Lübke

Or Lueb·ke

[lyp-kuh]

noun

1. Heinrich 1894–1972, German statesman: president of West Germany 1959–69.

Example Sentences

Mike Lubke, a fight choreographer for films and theater based in St. Paul, Minn., said that staging gunplay in a cramped indoor setting — such as the set building where Hutchins was killed — requires extra care.

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Lubke also pointed out that guns can be modified by a gunsmith so that they will accept blanks but not bullets, but productions don’t always go to that trouble and expense.

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Additionally, the armorer or a stunt coordinator ensures that no cast or crew member is in a firing lane, or the path of the weapon, when it is fired, said Michael Lubke, a fight director and stunt coordinator for theater and movies.

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“That energy coming out of a barrel can be dangerous,” said Lubke of such a situation, which is how actor Jon-Erik Hexum died on the set of the TV show “Cover-Up” in 1984; he picked up a .44 caliber handgun during a delay in filming, spun the round to simulate Russian roulette with the barrel against his temple and pulled the trigger.

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“No human should ever be in the firing lane,” Lubke said.

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