August 23, 2007

1000 Hands Buddha Just what it says, except with dancing.
posted by Blanky 16 years ago
  • Live at Buddha Con (Wow, too)
  • Amazing, just amazing.
  • I wrote a newspaper review of a disabled theatre troupe performance that included this. This was the only but I didn't call offensive and patronising :D.
  • err bit. Guayin forgive me!
  • Guanyin, Abiezer. And she's a Boddhisatva. /nitpicker It's very impressive, when you stop to think about it. The dancing aside, these girls have to memorise the steps and the timing, since they can't hear the music. I was awed the first time I saw the performance on DVD.
  • Gives me monster goosebumps every time I watch. Lovely and awe-inspiring.
  • This is very impressive. Nice visuals. I get really frustrated when editors and producers try to add excitement to something which is already pretty visually stimulating (in this case, dancing Buddhas -- I'm thinking mostly of car chases and fight scenes in movies) by moving the camera around too much and using quick jump-cuts between shots. It actually makes the experience less exciting (at least for me) since I'm too busy trying to figure out what's going on and reorienting myself to what I'm looking at. Some of the best action sequences in movies are when the camera just holds still and the action itself can do the work. (That's why footage from convenience store security cameras is so chilling.) Is it me?
  • It's you.
  • No it isn't. It's a common practice of directors who can't direct coherent action sequences. I'm looking at you, Tony Scott.