I think it is very important now to remind that Jean-Claude have belgium roots, because if you really think about it, it is the key to fully understand who (what) he is.
Jean-Claude is not doing karate only when he is acting or when he is practicing at gym, no, Jean-Claude is also doing karate when he is speaking, and it is very beautiful to see him fighting with words, and with himself.
All Jean-Claude said until nowadays proves he is in the belgium tradition of surrealist art. Yes, Jean-Claude is the first surrealist karateka ever been. You just have to replace the title of every Jean-Claude's films by "This is not Karate" and subtitle his interviews by "This is karate".
If you still have any doubt on jean-Claude's surrealist performance, just read the following quote about "moment"
"Je crois au moment. S'il n'y a pas le moment, à ce moment-là, il faut arriver à ce moment-là, au moment qu'on veut." JCVD
irrefutable...
haha irrefutable indeed. but i'm still struggling to understand if JCVD does actually have a philosophy, or if he just says weird stuff quite often!
RépondreSupprimerWell, I have heard quotes of "offical" philosophers, and it did sound a bit weird to me so...:)
RépondreSupprimerI think that all Jean-Claude said has been said very seriously! There is a famous video of Bruce Lee discussing about water (the "Be water, my friend!" stuff) which shows him as a weird guy, but it seems it is not that easy to laugh at Bruce...call it an injustice ;)
aha good point good point!
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