Let’s Wrestle EP#4

by la Blogothèque, on 27/07/2010 share

For the third day of shooting it got very hot in London. Blinding sunlight shone mercilessly on the sidewalks and asphalt of Notting Hill, where we had gathered the boys of Let’s Wrestle into a calm, empty pub equipped with a back courtyard. We had a drink and planned
the shoot under the watchful eyes of the queen, whose portrait looked down at us from the beer mugs, before returning to the bustle of the streets.

Just a pair of calm dudes, Let’s Wrestle. They work in a music store not far from the pub, and one doesn’t really imagine them bouncing around behind the counter, but rather shuffling nonchalantly through the store. Bizarrely (but really?), when they take hold of their guitars in order to play their highly energetic tunes, that nonchalance sticks around.

After having walked for a bit, we found a spot in the middle of the street. At a distance, a moving truck. The two of them settled down like they were at home and launched into “I Won’t Lie to You:” shy, relaxed, calm. Incredibly, not a single car passed by as the camera
twirled around these two little Buddhas of slack-folk, who responded by looking nervously down the road, waiting for a car to come speeding around the corner.

We had to stop only once to let a car leave its parking space. An old dame asked us if we were from the neighborhood. When we explained that we weren’t, she said to get lost (but in words our mothers would appreciate us not printing here). It’s cool. We had what we needed.

Shot in London, UK

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