For lovers of the Golden Age of Kung-Fu cinema, this is a completely illustrated history of the genre that inspired Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, and more. This new, expanded edition includes many more film stills and film posters, reviews and filmographies, including: * illustrated history of Hong Kong martial arts cinema, stars and directors * analysis of all 5 Bruce Lee movies * Bruce Lee biopics * the Bruce Lee Exploitation genre * Bruce Lee's life, career and mysterious death *8page color section of martial arts posters
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Jack Hunter was born in the UK and is now based in New York. He is author and editor of many cult film books, including film biographies of Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, and the book Eros in Hell: Sex, Blood and Madness in Japanese Cinema.
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‘If Bruce Lee were alive, he’d be in Kill Bill’ ‘Quentin Tarantino The ‘Golden Age’ of Hong Kong kung-fu cinema, of which Bruce Lee was the global face, flourished in the early to mid 1970s and started to fade away ‘ at least in terms of cool ‘ with the release of Drunken Master (1978) and the rise of smiley kung-fu clown Jackie Chan. The recent release of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, a tribute to the Shaw Brothers who produced the majority of kung-fu classics, has provoked fresh interest in the pre-Chan films (and their Japanese counterparts)1. Tarantino’s decision to costume Uma Thurman (playing the Bride) in a yellow, black-striped jumpsuit like Bruce Lee’s in Game Of Death is just the most obvious in a plethora of references to the Golden Age throughout the film. The other biggest connection is the casting of Gordon Liu, star of kung-fu epics like 5 Masters Of Death (1974), Shaolin Executioner (1977), and Master Killer (1978). Liu has two roles in Kill Bill, the second being that of Pai Mei, the martial arts master who fight-trains the Bride for revenge ‘ a nod to one of the staple plot pivots of the vintage kung-fu flick. The character of Pai Mei comes from Fist Of The White Lotus (1980).Other films referenced by Tarantino include Jimmy Wang Yu’s Chinese Boxer (1969) and Master Of The Flying Guillotine (1975). Chinese Boxer was not only the first full-on open-handed combat movie (as opposed to wu xia or swordfight movie) in China, but also the first where one lone fighter takes on 100 opponents and wins ‘ the blueprint for Kill Bill’s ‘Showdown In The House Of Blue Leaves’. Bodyguard Go Go Yubari’s spiked ball and chain in the same sequence is reminiscent of the ‘flying guillotine’ in Master Of The Flying Guillotine, and Tarantino also uses music from that film (Super 16 by Neu).
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Good review of kung-fu films,
This review is from: Intercepting Fist: The Films of Bruce Lee & the Golden Age of Kung Fu Cinema (Paperback)
This book takes a good look at the kung-fu movies produced overseas and the kung-fu cinema evolved over time from fantasy to realistic with Bruce Lee's movies.
Interesting read!
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