Tag: india
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The Myth of the Weaponized Ape
With my book If These Fists Could Talk coming out this month, I’m starting research for my next book on the mythology of violence. We have a story we tell in our science: that as primates left the jungles of Africa, they underwent the trials of the environment, which evolved their component parts – brains,…
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Check out the Trailer for Bollywood film Man Who Feels No Pain – with action by Eric Jacobus and Dennis Ruel
Vasan Bala’s Bollywood action comedy Man Who Can Feel No Pain has a new trailer in anticipation of its premiere at Toronto International Film Fest’s Midnight Madness. Eric Jacobus action directed the project, and Dennis Ruel served as fight coordinator. The two of them spent a month in Oakland with The Stunt People previzzing the action…
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World Premiere and Release of "The Fighter" (fight choreography and stunts by Eric Jacobus)
This is a bit of a late notice, but Javed Khan’s “The Fighter” will be premiering this weekend in Terre Haute, Indiana. I worked on the film back in August of 2007 as a fight choreographer for two of the fight scenes (my own fight and part of the finale in the barn), and I…
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The Stunt People in Bollywood film with Saif Ali Khan – Day 1
I was referred to the Swish film production company by a Lucas-something (if you’re out there, let me know so I can thank you! I forgot the name!), and they were busy preparing to shoot a big-budget Bollywood film in San Francisco. I was called in to do the fight choreography, and Dennis Ruel and…