Quentin's new film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", which was scheduled to be released in our mainland on October 25, was urgently withdrawn on the afternoon of October 18.
The reason for the rumored withdrawal was bruce Lee's daughter Li Xiangning appealed to the Film Bureau to revise the controversial clip about his father in the film, and the final editing right of the film is Quentin, who has said that he has refused to make changes to the film.
So Pigo, who had previously successfully predicted that Spider-Man would stay in MCU, this time boldly predicted that "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" the trip to the mainland cinema was basically cold.
As a die-hard Fan of Bruce Lee and a Fan of Quentin Movies, the movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" has been paying attention to Pigo since the beginning of the promotion.
Until the film released stills and trailers, Pigo vaguely felt that the image of Bruce Lee played by Mike Mo did not fit the historical archetype.
His hairstyle is clearly from Dragon Fight, Bruce Lee had short hair when he shot "The Green Hornet" in the '60s, and in the trailer, he clashed with Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt, and although his voice was somewhat similar, he didn't speak like bruce Lee we were familiar with.
Until the movie was released in North America on July 26, Li Xiangning finally could not tolerate firing first.
At that time, she also said very politely: Bruce Lee often encountered challenges and provocations, but he always tried to avoid fighting.
In the movie, "he's an arrogant man, he becomes the one who provokes Pete," and "in reality, he wouldn't do it."
Soon after, Bruce Lee's apprentice "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar also expressed solidarity through the Hollywood Reporter's editorial article.
In the article, he recalled that Bruce Lee taught him martial arts and the principles of human behavior, saying that bruce Lee taught him the discipline and spirit of martial arts, which allowed him to play in the NBA with few injuries and eventually play for 20 years.
Finally, he believes that the "arrogant" image of Bruce Lee in Quentin's films is the prejudice that Bruce Lee has been trying to break during his lifetime, which is the most ironic place.
However, in the face of these criticisms, Quentin has launched a bull temper and has been dead to the end.
He claimed to have read a biography written by Linda Lee, which showed Bruce Lee like this.
Pig believed that Quentin should have really seen something related to Bruce Lee, and it was from these books that he produced the image of Bruce Lee in his mind, and thus fell in love with the so-called Bruce Lee "arrogance".
Pigo thinks that maybe Quentin has no malicious intentions, but he messed up this time, and the image of Bruce Lee in his mind is extremely one-sided, far from the historical archetype.
Here Pigo wants to talk in detail about the controversial plot of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and what really happened.
Since this incident fermented, some irresponsible self-media in our mainland have been taking the rhythm, using words such as "Bruce Lee was beaten" and "Bruce Lee was completely defeated", which was actually a transitional scene used by Hollywood to promote the development of the plot.
In the film, Cliff Booth crouches on the roof and recalls the scene when he was on the crew of "The Green Hornet".
Because of the verbal conflict with Bruce Lee, the two pulled apart and started to fight.
It was played for three rounds, first Bruce Lee kicked Cliff down; then Bruce Lee flew up and was caught by Cliff, threw himself into the car behind him, and knocked the car into a hollow; Bruce Lee got up and hit again, at which point he was stopped by the producer.
Because the car was hit, Cliff was disciplined and then driven away.
Quentin wanted to use this scene to show Cliff's dilemma when he was berthed, and he let Bruce Lee appear on camera by the way, wanting to rub his heat, but he didn't expect to be self-defeating.
What was Bruce Lee like at that time?
Many people should have seen the footage of him auditioning for "Charlie Chan's Eldest Son" on February 4, 1965.
In the film, Bruce Lee wears a suit, answers the interviewer's questions in fluent English, and smiles the whole time, showing a modest, polite, confident, erudite, and relaxed image.
At that time, he was only 25 years old, but he was already a mature and stable look, and the most important thing was that we did not see the slightest "arrogance" in him.
On April 29, 1959, Bruce Lee bid farewell to his family and went to study in the United States, and the following year entered the University of Washington in Seattle to study theater, philosophy and psychology.
Americans at the time only liked boxing and karate, and in Hollywood movies, Chinese was portrayed as either a lewd sick man or a villain like Fu Manchu.
In order to promote Chinese martial arts, Bruce Lee set up the "Zhen Fan Guoshu Museum" in his second year of college.
He is committed to changing the image of Asians in the minds of foreigners, breaking the stereotypes of foreigners through his own efforts, and later participating in TV series and movies, which is also the original intention.
While running the National Art Museum, Bruce Lee has repeatedly attended and performed in the "International Karate Championship", which has made him famous, and karate masters such as Chuck Norris, Joe Lewis, and Mike Stone have all entered his door.
Joe Lewis organized and launched the American professional kickboxing competition in 1970 and won 11 consecutive championships, and is revered as the "father of American kickboxing".
He once confessed that his fighting skills came from bruce Lee's true biography, whether it was Chinese, black or white, Bruce Lee was the same, and he could not achieve those achievements without Bruce Lee's careful guidance.
Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar recalls more than one encounter of provocation during Bruce Lee's lifetime, but he always politely refused, trying to avoid conflict.
Bruce Lee's first precept of the National Art Hall is not to fight until it is a last resort.
He felt that there was no need to prove himself by fighting strangers, but rather that he should change the Stereotype of Asians in the West, all of which depended on the spread of martial arts and their performance on screens.
Therefore, he seized the opportunity to gain Hollywood's attention with his superb martial arts, unique martial arts insights and sunny image.
In 1966, Bruce Lee moved to Los Angeles and starred in the role of Kato in "The Green Hornet", and later in series such as "Batman" and "Invincible Iron Detective". Although he starred in supporting roles, he always used every opportunity to try to interpret his role well.
Take the 1969 film "Marau" (also translated as "Scandal Blood"), which starred Bruce Lee's apprentice James Garner, in which he played a gangster killer "King".
Although there are not many scenes, Bruce Lee did not perfunctory, but seized the opportunity to seriously interpret the role. One of the coherent martial arts moves, a mirror in the end is not chaotic, and there is a kicking action, reminiscent of "Raptors Across the River".
In addition to the "Green Hornet" that we are familiar with, in another TV series, "Blind Pursuit", Bruce Lee got more opportunities to perform.
In the play, he plays the male protagonist Mike Longstreet's boxing teacher, and in the first episode, he has his interpretation of the way of kung fu and the teachings of boxing, and the metaphor of "water" has become a classic quotation that has been repeatedly imitated by posterity.
From his visit to the United States in 1959 to his return in 1971, Bruce Lee spent a total of 11 years in the United States.
He opened the National Art Museum, created his own truncated boxing, and used martial arts ideas, martial arts theory, and personal charm to influence and infect that generation of Americans.
Most importantly, Bruce Lee changed Western stereotypes about Asians and reinvented the image of a confident, polite, and healthy yellow man.
There are two qualities in him, both self-discipline, modesty, sincerity and open-mindedness in Chinese, and the frankness, concentration, assertiveness and courage of Westerners.
Therefore, both Chinese and Westerners can see the positive and positive side of him and be deeply infected by his temperament, which is why Bruce Lee is still remembered by the world.
Quentin has always claimed to be a Bruce Lee fan, and "Kill Bill" made Uma Thurman wear Bruce Lee's classic yellow sportsman, and he has also been a fan in our mainland, and Pig believes that many people know and like him precisely because of this movie.
But now it seems that Quentin's understanding of Bruce Lee is too superficial, even if he has shown "arrogance" in his films, and his own image cannot be compared.
While condemning Quentin, we must not forget to examine ourselves.
As far as What Pigo has seen and heard over the years, many Chinese people have all kinds of misunderstandings about Bruce Lee, some exaggerating his words and fabricating the so-called "battle record"; some regard him as an action star and a fool god; and even more to smear Bruce Lee for pleasure, which is not advisable.
Bruce Lee was only 33 years old when he died, and it took just over a decade for the world to remember his name. The ideas and theories he left behind, as well as the philosophy of doing things for people, have influenced every generation.
Stars in various fields, such as NBA legend Kobe Bryant, Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, MMA boxing champion Connor McGregor, and Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr., all claim that Bruce Lee is his idol.
Westerners are so precious and beloved of such a legendary Chinese that we should have invested more knowledge and attention in him.
Director Quentin, this time your "bad taste" may really hurt our hearts.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Bloody Dan Heart
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