On July 20, 1973, the sudden death of a generation of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee and caused an uproar in the world.
After his death, many film companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan certainly refused to give up the opportunity to continue to "consume" Bruce Lee. For a while, a large number of martial arts movies that imitated Bruce Lee, biographical movies with the so-called "mystery Bruce Lee" nature, and Followers in the name of "Bruce Lee Movie Sequel" continue to emerge, and the audience is still paying the bill.
Later, even the Shaw Brothers Film Company, which regarded the popular Bruce Lee as its rival, also filmed "Bruce Lee and Me" with the "unhistorical color", and used " Ding Pei and Bruce Lee's past "As a gimmick, it attracted a large number of viewers into the cinema obediently.
Overview of the batch of Bruce Lee-related film and television works at the time, many of which were crudely crafted, but not many that can be said to be of high quality. In contrast, the "Legend of Bruce Lee" directed by the famous Hong Kong director Wu Siyuan in 1976 can be said to be one of the few works of sincerity and heart.
This film is the first Bruce Lee biography film in film history that carefully portrays the life experience of this legendary Kung Fu superstar. Some of the most important and critical events in his life are like learning Wing Chun from Ye Man and founded in the United States. His own Zhenfan Guoshu Museum, , taught Jeet Kune Do, and was warned by the San Francisco martial arts circles not to accept foreigners as apprentices, including his return to Hong Kong to fight the world and become famous in one fell swoop, until his untimely death. One showed it. The author humbly believes that, in terms of the narrative pattern and the fullness of the story, it can still be regarded as the "most Bruce Lee biography film" (of course, the TV series version of "The Legend of Bruce Lee" in 2008 is not included).
The biggest difference between film and documentary is that it does not have to be based on everything.
Just like this "Legend of Bruce Lee", its focus is not on Bruce Lee’s familiar experience, but on some anecdotes other than Bruce Lee’s movies. For example, the Japanese karate master initiated Bruce Lee. Challenge;
When filming "Big Brother Tangshan", Bruce Lee watched the Muay Thai match and finally defeated the provocative Muay Thai masters; when filming "The Raptors Crossing the River", he met the Mafia to find three masters with him. Competitive competition... The plots above
have real parts, but may also have fictional parts, but it is this seamless combination of fiction and reality that can fully satisfy the audience's curiosity about Bruce Lee outside the play. On the other hand, it can also be put into the commercial nature of the film. Although
is a biographical movie, martial arts is still the top priority of this "Legend of Bruce Lee" (mainly because the audience at the time liked martial arts too much).
For this reason, Wu Siyuan invited He Zongdao, a Taiwanese actor who has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and has imitated Bruce Lee several times in movies such as "New Game of Death", "Big Brother Wing Chun" and "Raptor" The backbone of this movie.
Although He Zongdao’s appearance is not as close to the real Bruce Lee as the later Chen Guokun , he has a solid foundation in kung fu, and he has accumulated a wealth of "dragon-like" experience before, whether it is Bruce Lee’s kung fu moves. , Or his self-confidence and heroic personality characteristics, can be vividly interpreted by He Zongdao, into the woods.
In order to create a real atmosphere for the film, the "Legend of Bruce Lee" crew also revisited Bruce Lee’s footprints, using the places where he had lived and filmed as the main location, such as the University of Washington, Qihe Xiaozhu, Ancient Rome The Colosseum, and the location when Bruce Lee filmed "Big Brother Tangshan", etc.Be included in the lens again.
It can be seen that Wu Siyuan created this movie with respect to Bruce Lee and his fans.
What’s even more rare is that many people who have connections with Bruce Lee appear in this film, including his former friends Xiaoqilin and Ding Pei, as well as z2134 who have worked with Bruce Lee and Feng Yi. And so on, and Ye Zhun, the eldest son of Ye Wen, personally played his father. This is also the most precious and greatest value of this "Legend of Bruce Lee".
Feng Jingwen, Zhao Zhiling
Bruce Lee’s friend Xiaoqilin
has worked with Bruce Lee in the movie "Jingwumen" because of the various performances of Wu. The scene, so that many necessary details that can reflect Bruce Lee’s inner growth and changes have been lost. In addition to the relatively sophisticated production, the other aspects are generally at the level of ordinary Hong Kong martial arts movies at the time. If it were not because the protagonist was Bruce Lee, the film might Will be buried in the world forever.
If you are going to watch the "Legend of Bruce Lee" with the mentality of watching a documentary, you will definitely be disappointed in the end. It is better to regard this film as an "additional supplement" to understanding Bruce Lee. (Mike Crazy Talking Movie·Sha Muhong)
