On Oct 23, 10:59 pm, "Del Stanley" <dgs...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Miki Kocic" <em...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > D. Spencer Hines wrote:
> >> The Eastwood character didn't smoke CIGARS.
>
> >> He smoked CIGARILLOS.
>
> >> And generally from the CORNER of his mouth.
>
> >> DSH
> > Two-thirds of the way to the corner.
>
> > Miki
>
> Did HE actually smoke at all? I know he put them in his mouth.
> It seems like when one was lit, it was used to start
> the fuse on a canon. The other time it was lit, he gave it to
> a dying soldier. Then again, maybe he did smoke that one.
> Yeah, he did. The other time it was lit, it was simply laying
> in the dust (a butt). Tuco, trailing him, picked it up and took a
> couple of hits. I don't recall big Clint actually smoking that one.
>
> I know that they all had to have some cool way of striking
> a match, so we see a lot of match striking all the time. Remember
> Lee Van Cleef (pipe) striking his match on the hunch of the hunch-back
> in "For A Few dollars More?" I hardly remember any actual
> smoking. It was just a macho prop thang to have one I guess.
>
> Del
Didn't either Van Cleef or Eastwood strike a match on the stubbly chin
of a grizzled old-timer once.
In _The Dark Corner_ Mark Stevens has some creative match striking
scenes. Once he does it with his thumbnail. I tried that once when I
was young. Very difficult.
Dave in Toronto
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