[pryor15]

i find that MTV style pretty boring myself, since we've seen it all before and how interesting can a stunt double really be? in general i find things that are over-edited to be tiresome.

you're absolutely right about the Fred Astaire comment and you can see a sort of modern application of that in Crouching Tiger, if i remember it correctly. it's so much more exhilarating to see it in the wide shot.

i saw a documentary on PBS (?) about stunt doubles and the girl who doubled for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill was in it. I found the documentary to be much more interesting than Kill Bill. of course, it was a pretty cool doc.