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Taking Silly Seriously: The 90s Niche of Jean-Claude Van Damme in Sheldon Lettich’s Double Impact
| Chris Polley |
Double Impact plays at the Trylon Cinema from Friday, August 25th, through Sunday, August 27th. Visit trylon.org for tickets and more information.
Nine years ago, as is the American way, a viral car commercial brought us all together. Advertising Volvo’s state-of-the-art dynamic steering, it showed a chiseled man in his 50s atop two large trucks, his stance wide and firm, with one foot planted on each of the behemoths’ cab roofs. He narrated about becoming the man he was not in spite of life’s challenges but because of them. He says, “What you see is a body crafted to perfection,” and then the two trucks begin to drive elegantly apart from each other as the camera pulls back to show none other than former Hollywood action star Jean-Claude Van Damme doing the splits between the two massive automobiles, staying calm and focused throughout as Enya’s music swells in the background.
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