The author of this article: Grand Duke Petropavlovsk of Habsburg
Bruce Lee made four and a half movies in his life, "Brother Tangshan", "Fist of Fury", " Across the River " " Enter the Dragon" ", and half of "The Game of Death", which one is the best?
Let’s not mention the unfilmed “Game of Death” here, because no one knows what it really looked like. Just comparing the four finished products, which one is the best? Many people think
is "The Dragon Crossing the River" .
Indeed, I thought so too at one time, because "Crossing the Dragon" felt so good at first glance.
has a very relaxed rhythm, coupled with Bruce Lee's funny and handsome expression, and his venting of anger by beating up foreign devils, it gives people a very refreshing feeling.
But that's just a first look.
If you look closely, the problem is huge.
The first thing is the problem of human resources . As I said above, the film only has three masters who know kung fu, and they are all foreigners. As far as the film is concerned, the only one who can make a difference is Luo Lishi .
Xiao Qilin , as the film's titular martial arts instructor, actually only gets beaten in the film, and the beatings are so ugly that he has no skills at all. We are used to seeing high-level beating scenes such as Married Man's Martian and Lu Huiguang. The person feels quite unwell.
In this movie, Bruce Lee is all in and abuses vegetables . Of course, because this dish is watercress, it does have a very refreshing effect when you first watch it. It is a racial bonus. If you watch it a second time like this, you will find the problem. .
A high-level duel seems to be missing quite a bit.
is fun to watch, but will make you tired of . The reason why the tricks look good is because they are back and forth, hurting each other, and they are evenly matched, so they have momentum.
kills the enemy instantly and kills the enemy with one move. It is good to watch, but the aesthetic fatigue also comes faster.
What's more, compared to the tense and exciting scene in "Fist of Fury" in which Chen Zhen singled out the entire dojo and was surrounded by people, the back alley abuse in "The Way of the Dragon" is much harder to do. Several big men actually came forward one by one, without even the most basic tension.
All this is due to human resources problems. Bruce Lee did not get the best dragon and tiger martial arts in Hong Kong, and he didn't even get the inferior ones.
just get Liu Yong is of use.
That’s why there were rumors that Lin Zhengying and Chen Huiyi were Bruce Lee’s most important right-hand men.
is precisely because of their absence this time. Only then did I see how important these "opponents" who were responsible for being beaten were.
The second problem is the script.
Let’s not mention the scripts shot in Hollywood. Just talk about "Brother Tangshan", "Fist of Fury" and "Enter the Dragon". The script of "Enter the Dragon" should be the worst one. Somewhat too simplistic. Bruce Lee had this problem with the main plot. The distribution of lines and the proportion of appearances of various characters in the branch plot seemed very messy.
The role of Tang Long is not fleshed out enough either. There are only two shining points, one is the comedy performance without dialogue at the beginning, and the other is the line when Miao Kexiu accompanied Miao Kexiu to visit the city of Rome. Bruce Lee looked at the city of Rome and said arrogantly, "There are many broken houses in the New Territories."
You must know that it is Rome where Audrey Hepburn 's classic " Roman Holiday " is located.
In fact, if this point is fully utilized and sublimated, it can effectively enrich the character of Tang Long.
But "The Dragon Crossing the River" does not have it. If this point is just a harmless joke, it would be a bit of a waste.
On the contrary, the back-to-back confession scenes between Bruce Lee and Miao Kexiu in "Fist of Fury" directed by Luo Wei are very good.
It can be said that there is no such scene in "The River of the Dragon".
This is the problem with the script. Considering that the script was written by Bruce Lee himself, it is already good to film it like this for the first time.
Similarly, this is also the first time that he has directed and acted. If you really want to compare his directing skills with a million-dollar director like Luo Wei, you have to admit that his is indeed more mature than .
What’s more, the crew of “Enter the Dragon” actually had a rough time.
Bruce Lee has all the power, and his decision is the direction of the movie.
But here's the problem.
Why is the role of Tang Long so thin? Why is it that Miao Kexiu, the princess of Jiahe who was finally snatched from Luo Wei, is so incompatible with Tang Long in the plot? Why can't they get along well in the plot?
Could it be because the screenwriter and director don’t want to?
You will definitely ask, aren’t the screenwriter and director Bruce Lee himself? What do you mean?
because I get a message.
is Dingpei .
was deeply involved during the filming of "The River".
She flew to Rome. I don’t know whether it was a short-term visit or a full-time escort. But it is said that Bruce Lee’s hairstyle was designed by Ding Pei himself. Comparing the hairstyles of the two people, it is very likely that they are dressed as a couple.
This is not what I said. The paparazzi and media in Hong Kong were paying close attention at that time. There is even a saying that "long hair is cut for you".
"I will cut my long hair, and
I will keep my short hair.
My hairstyle will never change,
to show that we will stay together forever."
This also caused great trouble to Bruce Lee, who was a director for the first time. The pressure doubles.
So, why did you rush to grab the seedlings and ?
Many years later, Ding Pei was interviewed and once said frankly, I don’t know why Bruce Lee didn’t like Miao Kexiu, but he liked me, a “flying girl”.
What am I implying? You can understand it.
Ding Pei is no ordinary woman. She was born in Beijing on February 19, 1947. Her original name was Tang Meili. She moved to Taiwan with her family when she was two years old. My grandfather Bao Yulin was the chief of the Peking Police Department, and my uncle was Zhang Xueliang.
Of course, Bruce Lee’s family background is not bad either. His grandfather Li Zhenbiao was a famous escort in Foshan, his father Li Haiquan was a famous Cantonese opera actress. His grandfather's name was Ho Tung , who was the first richest man in Hong Kong. The Ho Qidong family he founded was the most prominent family in Hong Kong during the British period. Well, Ho Tung, formerly known as Ho Qidong. He Qidong has two younger brothers, the second brother is named He Qifu. He Qifu ( He Fu ) has a son named He Shiguang, and He Shiguang also has a son named Stanley Ho . Well, it’s the Stanley Ho that everyone knows, the drug king of Macau. He Qidong's third brother was named He Qitang, and later changed his name to He Gantang. This He Gantang is Bruce Lee's grandfather. Yes, Bruce Lee and Stanley Ho are very close cousins, cousins of gambling kings.
replied that Ding Pei didn’t like reading when she was a child, but she was keen on dancing, and her mother supported her interest. According to our experience, girls who don’t study hard and like dancing and socializing are basically too young. The same is true for Ding Pei. She got involved in society early and became a "flying girl". She joined the Bamboo Union Gang and became the eldest sister of the gang. Later, when he entered the society and joined Shaw Brothers, he took the stage name Ding Pei.
What is "Flying Girl"? Have you seen " Days of Being Wild "? The so-called Ah Fei is a little hooligan in southern slang, the kind of person who wears fancy clothes all day long and is of low quality. It's just that Wong Kar-wai sublimated the concept of Ah Fei into a person who looks normal on the outside and is wild on the inside. The image of literary youth. Ding Pei's self-proclaimed "flying girl" has returned to normalcy, that is, a female Ah Fei, a gangster who is a promiscuous gangster, and a female hooligan who does not hesitate to get along.
As an actor, Ding Pei is not that famous. Because the reputation of the Bamboo Union Gang is so bad, no one dares to easily find her to act in a movie, let alone the protagonist, unless the director is very awesome and can suppress her, or even rely on her power. " Call Girl " directed by Long Gang is one of the few films in which she starred. It was also a hit at the box office, second only to "Enter the Dragon" of the same year. This is Ding Pei's few film glory.
Okay, having said that, now let’s get serious.
That's Bruce Lee's movie, or Kung Fu philosophy.
"Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury" are indeed very exciting. Their left-wing patriotic concepts focus on class antagonism and national sentiment. Bruce Lee should agree, but what he wanted to express himself should not be that profound.
Bruce Lee's thoughts are actually very simple, the kind of martial arts thoughts of a martial artist. After all, he graduated from the University of Washington with a major in philosophy and has the ability to elevate martial arts concepts to a philosophical level.
certainly has patriotism. This aroused his strong opposition when he was set as a British agent in the Hollywood movie "Enter the Dragon" because Hong Kong was a British colony, and at that time, the British colonization of Hong Kong had a bad reputation. Well, Bruce Lee strongly opposed this setting, which was taken for granted by American film producers.
shows that he is patriotic and he is also an American, but he also knows where his roots are.
In his heart, what he wanted to express more was martial arts thoughts rather than messy politics.
At the same time, he was also deeply aware of the problems of "The Dragon Crossing the River", so in his new film "Yellow Faced Tiger", he found Korean Aikido masters Ji Hanzai, Huang Inshu , and My own disciple Kareem Abdul-Jabbar . We are very serious about trying to solve the problem of miscellaneous soldiers mistreating food, hoping to create a high-end game with in-depth exchanges between martial artists.
shows that he doesn’t know what the problem is.
But, what is the price?
Who would have thought that the project he really wanted to shoot only existed in prototype, and a generation of giants passed away quietly.
At that time, even "Enter the Dragon" had not yet been released.
How did Bruce Lee die? What does it have to do with Ding Pei?
Let’s continue chatting tomorrow.
Overture: Bruce Lee created an era, but unfortunately he did not belong to that era
Part One: How did Bruce Lee rise?
Part 2: "Brother Tangshan" lacks martial arts and is not the style Bruce Lee wanted
Part 4: The establishment of the dragon, let's talk about Bruce Lee's style and participation in "Fist of Fury"
Extra 1: Chinese superhero Chen Zhen, Bruce Lee version and Donnie Yen version on the pros and cons
Part 5: After "Fist of Fury", how did Bruce Lee establish Concord Film Company?
Part 6: Bruce Lee and "Enter the Dragon", things behind the scenes that most people don't know
Part 7: How Bruce Lee conquered the world in his only Hollywood production "Enter the Dragon"
Part 8: Bruce Lee The greatest work is "The Game of Death", which was only 1/3 shot.
Extra 2: Bruce Lee's action movie. Most people have never heard of
