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The Legend of Bruce Lee is a 2008 Chinese biographical television series based on the life story of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. The 50-episode series was produced and broadcast by CCTV and began airing on October 12, 2008. It was intended to promote Chinese culture alongside the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
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THE IMMORTAL This ‘Legend of Bruce Lee’ series has gone a full circle. Apart from his martial art achievements, which is considered a heretic by the Chinese, he has uplifted their screen stature. Joseph Campbell says about immortality, "I’ve lost a lot of friends, and my parents and all, and a realization that has come to me very, very keenly is that I haven’t lost them, that that moment when I was with them had an…More
THE PUZZLE OF THE ‘GAME OF DEATH’ Like how the director has hinted with ‘Little Dragon’ on episode 1 of the series, the mystery of not going up that final flight of stairs after beating the giant guardian can be answered. One can visually see clearly that Bruce Lee’s character appears lethargic and at the end of his bodily life while descending down the staircase. He is also at the same time answering a call from ou…More
After finishing this 50 episodes monster in October (45 minutes per episode), I sat and think about Pak Hassan Muthalib’s email to me and a few others a month before, suggesting us all check this one out for semiotics. I was not so sure then, THE DESCENT FROM HEAVEN Until soon after I rewatched the first episode and the main protagonist’s (Bruce Lee played brilliantly by Danny Chan) first appearance is by coming dow…More