It introduced America to Lee and the martial arts genre.
wouldn’t get to see these films until years later, which is why Lee’s Way of the Dragon was so significant and influential. While some fans in Hong Kong and a few other select countries were lucky enough to see Lee early on in The Big Boss in 1971, the Shaw Brothers’ One Armed Swordsman in 1967 and King Boxer aka Five Fingers of Death in 1972, fans in the U.S. Set in Rome, Way of the Dragon was written, produced and directed by Lee himself and it, arguably, could be considered the birth of the martial arts film genre and instigator of the martial arts craze which would capture both Hollywood and inner city America over the following decades. So six years after watching Kato beat up the bad guys alongside the show’s namesake (played by Van Williams) on TV, we finally got to see Bruce Lee on the silver screen as Tang Lung in Way of the Dragon. Although martial arts fans in Hong Kong saw him on the big screen in The Big Boss in 1971, American film fans wouldn’t get to see that movie until 1973. first saw Lee in the TV show The Green Hornet in 1966 as Kato. WATCH- The Shadow League’s 45th Anniversary Tribute to Bruce Lee’s “Way of the Dragon”įans in the U.S. theaters on August 14th, 1972 in Way of the Dragon, an entire culture in inner city America was born. His name is Bruce Lee and when he hit U.S. In the 1970’s, a future icon emerged whose cultural significance, especially when it comes to communities of color, is undeniable. In film, there are figures who wield influence and hold an important meaning irrespective of physical appearance, language or background. Pop culture has given us many iconic names, names of those who have created something special which has influenced and inspired despite their absence, experience or difference.
debut remains a stop-what-you’re-doing-and-watch film to this day.
0 kommentar(er)
