’t get work, you have to go on hand relief.
July 15, 2010 at 12:31 am
Thank you! That was an enjoyable article, aside from a good manicure though I find it hard to judge a fine pair of hands – I just don’t seem to pick up on it. Dexterity is a different matter though, I’m clumsy and I think it comes from not thinking fast enough and getting distracted, so I’m always impressed by clever-handed people in films. I’m reminded of the quote from Strangers on a Train, “I admire people who do things”, that cracked me up on first hearing. I’d love to know which actors were really cack-handed, but that never seems to come out in the tell-all biographies. Always holding back the juicy stuff for the re-print!
July 15, 2010 at 4:37 am
My late friend Lawrie doubled for David Niven’s hands in A Matter of Life and Death. “David had hands like a labourer,” he would say.
I’ve heard that Donald Sutherland is “the clumsiest man in the world,” which endears him to me hugely.
July 15, 2010 at 2:46 pm
George had beautiful hands.
July 15, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Heh!
Been enjoying the latest series of Curb Your Enthusiasm while I’m here in NYC. Nice to see the Seinfeld cast reunited.
July 15, 2010 at 9:22 pm
don’t forget to drop by the Soup Nazi’s..
July 15, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Not to mention –
July 16, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Thanks for the mention, David. Hope you’re enjoying NYC!