there is always a shock machine the air
crackles with the power of his presence
my dad left a really wonderful legacy
and I meet people all over the world who
really admire him and admire his work
and really have been very positively
affected by it - in less than two years
Bruce Lee brought international
recognition to martial arts films and
was proclaimed king of that genre but
like most kings he had a fatal flaw
which ended his brief reign and shrouded
his reputation in controversy he's had a
follow physical checkup in the States
and a doctor responsible for his checkup
told him that he was a man in the
twenties his physical fitness was such
that he was still a man in his twenties
so I think Bruce must be fully convinced
by then that he was invincible you know
he was really
in his perpetual youth
there was probably worth walking down
his untimely death put fans around the
world in a state of shock and disbelief
until an official inquiry could be held
all questions were met with a silence
that bred fantastic and exotic rumors
when the verdict was finally delivered
it was less than satisfactory the
cryptic verdict was that the cause of
Bruce Lee's death was death by
misadventure
my last name is Lee Bruce Lee I was born
in San Francisco in 1940 I'm 24 I know
and you worked in pictures in Hong Kong
yes things I was allowing sikhism before
his obsessive study of the martial arts
began Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong child
movie star
born with an acting heritage Bruce Lee
had his first starring role at the age
of six even at this young age his
natural talent and the charisma that
later brought him stardom are clearly
evident a
child was spending between the film sets
and schools so it was rather different
from the other children's body fat I got
da why don't dance mama she was allowed
energy like yo why did I mean doc I
thought he was a very cheeky guy but
after you know him well enough you'll
find him a very interesting person oh
I'm I didn't yet go we ate it these
rules were diverse they include a naive
Romeo a comic buffoon and a cool James
Dean type
[Applause]
Nilka moment mostly locally in that here
Vittoria failure I think Nancy
Lee jung-hyun know who taught song girl
no doubt is a young ito failure on Salem
criminal and
very often never don't you
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hello from the obviou - oh uh hey oh you
just did you get well and you guys
looking like imma welcome right man was
a goddamn time oh
that's alright you're gonna be a failure
and we go there myself
no I don't think ano
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I'm gay Bassam nah come on man but
because you're not in the guy you're a
tyrant hmm homeless people's online the
fire as a smaller I love you we call me
yeah oh boy okay watching some point
regarding orders
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my brave little negative
stops of desire Berlin Paris wanted our
data by gamma volume idea yoshino my
birria dancing miss Adams entire long
religion type it is my go to jebediah
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you want so a dealer love my babies and
war my favorite event look
you
he'll dump commas on fire oh
we got holes in the bar oh yeah is I can
put it we can turn up a lot
it's a divinity the
latrine gongnam latrine gum chewing gum
line my dream golem
simcha guy Gaia and I
dug Kingdom Lodge a notch Adama
Chingam non-matching golden alga money
by a little later
neither do that okay guys so family have
been in show business for many
generations
elements of Bruce Lee's off-screen
character are revealed in these early
film images this might be surprising to
audiences now because of the
comparatively one-dimensional roles in
the films that later made him a star
[Music]
the young Joker
if I modem neukölln Maya papaya log will
controls I guess together it was a
troublemaker when he was young and
because of his American nationality its
father send him off to San Francisco in
order to study
when we leave uncle
1959 when I was 18
[Applause]
it did not start teaching martial arts
on his arrival in the state they only
been my pupil for a short time by a year
and a half he was not an exceptional
student only being a bit more diligent
than most instead he was teaching people
dancing like cha-cha
he liked showing off his martial prowess
when occasions cause boy always
capturing the fascination of Westerners
later on his start teaching Wing Chun
Wing Chun is one of the simplest forms
of Chinese martial arts relying on
economy of motion rather than flowery
movements Bruce would draw extensively
from his Wing Chun background when he
evolved his own fighting system when he
was my pupil he always wanted private
lessons away from the other pupils which
was selfish of the enemy darling all
subsequently I refused his request as
all who came to study should always be
treated with equal attention
even bigger sensing my resilience Bruce
conjure up a rather wicked way to
achieve his needs every day after school
it would rush to my home in Mongkok row
before the other peoples arrived what
you're not coming to see me when he saw
the other peoples arriving he will walk
down the stairs I live on the second
floor then didn't told them I was not in
and then left with them come on sing
everybody off at the bus law it would
then return to my home for tuition on
his own you can see from this that he
was a fairly small boy in 1959 Priestley
came to see
that's where I met we were both
attending Edison technical school
after I met Bruce he began to teach
group of other people we started putting
on demonstrations at one of the
demonstrations at school as a Crotty men
in the audience he took offense for some
of the things that Bruce was saying he
decided that he was going to challenge
Bruce so the guy then became convinced
that Bruce was afraid of them and I
don't know the way the guy thought was
along those lines I kind of got it
figured if if somebody doesn't want to
fight me he must be afraid of me the man
continued to harass drew to school
finally before booth into confrontation
fruits going to fight at the school I
felt was a good idea we agreed to fight
at the wines yeah and I remember one of
the guys
saying that one of the Japanese guys are
saying well after this is subtle we
don't want any more planes like this and
everyone hardly agreed you know except
the karate man he sat there looking very
very stern and very very removed from it
all
detached like he didn't want to even
talk this is a place where
Bruce Lee had the challenge match for
the croc amen does the place that I
suggested because Bruce wanted to fight
at the school and I knew that we fought
the school or a very good chance that we
can get in trouble so this is a building
where it took place and this is the
entrance where we went into the building
we went in we went to the handball court
and that was where they'd agreed to
fight because it was where nobody would
bother them and there was plenty of room
and we all went in together
ed please Howard and I walk through the
door here we're waiting for the gotta go
changes clothes and
priests came in took off his shoes
takapa shirt did a few knee bends
and we just stood waiting this time to
come into the room so the karate man
came back after while dressed in his
karate uniform and
so they agreed that
Jessie would be the referee jessie was
also Bruce is second and he was also
going to be the referee but I guess
everybody figured Jessie would give it a
fair shake so
they agreed that I would be the
timekeeper so I got my watch and I held
it there and I was supposed to say when
to start so I
said they would start when I said
begin you know so I said okay ready
begin and I looked up and the guy had
started a kick at Bruce which Bruce
parried and punched the guy and after
that he just straight punch to be just
straight punch them into the wall a guy
went all the way back and slammed into
the wall and Bruce kept straight punch
in it and the guy's head was being
smashed around like a pumpkin or
something and his arms were kind of
flying out to the side he looked he
looked helpless to me he was finished
and if the guy landed on the floor and
his knees Bruce was kicking like this
just a straight
kick like you'd kick a football kick
them in the face and the guy flipped
over in his back and somebody screamed
when at the moment Bruce kicked him
somebody screamed No
guy fell back unconscious I hollered
stop
and
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that was it so we stood there looking at
him the guy was laying there like he was
dead and we looked at each other we
looked at him said [ __ ] Bruce Lee is a
big crowd attraction for a promotional
tournaments and he really had name and
he had the talent and he performed two
thing a push-up which I cannot do with
four fingers even now I can do and
he did a one-inch punch with the 225
pound
Jack Dutcher who used to be my
instructor and he really
gave great impression to the audience
such a power with a is a small statue
against a 225 pound guy I saw Bruce Lee
demonstrated at Jimmy's 200 I had seen
him do that type of technology before so
I was impressed because I may be
individual most people were not aware of
what they were seeing so they were they
weren't or they were really in or most
karate people were anti Bruce Lee
because he was different from what they
were doing they were like robots and he
was like a fluid snake he was able to we
bounce jump doc he news box and the
wrestling everything that's why he was
such a such an excellent martial artist
but not everybody was thrilled that Lee
was revealing the secrets of the Chinese
fighting arts to Westerners he was
giving a demonstration in Inglaterra one
time and obviously ex-people going up
and in not happen for demonstration we
would demonstrate a speed of punching
and he used to stamp out three four feet
from the target and we would run two
maybe three four
and no nobody can really punch punch
okay and some kungfu
master in orion thing that you know he
was being challenged you know the kungfu
people day and so at that time they also
a subtle teaching of caucasian in those
day you know they think that the tragic
- Nikita Chinese and
so they selected a one doctor such a
coming from Hong Kong recently at a time
and to talk to three and they shot a
school and a scepter Lulu's ever know
what to go buy and resell no neutrons me
and apart are I knows everything Go Go
push the vehicle to change and the kid
mystic dragon decided in North Carolina
and run and welcome this isn't a diamond
or you see them business at the head I
didn't see the fight but this Bruce
called me up afterwards and explained to
me the whole thing and this was the
birth of chicken dope jeet kune do--
corner bruce lee meant the weight of the
intercepting v i guess like if a punch
or a kick is coming your direction your
demands energies coming towards you you
want to try to intercept the person's
force and use the opening such as if a
person is firing a punch at you he's
leaving his chin open he's leaving his
ribs open if he's firing a kick he's
living this midsection open he's leaving
his growing open he's eMobile he can't
move if he's standing on one foot
executing the kick and then you can take
advantage of the person's weak point
that at that particular time to me Bruce
Lee studied a lot of J Krishnamurti
philosophy and Jimmy G Trudeau
philosophically was Krishnamurti
philosophy it was a combination of the
top quando kicks
boxing
footwork some Latin dancing tight
footwork
he used a lot of the wind Wing Chun
punching technique so Bruce Lee in my
personal opinion Jeet Kune Do was a
combination of all the best aspects from
a philosophical point of view to an
athletic point due to a martial arts
point of view Bruce and my girlfriend
and I we went to this house
at that time we started playing hands he
asked me what I knew and I told him I
know Luhan and some Shaolin
basically it wasn't really a challenge
anything because Chinese we don't call a
challenge it's a letter of introduction
that I like to touch hands so since you
already found out that new mattress
pillow in a very similar moment
as you know United wing Chun's I said
yeah so we straight hands a little and
he was very bad very impressed with his
hands because I haven't seen that kind
of hand speed in a lot of martial
artists most of them would also either
[ __ ] their hands back and Wing Chun is
like mantis or so our hands are always
in front of us and when we move it's
just striking from here it's really
quick and
app that played hands with him and not
that any of us got hurt or anything
we just sat down and they were just
became great friends and I said - I said
Bruce I said well I want to tell the
guys back in New York you know he said
well tell whatever you want because you
want to tell him you beat me you tell
him that you want to tell me I beat you
it's okay so when he said something like
that it
it brought out to me that that he was he
didn't care what people thought about
him he decide to show me one of his
kicks I said okay I'll stand I stood
behind the heavy bag and here's this
little guy
135 pounds maybe and
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even back in New York not too many
even karate or kung foo guys if I stood
behind a heavy bag to move me while I
was standing behind a heavy bag and he
said something like okay you ready yeah
I'm ready so he threw a really great
sidekick
and you know like I moved you know I
move like I nearly went through the door
so whether it was taken by surprise or
whatever I said I was I was really
impressed I mean a little guy like that
moved me and I've had guys six foot 180
90 pound camp can't really like move me
from the back so I was really impressed
later on he showed me
his cake and he had a probably about
five or six boards up to about maybe six
seven inches thick and they did a
psychic on a program
[Music]
it was fast it was powerful it was very
perceptive he could read you before you
serve bloke I sparred with him briefly
it's like trying to fight a chef
and he closed the gap on me like a
bullet and never could figure out how he
did it I think it was all up here mental
if you can look at your eyes till just
not when you are in between thoughts and
things and he's already got to number
down you see us that's how good he was
and I think sighs when it made too much
different because he would been very
lucid
he wouldn't run like he said you know he
said you kicked like you punch you punch
like you kick and if you go against a
big guy you speed and those tall guy
your power and so on it was just a
mental fight of them from the first book
when he wrote his introduction he
discussed the yin and yang and the
philosophy behind the martial art so
that was very impressive to me because
here was someone who just wasn't this
macho brute but he was very intelligent
man the karate punch is like an iron bar
Wow
boom boom punch is like a giant chain
with an iron ball attached to the anger
it golang and it hurt Enzo
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it was during one of his many
demonstrations that Lee was first
discovered by Hollywood a screen test
was promptly arranged and he was cast
opposite van Williams in The Green
Hornet television series his acting
skills could now work in conjunction
with his physical abilities
[Music]
coming out the difference between your
business which is long involved and come
which is very great
all right for instance you will read it
in the folk in the magazine and
everything that when somebody grab you
you will first do this and then this and
then and then and then and then
thousands of steps before you do a
single thing of course these kind of
magazine would teach you to be fear by
your enemies and admire by your friends
and other but in boom foo it always
involve a very fast motion like bones
and a guy crap in your hand it's not the
idea to do so many stepping stepping by
on the instep to let go this is what we
mean by simplest same thing in striking
in everything it has to be based on a
very minimal motion so that everything
would be directly especially one motion
and he's gone doing it gratefully not go
ah yelling and jumping all over him but
it
okay tell me once again
well our kombucha tea parties alone or
with upon practicing along they involve
all from imitate a crane a monkey or
praying men
this is a crane fault
start off
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this is one of
okay I'm glad to hear that
they have the tiger
that spot like a type
using coral quality or the bigger prize
now
in the Green Hornet Westerners talk not
only their first glimpse of Bruce Lee
but also of Chinese done food he was
frustrated the fact that he didn't get
that role in gun food he said that the
Hollywood play games with him
recognizing that his Hollywood
opportunities were shrinking Bruce Lee
looked to Hong Kong for possible film
work his childhood friend unicorn Chan
worked at Asia's largest film company
the Shaw Brothers Studio the studio's
main action products were sword fighting
epics set in traditional China although
a few empty hand fighting films were
beginning to emerge
Lee's expectations clashed with the Shaw
Brothers hardline policies and no deal
was made
what $10,000 us a picture
you must know all the beginners here
only start with $200 Hong Kong a month
sorry $10,000 with my living expenses oh
look we're the biggest film company in
the Far East
we've got money we can make high-class
pictures together but talk it over later
not
while in Hong Kong Lee appeared on a
popular local talk show to discuss his
life and career since leaving the colony
in 1958
the Green Hornet series was having its
first run on Hong Kong television after
excusing himself for using some of rusty
Cantonese Lee introduced his martial
arts philosophy to Hong Kong viewers he
explained that many Chinese fighting
systems had become weak and impractical
he consequently developed his own
fighting method cheap kundo which
stressed simplicity efficiency and
realistic training procedures he
emphasized that speed power precise
timing and absolute concentration were
essential to assure victory
although his theories were revolutionary
he gave a commanding demonstration
objections to his comments about the
classical martial arts were not openly
voiced a young boy named David Lowe son
of movie director lo way was watching
the show David told his father about
leaves demonstration mr. and mrs. lo way
had known of Lee having heard that the
Sharpe brothers had been unable to make
a deal with him they contacted Raymond
chow a former Shaw employee who had
broken away to start his own production
company Golden Harvest the Loews urged
Chow to sign lead to a contract upon
viewing a tape of the show Chow became
convinced that Lee was box-office gold
using mrs. low wage as an intermediary
Lee and Chao reached a financial
agreement and began work on the first
film the big boss hay production in the
film took place mostly in Thailand Lee
was surprised at how crude the filming
was in comparison to Hollywood and made
numerous script changes throughout the
production
unfortunately the original director when
she exam are we spending a small budget
which caused a minor crisis director lo
way was approached to take over
production but showed no interest in
working on a small budget film without a
big-name star in the lead role the
turning point came when he viewed some
of the fight scenes lean had already
filmed and apparently saw what Raymond
chow had seen a potential box-office
blockbuster
better job let's brother Chinese
going to me but it'll say you're not
interested well that was long ago
furthermore only I can make him a star
you know that who just isn't good enough
but it's already started change the
director
it was my wife that got challeng back in
the States so I should be the director
but what shall i say to mr. Wu let me
handle it I've got weight
but
[Applause]
mr. Jang I'm thinking long term business
okay SSA no way recognized Lee's star
potential Lee was subsequently awarded
the lead with a new director at the helm
the cast and crew of the big boss
resumed filming with a sense of energy
and purpose lo way had no illusions
about great story lines or high drama
for his production he knew that the
audience wanted action and lots of it
[Music]
mr. Liu where do we set the angle as a
cameraman
but what should we do next hi
[Music]
the finished product was unlike anything
Hong Kong audiences had seen the big
boss out grossed any previous film that
had played in the colony foreign or
local Bruce Lee literally became an
overnight sensation in Hong Kong what
started out as a temporary detour in his
quest to succeed in Hollywood now became
a full-time commitment initial attempts
to release the film in non Asian
countries were met with resistance
potential buyers didn't seem impressed
with Hong Kong box office figures and
didn't see how a Chinese movie could
possibly make money outside of Asia but
after seeing the results in one overseas
theater they quickly changed hard the
first real breakthrough was a in Beirut
I
did a full wall deal for big boss in
Beirut and the film just took off and
people were flying to Hong Kong from all
over the world to buy kung-fu films
following that that was really the first
breakthrough
pre-production for Bruce's second film
Fist of Fury began while Big Boss was
still smashing records with nearly
tripled the budget it promised to be a
surefire success especially with
low-wage directorial touch
Lee was once again in the role of
misunderstood loner who single-handedly
righted the wrongs inflicted on the
Chinese people this time it was against
the Japanese invaders of China and
real-life Lee had always expressed
distaste for the Japanese sect of
Chinese culture and their continuous
mistreatment of China
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Fist of Fury caused near riots when it
premiered in March of 1973 Lee had taken
the classical Chinese traits of humility
and non-aggression and turned them
inside out not only did he seek revenge
for the wrongdoings of the villain
severe punishment was inflicted on top
of that Hong Kong audiences had an alter
ego through which they had lived by
carelessly
as fists of fury played around the world
restraining a phenomenon the courage
films from numerous countries such as
Greece the Philippines and Mexico were
projecting their oppressed rage against
the film's villain
substituting local or traditional
enemies in place of the Japanese Bruce
Lee was unintentionally becoming a
supranational sub engine jingle
[Music]
much in the way American teenagers had
related their inner turmoil to James
Dean
Lee had struck an untapped market of
oppressed people who could now find
release through his graceful yet deadly
brand of violence
I've tried everywhere to tell the film
people would people would just stop by
tiny some they said people don't want to
see dub films they don't want to see
subtitled films the dubbing is terrible
the first deal we made in America for
the first Bruce Lee film they said that
dubbing is really really bad I mean
nobody's going to want to see these
films so they they we dubbed the film
and they spent a lot of money redoubling
it
then when the second film just took off
and we were just like a great great big
success and
before I knew what was happening they'd
released the second film and I was in
London and I called them up and I said
but wait a minute how can you be
releasing the second film we haven't
dubbed it yet they said dubbing doesn't
matter it's wonderful just like it is
you don't need to dub them so that was a
that was probably now they were a little
late coming online in the States um it
was probably 73 if I recall before they
came online in the States and the last
place to release Bruce Lee's films would
be the UK
all right you read the script at our
next picture what do you think
[Applause]
well mister I'm sorry but it's not for
me but why I don't happen to like it mmm
the other that we did were pretty bad
but this is total crap what how can you
say something like that just what do you
know I like screwy take it easy don't
lose your cool if my opinion we change
well take your opinion and shove it up
your ear I don't want it I'm a director
you remember that yeah man that's why I
wanna do the film hey this is pointless
papa come on all right when I think of
our production dependent on you well if
it doesn't I know one thing directors
like you Chang are doesn't to the dollar
damn you Lee did you hear what he said
about me what am I supposed to do look
mr. house I don't want to know about
this picture I'm gonna direct my own it
doesn't matter director all of your life
we don't need this egotistical wormy hey
please come on with his newfound cloud
Bruce Lee refused to work under the
previous conditions of his last films he
was to take control of his career and
destiny much in the same way in which he
approached the martial arts under his
own terms
Bruce Lee was the first man in Hong
Kong's history to ripe stark direct and
choreograph his own film he also acted
as producer after forming Concorde
productions with Raymond chow
you
if wanted to go to it
he liked it was good
the first time I met Bruce Lee it was
back in 1972 or 73
women wanted me to meet him because he
wanted me to go to Italy to shoot a film
at the end of film was called the weight
of the Dragon using production savvy
learned in Hollywood as well as the
speed and flexibility of Hong Kong
filming Bruce Lee ran a smooth ship
during the shooting of way of the Dragon
the somewhat five rapido script had him
once again defending his countrymen
against evil minded foreign Devils as
well as traitorous Chinese who've been
corrupted by Western morals lead shows
to use this time proven storyline out of
patriotism but commercialism as far as
he was concerned way of the Dragon would
be seen only by local audiences Raymond
said would you like to be in a Chinese
movie I said well why not I haven't done
that before so I hadn't even heard of
Bruce Lee tell your truth but then I got
to know him and he's from San Francisco
and I'm from San Francisco and and
he just turned out to be a terrific guy
a lot of fun joking all the time and
being on the set was a party
[Music]
he wrote it first he directed it and
told everybody what to do right at the
beginning and I was what I did it was
rehearsed it and one take okay next so
it was fairly fairly quickly
these instincts were correct as way of
the Dragon became Hong Kong's top
grossing film for 1972 one thing for
sure he had that kind of charisma
because whenever we go people at that
time they know who Bruce Lee's was
internationally and
whenever we go wherever we go slowly
people will gather around and watch him
his next film idea was one he'd had
since 1959 Game of Death would be set in
a tower that housed the best fighters
from all over the world and Lee would
fit his skills against them a copying
him on this Odyssey would be to other
martial artists one would be a strong
technically excellent fighter and the
other would be a clever tactician the at
both men had serious flaws in their
Arsenal's the strong fighter would be
too rigid in his ways to adapt to each
opponent and the tactician would not be
physically and emotionally prepared the
lasting and free onslaught Lee of course
would be the man who can adapt to any
situation being no style at all yet all
styles of fighting his analogy was to be
like bamboo strong yet flexible
acting as some of the opponents were Dan
Inosanto Jihan J founder of Hapkido and
basketball star Kareem abdul-jabbar
during production of Game of Death Lee's
cinematic achievements were finally
noticed by Hollywood and the film was
put on hold when I was in Hong Kong
he was on every single magazine cover
his picture not just the martial art
magazine not just the movie magazines
but the Hongkong house and Gardens
magazine or Woman's Day Journal the
equivalent
and if they could say what toothpastes
Bruce Lee brushes teeth with they would
have an article on that's how hot he was
when I was visiting I was out eating and
my cousin rushed into a restaurant I
said hey Bruce leads in a restaurant
across the street from my my boutique so
I was really excited so I went out to
the restaurant to wait outside and
obviously no one else know because I was
just waiting by the steps and then
suddenly
these executives or these people just
come running down the stairs and they go
into limo and then suddenly I
smell this Cologne you know from a mile
away and I'm looking up and suddenly
comes out this tiny man with these high
elevated heels and that was Bruce Lee he
was very nice because I started talking
excuse me mister lean he looks at me and
he said what company you represent I
said no I'm just martial artists I'm
from the States and I'm dancing and
loose talking in English and
we spoke about five minutes and and you
know here's a guy at the height of his
career people are waiting from an
alimony just stayed to talk with me and
I was very flattered at that point it
was really nice of him I said you know
the most of the Chinese movies are
pretty shitty and then he goes I
agree with you 100%
he's very sick Cantonese accent you know
and then again I'm listening to this
guy's accent I said wow what a thick
Cantonese accent and he said that's why
I'm here with Warner Brothers I'm
talking Warner Brothers and you know we
want to just make higher quality martial
art movie
Raymond asked me to read a script
and to break down the script so I did
that and in the beginning of fill that
the script wasn't for Hong Kong at all
so I took room and talked about it and
I've made out of budget and so forth and
then they came
instead of shooting Ruth gave a lot of
idea over there and as well as the
director Bob Klaus so they discuss about
how the development of the story the sim
and
specially Bruce will be talking about
the fight Bruce Lee was finally on the
path he'd originally intended but
instead of going to Hollywood Hollywood
came to him and as always on his terms
production of love and Steel began in
December 1972 while his first three
movies were made with local audiences in
mind blood and steel which was renamed
Enter the Dragon by Lee would catered to
the world market
as I see were a hand in the hand man I
was he may do a number on these we were
studying that Spike's enough so this one
is just reacted more to a my hair a bit
more like this boom and so consciously
will said Jenny I've shown that kind of
LK please I can only get it I'm gonna
give you a good when it takes let me
show you this is let me show you how to
do it many she had throw their hair like
they're still here like this we can
clean up a little bit so he said
mister hi mr. Hawkin rivers neighbor -
Pete Hahn and then he said throw that
punch at me now Jim watch out through my
head high I can do stunts - watch me so
I was supposed to throw like light crops
all and goose okay throw it now Karla
Brown to the Red Cross man and cut loose
on the chin right here only screws with
leather and fly back spit you know that
this happened as his fame grew so did
the pressures of stardom leave was a
recreational cannabis user since his
days in Hollywood but as stress grew so
did his use of marijuana and hashish
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and I just know that booths also outside
of the film business he was under
incredible pressure he was constantly
not constantly he had he told me people
want to challenge him in the streets and
he was always watching his back and I
think at one point he came to the point
where Bruce was carrying the building on
made attempts 1973 Lee suffered a major
setback toward our gas
pump all yet their hearts out aquatune
you were helping Bruce Lee Duff Enter
the Dragon I could hear just broken for
lunch then we heard someone shouting
from the upstairs toilet I mean do we
then ran up to see what was wrong
commercial a body lying outside the
toilet door and it was Bruce Lee come on
it tickly try to bring him wrong when he
carries him into the dubbing room and I
place him on the sofa code and see what
hide okay later hi oh ha ha whaa what
kangaroo Tania don't worry honey SiC the
college a tune Connecticut illegally so
a little Fuji our formula someday I
might come K to I remember his mouth
with chattering up and down a stove he
was experiencing an epileptic fit go so
the stomachs that place a metal spoon in
his mouth come on and then the producer
came and took into hospitals oh can you
type in like a killer song dog an
evening on
the evening of May 10th somewhere after
5 o'clock after I'd finished my
afternoon
clinic I received a call that someone
was being brought in from Golden Harvest
and that it had something to do with
Bruce Lee on arrival in fact it was
Bruce himself he was brought in by
several men who were carrying him
without a stretcher he was deposited on
the examination table in the emergency
room and they quickly made an exit we
had one nurse who was assigned to the
emergency room and she was to call other
help as needed it became obvious right
away that because Bruce was so ill that
my help was quite frightened and they
absented themselves as quickly as they
could
Bruce the situation was one that
appeared to be quite serious he had a
very irregular respiration he was
perspiring profusely his color was not
good he was alternatingly flaccid ly
unresponsive and then some rigidity
there was cadence and stiffness of his
neck his peoples who did not react as
they should and he literally looked like
a dead person
because I saw that I was going to have
difficulty getting sufficient assistance
I called I had the hospital switchboard
called for some of the people who helped
me with anesthesia dr. Cecilia Wong a
very well trained
anesthesiologist responded came in we
moved an anesthesia machine from the
surgery suite on floor above in the
meantime I've been using an Ambu bag and
emergency device to assist with
respiration we actually placed a cube in
Bruce's windpipe or trachea to assist
with the respiration better and to
prevent him vomiting into his windpipe
we got an IV going for the stomach tube
down to evacuate stomach contents and in
the meantime assess him as having
something going on inside his head
because southern-born Chinese and
kicking honk on Chinese have they
reported high incidence of abnormalities
of the blood vessels in the brain and
because of the what we do of the history
of his collapse we thought that was what
was happening a decision was made to
give mannitol a drug which shrinks the
brain but causes tremendous urine output
the catheter was placed in the bladder
to take care of that and as the mannitol
was given Bruce began to improve a great
deal a contact had been made with dr.
Peter Wu and neurosurgeon with whom
dr. Wong worked frequently in a man to
whom I referred patients and who cared
for me as a patient previously and dr.
Wu concurred in that decision and
eventually received Bruce when we moved
him from Baptist to st. Teresa's Baptist
Hospital had no available beds and we
felt that Bruce needed to be in a place
where he could get intensive nursing
care and I went with him in the
ambulance still resuscitating him
with the anesthesia machine as we moved
into st. Regis by this time he was very
much improved after he had struggled and
resisted us in a dis coordinated way as
we were working on him and he was
received in the emergency facilities at
st. races and then from that point dr.
wood took over his care was brought
being unconscious he was in coma and he
was having a fit and
the brought into the hospital
in really quite a serious situation
from
what we gather is
caused by cerebral edema swelling of the
brain so we were assembled and there and
we did summary succession for him and he
was very lucky the next day
he regained his consciousness completely
and I was able to relate to us
and what happened that day
so as a matter of fact what he told me
was that
now he was taping for the film he chew
cup of
leaves
which he had been given
by somebody else and
this was a
physician
leave
and
so he had a severe nausea and vomiting
and then he laps in the coma and all he
was vomiting and
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and we did obtain a specimen from his
vomitus and which discovered the
quantity of
Ashish
so
our diagnosis was that he had the povery
and overdose of this
disc or he may be unusually sensitive to
this type and that was the cause of his
trouble
so we had given him a warning before he
was discharged from the hospital
saying that
he was very lucky it happened that we
were there at a time when he was in
critical conditions we'd had to be able
to do something about it and I did not
know medical attention have been
available he would have been dead Bruce
left Hong Kong soon thereafter
and as I understand it went to the west
coast to seek further medical opinion
and I did not see him related to that
illness thereafter news had a follow
physical checkup in the States and the
doctor responsible for his checkup told
him that he was a man in the twenties
his physical fitness was such that he
was still a man in his twenties so I
think Bruce must be fully convinced by
then that he was invincible you know he
was me
in his perpetual youth
that was probably what walking down I
think enter the dragon now completed Lee
returned to work on Game of Death
moving he did with a basketball player
Game of Death and he was going to finish
him with me and he wasn't going to kill
me off is about different levels and
we're talking about spirituality
different levels of
awareness as you get to the higher
levels in this temple he's had built and
I think he's done the first two levels
of something at the time we were going
higher
Taiwanese sex symbol Betty ding Pei was
to play opposite Lee I
ran into him his wife and a remove cow
in front of the hotel
introductions were given by Raymond and
this was the very first time we match
he was telling me at the time which I
got to admit I didn't take much notice
off he was getting a headache and I
saying God you look healthy I mean I
ever seen anybody look OD on you and I
just dismiss it and then the second time
he told me was in a restaurant Japanese
restaurants the night before
I was leaving so I've been awaiting
tomorrow night Marcus is like if you're
not feeling well don't worry about it
and I'll see you I get back to London
are so delighted my wife was going to
have babies and I was going to come back
into hungry because no no I general
dinner with you so I'll be there Darren
what
she did to my home to discuss the
screenplay for Game of Death which was
to starve us both
but that evening I was with Raymond chow
and
who is head of Gawith and it goes Hollis
with Bruce and Bruce is the main partner
Raymond with a
like 50/50 almost and
Raymond I was sitting at staring each
other with nobody saying and I said
where's Bruce Lee so I should be here as
well call him but see what's happening
and so I know where he is he's not there
he's not at home he's with this other
woman
who said he was experiencing a headache
so I gave him a painkiller he then asked
if he could rest in my room I said okay
Joanna rest for a while I feel this was
a very normal reaction since I was a
little if you have a friend in your home
who is not feeling well you would surely
act in the same way by offering him a
painkiller I'm gonna do this on your
collar I said you gotta fun hold it so
he closed up and the betting ticket a
with the name job head to the phone said
I can't wake him up
Raven said we'll try and wake him up and
we'll wait a little longer so we wait
about another half an hour and war sake
or zero ever
you called back against because I'd be
pulled back again pull back again and
you can't wake up we'll get it goddamn
Evelyn
of the night of July 20th I was
contacted quite late at night by a
physician who identified himself as a
house officer Queen Elizabeth Hospital
he stated that someone that he thought
to be Bruce Lee and who had been
identified as such had been admitted to
his ward and was already dead there was
evidence that he had been dead for
probably hours and he was quite
concerned because he had no history
nothing that could help him and he found
my card on Bruce's person and he had
called me at that number
he wanted to know what I treated Bruce
for any help that I could give him and I
gave him that information and I remember
that he asked me for my advice which is
unusual for Chinese to ask a foreigner
and I said to him that I thought there
was potentially big trouble ahead that
if Bruce was already dead there was not
anything he could do to help clinically
and that he'd better be very careful and
discreet about putting his name on
anything and that I felt that almost
certainly there would be a lot of
attention drawn to this event and that
the discretion was very important and
that he should contact someone very
responsible in the administrative level
of the hospital to take over from that
point and urged him not to do anything
to the body and not to give any therapy
if you sure that he was dead and not to
put his name on anything the evening
began with Bruce
in the apartment bed eating food with
Raymond gel specifically for a kind of
business meeting and rehearsal of a
script now there's no question in my
mind that those that was valid
information that sometimes during the
course of the evening Bruce began to
feel unwell and went into the bathroom
in her apartment while Raymond was still
present he then actually lay down
because he was feeling bad
in retrospect I think that was a bit
unwise on his part if he was feeling
that bad he should have either gotten to
a physician or he should have gone to
his own home but perhaps he was
anticipating he would feel better
sometimes thereafter Raymond left the
apartment to be another business
engagement and
Betty eventually when she went in to
check on Bruce found that he was not
only asleep but that he was unresponsive
and she became frightened now I'm not
sure how she knew how to get in touch
with Raymond I don't know whether it was
a beeper I don't think we had cellular
phones at that time but anyhow she was
able to make contact with him and
either at his advice or on her own
initiative she then called her own
personal physician who was dr. Eugene
Jew dr. Chiu went to the apartment I'm
not sure whether he was told that it was
Bruce Lee that he was going to see but
as I understand it when he arrived the
Bruce was already dead now there had
been some discussion since then about
whether or not he actually tried to
resuscitate but the information that I
was given was that Bruce was already
definitely dead
dr. G
instructed Betty that she should get a
government ambulance right away the
ambulance arrived it was a multi-story
apartment in a place where there were
several buildings and so just getting
someone into an elevator and getting
them down from an upper floor apartment
is quite an engineering project the
project but the average driver did that
he did not certify death he took Bruce's
body to Queen Elizabeth Hospital now who
escorted the body so I have no idea but
when he arrived at Queen Elizabeth
Hospital which is the largest acute
hospital or was at that time in the
British Commonwealth he was taken into a
very well-equipped very active emergency
room and I'm sure that with his face on
every billboard in town he was
recognized immediately and he was
actually admitted to the floor still
with no one having certified that he was
dead now I was not present for these
events and I could only assess them by
inference but this says to me here's a
famous person who was about as bad as
you can get he's dead and no one wants
to have to be the responsible person to
make that pronouncement and so you just
keep passing to the guy
down the hall because you're not going
to hurt the patient by delaying and you
hope that you know you'll be off duty
and 100 miles away when they start
trying to reconstruct who did what and
I've seen that syndrome so often in Hong
Kong that I
have to believe that that's what
happened when I thought he was just
lying Mosely invent well-dressed no sign
of any violence or any other struggling
suits me but a person above the other
see
while after a quick look I've seen but
that his scheme broke and some of the
people that she required I made this and
when I listen to the part there's no
hard news so
probably that she was not like trying to
do some
resuscitation and in some external
massage
obviously before they had help so a
quickly after the ambulance to come to
people
somewhere after midnight I received a
call from mr. Raymond chow he told me
what had happened I explained to him
that I'd had the call from Queen
Elizabeth Hospital he said that both he
and mrs. Lee Linda were quite shaken of
course and wanted to actually come and
talk with me he did not tell me exactly
why but in view of the circumstances I
certainly felt that I could not refuse
that and within just minutes they
arrived at my home mr. Chow was
obviously quite shaken and I could
certainly see all the reasons he was a
personal friend that he was very much
involved in business and I think perhaps
even a partner and so I could see that
there were great financial concerns as
well as the personal loss and of course
Linda was really devastated and though
she was conducting herself with
considerable self-control she broke down
and sobbed at several points during our
conversation she
wanted to know if I felt that I had
enough information to tell her whether
or not the same thing had happened that
had happened when I had treated Bruce
earlier and I told her I can only
surmise that that he was reported to be
bed when he was seen on the floor Queen
Elizabeth Hospital
she wanted my reassurance that
something had not been left undone that
could be done in terms of his earlier
treatment I was talking to
another doctor who involved in the
resuscitation team I
told him I said
I
said dawn his name was stone I said dawn
I
can bet you that bruise will come back
sometime but I thought that next time we
would still be here to look after him
but I'm not convinced he's going to give
up but I said he probably will come back
and don't bring you up this is Peter
what you had told me came true this
morning Bruce is dead
come on love it love it when they push
his body out it was fully covered with
the white sheet I put the [ __ ] back
halfway and saw him lying there with
both his hands clenched into face and
rested in the cross fashion attempt for
the sheet to look at his leg only to see
his toes were clenched together just
like someone who has suffered a fit also
his body was swollen over I suspect he
must have suffered fits before his death
I was also aware that his suffered from
epilepsy when he was young we're back to
the hotel my phone was ringing
and Hong Kong reporter on the phone
saying Bruce Lee is dead what you think
Bruce Lee's death stunned Hong Kong as
news of his demise spread around the
globe the impression he left behind
could clearly be seen
martial arts schools around the world
started their classes with a moment of
silence theater marquees posted
memorials and moviegoers held
candlelight vigils on July 24th the
public funeral was held in Hong Kong as
many as 20,000 fans swelled the funeral
parlor area to catch a glimpse of Lee's
coffin and the endless stream of
celebrities that poured in to say their
farewells
Lee's Widow Linda and their two children
Brandon and Shannon attended the
ceremony in traditional Chinese mourning
garb and Linda followed the rituals of
the ceremony without complaint
unfortunately a fantastic and
controversial scandal had broken into
the newspapers
originally Raymond chow and Linda Lee
told the press that Lee had collapsed in
his home and later died at the hospital
new reports stated that Lee died at the
home of sexpot actress Betty ting Pei
with whom Lee was reportedly having an
affair what added more fuel to the fire
was that the two were alone on the night
Lee died the Chinese press were having a
field day meanwhile fans around the
world were beginning to ask questions
about Lee's abrupt end was foul play
involved was he truly dead whatever
small amount of information came out of
Hong Kong was quickly read analyzed and
dissected an official inquest was held
to get a clear answer as to what
happened to Lee on the night of July
20th forensic experts from as far afield
as England were called in to show their
findings based on tests carried out on
Lee's body traces of equal jisuk the
painkiller Lee had taken that night were
found along with cannabis the public
revelation that lead took drugs gave the
press even more fuel to add to the
raging controversy
Bruce Lee had two life insurance
policies that hung in the balance if it
could be proved that Lee died of his
drug use the insurance companies could
forfeit the policies since Lee stated
that he did not use drugs the final
verdict was that Lee's death was caused
by misadventure which means a series of
unrelated events that can lead to a
mishap needless to say many observers
including these doctors were leery not
only of the verdict but of the whole
inquiry itself prior to the actual
inquiry a private session was held in
order to assemble information which some
of the prospective witnesses found
highly irregular the jury's decision was
that Bruce Lee had died by
hypersensitivity towards an ingredient
found in equal jisuk tablet e took
to call a pre-trial hearing from which
any spectators are
excluded suggest that you may be trying
to taint the evidence a bit now I'm not
saying that that's what happened but I
just felt a bit uncomfortable in the
situation the person who was sort of the
honoree at that meeting was the doctor
tier who I understand was quite a
well-known forensic pathologist who had
been brought from England specifically
for purposes of his expert witness dr.
tier led the discussion saying that
to his knowledge there were no
authenticated cases of death and I'm
saying authenticated cases of death in
the medical literature having occurred
because of use of cannabis marijuana
hashish any of those group of chemical
derivatives which have the same parrot
plant and he felt that because Hong Kong
is a sort of a microcosm and because it
does not figure in a big way in medical
legal decisions and since most of the
people in Hong Kong have their
credentialing from other countries that
we needed to be pretty careful as a
medical community about making some
statement that Bruce Lee this very
famous person has died unequivocally as
a result of the use of cannabis or one
of its derivatives particularly since
there was good evidence that from the
chemical analysis of the contents of
Bruce's body that not only was a
cannabis by-product on board but equity
sick also I was informed by the coroner
that they did found an autopsy
the similar same stuff in his stomach
of course the colors inquest was
delivered it was that he died from
hypersensitivity thoughts
atop which she's been taking equity sect
which is
an autistic as a painkiller
echo jisuk is taken by
the the million dose in in the Orient
it is not one of those drugs which I had
ever had drawn to my attention as
causing medical complications before it
seems to me almost ludicrous to assume
that when the same product was found on
his person
immediately oh well I should say
immediately as I understand it the
autopsy was done on Monday after he died
on Friday night but samples were taken
if they could still find evidence of
cannabis products that had not been
degraded by that time we have to assume
yet a significant amount on board to
reach out here and pick equity seek out
of the blue seems to me an almost
deliberate effort to avoid to the
obvious and if the reason to avoid it
was because there were no previous cases
reported
that's a kind of asinine reasoning in my
way of thinking because
this means that people who were taking
Ecco jisuk without problems might now be
afraid to it means that those who have
Bruce Lee disciples would avoid facing
the obvious
it might call into question the validity
of payment of life insurance and that I
certainly didn't want and I want the
family to be deprived of anything that
would be rightfully theirs in terms of
the premiums that had been paid
in the meantime we do know that Bruce
had admitted taking the cannabis so his
own statement validated our initial
impression and we know that he had gone
to the west coast and reportedly the
west coast of the United States and
support reportedly being been told by a
neurosurgeon there that not only was the
drug harmless but even that he himself
experimented with draw
glutens at times because he found it
very relaxing so it seems to me that
you've got to throw your elbow out of
joint to reach in some pocket for an
equity conclusion when this other
evidence is it's so obvious and that may
be a superficial judgment on my part but
I really had trouble coming up with an
echogenic verdict I mean you almost have
to use a Ouija board to come to that
conclusion
in the months immediately following the
inquest Hong Kong papers devoted a
riotous level of attention to the rumors
surrounding Lee's death
superstar Bruce Lee dies the barricades
were up to keep back the crowds outside
the Kowloon funeral Sherman's farewell
fans will talk about their heads and the
widow's will wife named cannabis was in
Lee's stomach our government covers
today for the Bruce Lee Lee inquest
Bruce Lee will be sick many top Chinese
actor Bruce Lee be fiercely for two
months before his death if you've
learned early inquest ready to be
recalled screen actress Betty King paid
1 million and leave money it's a resume
ding quick into Bruce Lee far as the
design and effects of taking dangerous
drugs Bruce Lee victim of the ninjas a
Japanese assassin a poisonous herb in
the night self-inflicting snorting of
cocaine but even more incredible than
these is one method of killing which
involves what's known as a delayed death
strike
another rumor is that Bruce Lee met his
death in a blood feud with prior
gangsters
some people still believe that Bruce Lee
is still alive and lives as a recluse in
a remote corner of China
he sure knows how to fight
with the success of Enter the Dragon and
the International Bank ability of Lee's
name Bruce Lee in death inspired a
legion of pseudo similar androids guys
have operated under nom de plume such as
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food
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every human capability with a basic
sensitivity this comfortable courage set
in motion
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fool
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he's acting now counsel
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the best and most popular of the
imitators was Bruce live who also
recreated Lee's life in this film I
always
tell the producers
Ruthie is my idol I like him I
admire him
but don't make me show his lousy movie
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you may call me photon town or James
Hall but I don't like people call me
Bruce life or light you're wrong because
they change this name just like
cheating a kind of cheating killing
people's obviously spruce life is not
that yet
but I don't like it because I
want to be myself
unleash to wreak vengeance
evil ones will come out untimely sech
five years ago the king of kung-fu and
undertreated master of the martial arts
was there but not before making material
the Black Angel of Death now his
tormented soul returns as Bruce Lee she
fights back from the
Cameo
apart from his human imitators Lee was
also depicted as an animated hero what
is surprising is that his cartoon antics
were not that far removed from what he
did in his live-action films
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this Indian film was a psychedelic
tribute to the martial arts master
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the must be some onion at
company
really
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bruce lee's truest legacy was found in
his son Brandon
Brandon Bruce Lee had admired his father
and had difficulty separating the misty
herd from the breathing human being he
had briefly known the younger Lee had
not wanted to be a martial artist or to
make action movies he studied drama at
Emerson College in Boston and took
acting lessons in Manhattan in hopes of
becoming a serious actor but had little
success in getting the roles he wanted
he eventually chose to take advantage of
his unique heritage he decided to jump
start his career by making a few martial
arts movies and hoped he would then make
the transition to more serious movie
making this decision would eventually
lead to his death
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because of being my dad's son totally
solely because of being my dad's son
I've had the opportunity to being a lot
of stupid action movies but I've turned
down you know
for that reason I was always it's not
it's not about that I mean that's not
what acting is about it's not what
listen to me in 27 year old actor with
three films under his belt
in my opinion like young uncultured
uneducated opinion it's not what it's
about it's about people and human
situations and and that's what's always
affected me about it you know and if it
doesn't have that I mean if the film if
you don't care about the characters you
don't believe in them as people it's
just kind of a pointless exercise and
blowing things up you know and
did you I I mean when when did you
decide to become an act and when did you
decide that that is what do you wanted
to do
that's why I always wanted to do I don't
really ever want to do anything else and
martial arts he studied at the same time
but not because he wanted to be a
martial art star in that Kazu magazine
yeah you're right I didn't type my dad
started training me as soon as I could
walk he trained me while he was alive
and after he passed away I just kind of
kept at it because I didn't really think
about it much you know you know you get
started at something you just continue
with it and my dad had a circle of
students that were close to him and so
they were friends of our family and one
of those men banning Inosanto continued
to be my teacher so it's kind of a nice
unbroken line you know and I hadn't
really done it at that age certainly
with any thought of getting into martial
arts movies it just kind of been that I
have this skill and have first happened
to get the opportunity to do films that
give me a chance to use it we write
about becoming an actor because of the
fact if you fire recently right the
people were going to just feel you
inside to follow on in his legacy and
kind of take advantage of it in a way
that's
something to be careful about because I
my dad left a really wonderful legacy
and I meet people all over the world who
really admire him and admire his work
and really have been very positively
affected by it too you know and I
wouldn't want to do anything to Mar that
you know but I
don't think I'm going to
went you asked it to star in some but
sweet biopic they're making a bet if I
was like next year we and you turn that
down into yeah I just
was a little scared by the whole thing
really it's it's strange to play your
own father you know
it's secular Becky it is just be kissing
your own mother you know I don't know
kind of a is that of an ethical thing
you know it could be kind of strange
it's funny too because tell you the
truth if it had come along later in my
career you know I might have more
seriously considered it but as it is
it's so early in my career it's the kind
of thing I just feel like it could
really
be a career ender you know everything
she could be there and then god yeah I'm
not sure anybody's ever done it really
happy I mean decided that is odd that
they ever get any of the Douglas boys or
anything like that or yeah but he's not
dead yet not is it right well I don't
know I don't know I just I couldn't
really wrap my mind around it you know
what I mean
did um did you have to do I mean he said
that you turned down a lot of action
from early on because you didn't want to
end up you know just making mostly last
movies or whatever was it ever sort of
worry for you that there was going to be
a starving actor because I have to keep
turning down these sort of movies is
anyone ever going to ask me something
but it's a bit more inspired yeah
how way did you kill you know well you
know I mean I just I I worked you know I
mean I just supported myself in other
ways and
attacking classes and because he was a
lot of acting classes I mean you
obviously
I said that wanting to be an active
festival most yeah that I've been doing
it for a while it's what I wanted to do
since I was very young I just I went to
college and studied theater and when I
got out of college I went to New York
and enrolled in a theater group there
called the American Youth Theatre
there's some stage work and I'm in a
group now in Los Angeles called legal
aliens and
it's a good way of life about getting
the chance now to actually get paid for
what I've wanted to do for most of my
life and it's great
I'm a big fan myself you know I mean I
enjoy those films and even like you say
we were talking earlier about how some
of those films are a little short on
character development and plot it's like
sometimes I even don't mind that as much
but it's like if you're not going to
give me that at least do something
innovative with the action you know what
I mean the very least give me that and
unfortunately I don't think that's gone
that often either
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I'm a big fan of Hong Kong martial arts
movies I think that the action sequences
in Hong Kong martial arts movies are
unparalleled they're so much more
inventive than and daring the way
they're executed so much better to shot
better the people in them are very
skilled they really leave western movies
in the dust you know but that's only
those segments of the movies the rest of
the movies really the quality is not so
great usually I
want to try and bring some of that
flavor of those Hong Kong martial arts
movies because that's where that's where
I grew up you know that is and that's
where I did my first film I want to try
and bring some of the flavor of that
into rapid-fire because I've always been
a lot more impressed by those films
action sequences than by any films
they're done in America
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the problem with making a martial arts
movie in the modern day world is there
are guns yeah I don't care how good you
are if you're more than 4 or 5 feet away
from me and I've got a gun you're going
to lose you know what I mean and I
wanted to stay true to then the film
because I hate it and you know like
Schwarzenegger commando and guys like
automatic weapons they're like all
missing yeah you know it's like chewing
up the dirt near him and I mean you do
that to me too many times in the
audience and you lose me you know I go
oh [ __ ] did you ever see that come as it
seemed and made it the most out with the
guys it was great yes yes that's the
traditional film you know that's like
the bit I was kind of stealing that a
little bit with the noon shucks you know
the guys doing the new trucks like you
just take a towel and go throw it here
in the middle of it ties it up you know
the crow was to be Brandon's fifth and
biggest film
the next movie is called the crow it's a
much less bad martial artist birds no
actually it's about love death revenge
Edgar Allan Poe and coming back from the
dead is it based on the Edgar Allan Poe
story
no actually that's the Raven but um it's
a it's based on an underground comic
book a graphic novella by a guy named
James o'Barr that's called the crow and
it's a story of a rock and roll musician
and his and his fiancee who are brutally
murdered in Detroit and then big part
for you then yeah I love you stick alive
yeah actually you know in the film I'm
actually alive for a very short period
of time but then I get to come back from
the dead to avenge the murders don't we
just love the movie
during the final weeks filming of The
Crow Brandon Lee was too tragically died
in a cruel accident randomly 28 diet 1 4
p.m. Eastern and your ties
Wednesday and you had every Regional
Medical Center
approximately 9:00 a.m. this morning an
autopsy was performed on the body of
Brandon Lee at Ozma Memorial Hospital on
Jacksonville North Carolina what if he
appeared to be a 44 caliber bullet was
removed from Lee's body
ironically like his father Brandon Lee
was to only make five films I
feel that I've gotten opportunities that
I probably would not have gotten or at
least in a different fashion would have
gotten where I not his son and I'm very
grateful for that
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I
considered him by far the greatest and
for those who don't consider him the
greatest at least he would be the top
candidate but then he who would actually
be degraded
there's no question my mind would have
gone on to become not just a martial
artist the sabers for that a really
accepted and recognized actor in his own
right
Bruce Lee in retrospect was a little man
forged himself into a physical giant
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breaker boundary and that's why he was
different
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that's great gifts to all the martial
artists business people because his
movie really made the marginal industry
very popular and many of my students
that all they came in because they were
inspired by Bruce Lee flew
but be remembered forever and ever the
stones are everyone in the world of
theme enter the dragon
before Bruce Lee the character passes
into international mythology what is
there to say finally about the human
being who lived breathed and died
perhaps the highest compliment that
these own fans could pay him would be to
look past the screen caricature beyond
the high kicks to recognize the ways
that he resembles the rest of us most of
us look for immortality in religion in
our work or on our tombstone Bruce Lee
found his immortality in the movies
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you
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