Bruce Lee's number one fan: Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow won the 2 1 Hong Kong Golden Awards, and the first person to thank is his idol Bruce Lee.
It is difficult for us to make textual research on various external influences. As far as movies are concerned, there are still an endless stream of filmmakers from all over the world who cherish the memory of Bruce Lee in their works, and king of comedy and Stephen Chow are the first to bear the brunt. Bruce Lee's influence on Stephen Chow's films is obvious. Stephen Chow is not an action actor, but he has always regarded Bruce Lee as the benchmark of his career. The silhouette of Bruce Lee often appears in each of his works. In Descendants of the Dragon, Stephen Chow plays Zhou Xiaolong, while Yuan Wah, who plays his father, claims to be Bruce Lee's younger brother, so Stephen Chow calls Bruce Lee a teacher in the film.
In Stephen Chow's new Jingwumen, gamblers, martial arts champions Su, king of comedy, shaolin soccer, Kung Fu, Changjiang No.7, etc., you can see the traces of Bruce Lee's screen style. It is no exaggeration to say that Bruce Lee has been living in Stephen Chow's movies. The opening music of kung fu movies is to copy the soundtrack of Bruce Lee's Jingwumen. In shaolin soccer, Chen Guokun's goalkeeper and sportswear with yellow background and black stripes are Bruce Lee's classic appearances in The Game of Death, which have also appeared in many Chinese and foreign movies. Stephen Chow's most sincere gratitude to Bruce Lee was that Stephen Chow won the Best Actor Award for his "shaolin soccer" at the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony. The first person he thanked was Bruce Lee.
There are countless domestic TV dramas that imitate the classic style of Bruce Lee. In addition to the upcoming legend of bruce lee starring Chen Guokun, there is also a series drama Dragon in the Jianghu starring Wu Dawei, both of which are based on the story of Bruce Lee's brilliant life. The movie "Dragon Crossing the River" starring Zhou Wenjian is an alternative memory of Bruce Lee's spirit. Although the effect is average, the sincerity is commendable.
Donnie Yen, an action movie star, once appeared in the TV series Jingwumen. Donnie Yen's behavior and martial arts design in the film are all imitations of Bruce Lee's film version of Jingwumen. Donnie Yen is also considered to be the actor closest to Bruce Lee's temperament. Donnie Yen recently appeared in the movie "Biography of Ip Man", in which he played the legend of Bruce Lee's mentor-Wing Chun master IP Man.
Jackie Chan, an international superstar, often pays tribute to Bruce Lee in his works. At the beginning of Jackie Chan's debut, he made a guest appearance in Bruce Lee's films "Jingwumen" and "enter the dragon", and was regarded as the opposite of Bruce Lee's screen. Luo Wei, the director of "Tangshan Big Brother", is going to promote Jackie Chan as Bruce Lee's successor. 1978, Jackie Chan made the film "New Jingwumen", in which Jackie Chan constantly imitated Bruce Lee's kicking and nunchakus, but the effect of the film was not satisfactory. Jackie Chan finally found a suitable screen style on his own, but Bruce Lee often appeared in Jackie Chan's films. For example, in the movie theater war in "City Hunter", Jackie Chan defeated the enemy on the screen according to Bruce Lee's moves, and did not forget to say "Brother Long, thank you."
Sammo Hung is also a staunch supporter of Bruce Lee. When Sammo Hung made his debut, he often made a guest appearance in Bruce Lee's films. There is a classic showdown at the beginning of enter the dragon. There was a rumor that Bruce Lee and Sammo Hung had a little contest. Sammo Hung recalled that Bruce Lee's footwork caught him off guard. Bruce Lee's last work, The Game of Death, was also written by Sammo Hung. Sammo Hung's deepest tribute to Bruce Lee is that in the movie "Flying Dragon Crossing the River", he imitated the classic scenes in Bruce Lee's works and reinterpreted them through comedy, which is considered as a well-meaning spoof.
In the world film circle, Bruce Lee's influence is far-reaching, especially after China Chinese action actors and martial arts directors entered Hollywood, Bruce Lee's kung fu charm was implanted in Hollywood movies. For example, in "The Matrix", Yuan Heping is the martial arts instructor, and many of the martial arts movements of Neo are imitated by Bruce Lee. In the films such as Charlie's Angel and Kill Bill, which are also directed by Yuan Heping Ren Wu, we can see the character of Bruce Lee's action films. Quentin tarantino, the director of Kill Bill, is a kung fu movie fan himself. He specially designed a set of black striped sportswear with a yellow background for the heroine uma thurman, paying tribute to Bruce Lee in appearance.
In terms of biographical films, Hollywood has also produced many documentaries and biographical films in memory of this kung fu superstar, such as Bruce Lee: A Lost Interview, Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey, Bruce Lee-The Immortal Dragon and so on. , are documentaries of great research value. 1993, Universal Studios also spent money to shoot The Biography of Bruce Lee, starring the new star Jason Scott Lee. The film's response is not great, because Bruce Lee's martial arts charm can't be displayed by ordinary people.
On the anniversary of Bruce Lee, there are many activities to commemorate Bruce Lee all over the world. In addition to 1993' s lifetime achievement award awarded to Bruce Lee on the 20th anniversary of his death, the "Star of the Century" award was awarded in 2005, and his daughter Li Xiangning accepted the award on behalf of her father.
On June 27th, 2005, on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Bruce Lee's birth, a bronze statue of Bruce Lee with the scale of 1: 1 was also unveiled on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong, in recognition of this superstar's efforts for Hong Kong films. The day before, a bronze statue of Bruce Lee created by local artist Ivan Ficolic was also unveiled in Mostar, a city in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mostar was severely damaged in the Bosnian War in 1990s. The bronze statue of Bruce Lee erected in this city is a symbol against apartheid, which is accepted by all ethnic groups in this city. Ivan Ficolic hopes to inspire people to rebuild their homes after the war with Bruce Lee's martial arts spirit of self-improvement.
No matter when and where, Bruce Lee's name will always be evoked, but his short life has left too many memories worthy of our treasure. Bruce Lee's spirit will not die, and his films will live forever.
Birth:1940165438+1October 27th.
Died on:1July 20th, 973.
Zodiac: Dragon
He studied at La Salle College in Hong Kong.
Watching movies at the age of 7,/kloc-practicing martial arts at the age of 0/3.
Introduction to Kung Fu: Wing Chun Boxing
Father: Li Haiquan (Famous and Ugly Cantonese Opera)
Mother: He Jintang (Eurasian)
Lady: Linda.
Son: Brandon Lee (died accidentally while filming)
Daughter: Li Xiangning (from the movie)
Bruce Lee has a brother, a brother and two sisters.
Bruce Lee, accompanied by his son Brandon Lee, rests in the lakeview cemetery in Seattle, USA.
Five masterpieces:
Tangshan Big Brother (197 1 year)
Jingwumen (1972)
Raptors crossing the river (1972)
Longjin (1973)
The Game of Death (1973) Bruce Lee as a teenager.
Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco and spent his childhood and adolescence in Hongkong. Bruce Lee was very thin when he was young. His father taught his son to practice Tai Ji Chuan when he was seven years old, because he was very strong. /kloc-at the age of 0/3, Bruce Lee studied Wing Chun Boxing with the master IP Man system, and set up a stake at home, practicing diligently against the stake every day. In addition, he also practiced Hongquan, Baihe Boxing, Tan Leg, Shaolin Boxing, Poke Foot and other boxing methods, which laid a solid foundation for later creating Jeet Kune Do.
In order to improve the level of martial arts, Bruce Lee not only learned China's boxing, but also learned western boxing. When attending the western boxing training class, he bought a documentary about the boxing match of world champion Louis with his pocket money, from which he learned the footwork, posture, boxing and training methods of the champion. He also often participates in boxing competitions inside and outside the school, constantly enriching his actual combat experience. Go to the United States for further study and establish Jeet Kune Do.
/kloc-at the age of 0/8, Bruce Lee decided to leave Hongkong to study in the United States.
Bruce Lee's life in Seattle is quite hard. After he entered the university, he devoted all his energy to studying martial arts besides studying. He organized a "China Kung Fu Team" at school, and often trained and performed on campus, which won unanimous praise from teachers and students.
1964, the United States held a national karate competition in California. Bruce Lee, then only 24 years old, swept all the contestants and won the championship.
Through continuous improvement, Bruce Lee gradually became proficient in Kung Fu and even reached a higher level. Among them, "Li", "Cunquan" and "Hooking Hands" are his unique skills.
Bruce Lee is a generalist. In addition to being proficient in all kinds of boxing, he is also good at various instruments such as long sticks, short sticks and nunchakus, and also learns qigong and hard work.
Starting from actual combat, based on China Wushu, Bruce Lee absorbed the advantages and specialties of western boxing, karate, taekwondo and Thai boxing, and summed up years of experience to create a boxing method-Jeet Kune Do. Set up a museum, widely teach students and promote real kung fu.
In order to promote China Wushu, Bruce Lee rented a corner of a parking lot on campus in his sophomore year and hung the sign of "Fan Zhen National Art Museum". He practiced while teaching, worked hard and made great progress in technology, especially in leg skills.
In Guo, he met a female medical student who came to study martial arts. After more than a year of contact, they gradually developed feelings. 1In August, 964, they formally got married. After marriage, Bruce Lee and his wife both dropped out of school and started a martial arts school together.
Since the news that Bruce Lee subdued four knife-wielding gangsters in Chinatown, Florida, and bravely saved a girl from China was reported in newspapers, Bruce Lee's name has spread all over the United States, and TV stations such as Florida have invited him to perform leg skills, and China Kung Fu has attracted much attention. And the Fan Zhenguo Art Museum he founded has gradually flourished. In order to expand his influence, Bruce Lee often participated in martial arts competitions in various places, and successively set up martial arts branches and apprentices in Seattle, Oakland and Los Angeles. The scale and equipment of Wushu Museum are constantly improving, and many outstanding Wushu stars in the world, such as American karate champion Rolex, are vying to worship him as a teacher, and famous Hollywood movie stars such as James Henping and Steve are his disciples. World champion Ali also paid a visit to exchange experiences with him. American boxers of various factions often gather in the martial arts school in Bruce Lee to learn martial arts, and his aim of "making friends with martial arts" has achieved the expected results. Set foot in the film industry, kung fu shocked the world.
In the early 1970s, a wave of China Kung Fu movies swept the world. Bruce Lee's resounding name shocked the whole world.
197 1 In the summer of, Bruce Lee accepted the invitation of Hongkong Le Jia Film Company and made a movie with the theme of China martial arts, named "Big Brother in Tangshan". The film set the highest box office record since the opening of Hong Kong, reaching HK$ 3 million.
After Brother Tangshan, Bruce Lee filmed Jingwumen, which caused a greater sensation. Bruce Lee's fearless spirit and amazing fighting skills in the film, especially his performances in Li and Lie Quan, are full of praise. Since then, Bruce Lee set up Concord Film Company, wrote, directed and acted in the films "The Raptor Crossing the River" and "The Game of Death", and co-produced "enter the dragon" with Warner Film Company of the United States, and personally starred in the leading role. Rowen's sudden death is still increasing.
Just as Bruce Lee was ambitious to finish filming The Game of Death, 1973 died suddenly in Hongkong on July 20th at the age of 33 due to drug allergy.
Because of his outstanding contributions to martial arts and movies, Bruce Lee was rated as one of the seven greatest martial artists in the world by the international authoritative martial arts magazines Black Belt 1972 and 1973. 1972 was also rated as one of the top ten stars in Hong Kong. American newspapers praised him as "forbidden kingdom", Japanese people called him "the saint of martial arts", and Hong Kong newspapers praised him as "a wizard in the history of contemporary China martial arts and movies". In the United States, Japan, Britain, Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and other countries or regions, various magazines and special issues commemorating Bruce Lee were published at the same time, calling him "the most effective person to promote China Wushu".
Bruce Lee is versatile, both literary and martial arts. Whenever he practices martial arts, he is immersed in the study of martial arts theory and training methods. Before his death, he left seven martial arts notes and six manuscripts: Jeet Kune Do, Research on Jeet Kune Do, Kung Fu Record, Two-stage Stick Technique, Illustration of Bruce Lee Boxing (English version) and Bruce Lee Martial Arts Techniques (English version). Martial arts magazines all over the world are still studying and introducing his martial arts, and martial arts lovers all over the world still admire him. Looking back on Bruce Lee's life as a martial arts legend in China, people will always miss his sincere heart of loving the Chinese nation, inspiring its spirit and yearning for its prosperity.