Finally, David Belle is getting some Hollywood recognition. Arguably the founder of Parkour (not free running) and someone I would’ve expected to see in a Paul Walker blockbuster vehicle a long time ago. The movie looks kind of shit, and I suspect Luc Besson wrote it just so that he could put David Belle in a Parkour-driven film. I’ll watch it! Who’s with me?
Tag: Parkour
Jump London
Anyone who digs Parkour, or its bastard cousin Free Running, really owes it to himself to watch the documentary Jump London, viewable on YouTube.
[embed width=”700″ height=”420″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8fSXGP9wvQ[/embed]
I’m not very fond of Sébastien Foucan. Or rather, I’m not fond of his claim to have invented Parkour, nor him relabelling it as Free Running. Free running has added a lot of frilly acrobatics that I don’t care much for, and I think David Belle should have been mentioned in the documentary, if only in passing.
(Foucan was one half of the awesome parkour scene in Casino Royale.)
