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Body Part Cameo / Hand Cameo YKTTW Discussion

Body Part Cameo / Hand Cameo

(permanent link) added: 2009-08-29 12:26:42 sponsor: MasoTey (last reply: 2009-09-01 13:03:45)

A specific (perhaps too specific) version of Creator Cameo, in which the audience never sees the cameoer's face, but rather some other body part (often a hand), which in-story is attached to a "real" character. This type of cameo is distinct in that it can't be spotted by an uninformed viewer, even one familiar with the creator's appearance; it's All There In The Manual.

Examples off the top of my head:

Mel Gibson's hand as some Roman's, pounding in one of the nails in The Passion Of The Christ.
Carol Reed's hands as Harry Lime's, grasping through the sewer grate in The Third Man.
Quentin Tarantino's hands as Landa's, strangling von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds.

ETA: Examples found in An Insert:

James Cameron's hands as Jack's, drawing Rose in Titanic.
Peter Jackson's hand as Faramir's, pointing at a map in The Two Towers.

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