EP26 - Enter The Dragon

EP26 - Enter The Dragon

Author: Dylan Davis September 11, 2021 Duration: 1:44:48
Martial artist and Hollywood actor Bruce Lee passed away a mere month before the release of his breakthrough Gung Fu film Enter the Dragon. Easily dismissed as a remake of Doctor No that rehashed a famous scene from Orson Welles’ The Lady From Shanghai, Enter the Dragon has several puzzling loopholes neither the screenwriter, editor, or director could fix. However, this Hong Kong production cashed in on Lee’s California Connections, his personalized style of Jeet Kune Do, and Lee’s absolute determination to finally make a 'western' film his way. Join Mike White of the Projection Booth Podcast as we go scene by scene and discuss how a forgone tragedy turned into not only the film Bruce Lee is most remembered for, but the seminal martial arts movie for an entire generation. If you live on the moon and have never heard of the Projection Booth Podcast, you can find it here or wherever you listen to podcasts. All music by Roziland MacPhail. You can find her here and on iTunes. WORKS CITED Works Cited Clouse, Robert. The Making of Enter the Dragon. UP 1983. Clouse, Robert. Bruce Lee: the Biography. UP 1983. Astarate, Richard John. About Chinese Cinema. Film Quarterly Vol. 62. No. 02. Winter 2008. P72-76. University of California Press. Flanagan, B. P. Kung Fu Krazy: or The Invasion of the Chop Suey Easterns’ Cineaste Vol. 6 No. 3 (1974) p8-11. Logan, Bey. Hong Kong Action Cinema. The Overlook Press. Woodstock, New York. 1995 Tiana (Thi Thanh Nga). From Wong to Woo: Asians in Hollywood. Cineaste: Race in Contemporary American Cinema. P38-39. Thomas, Bruce. Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit. Frog, Ltd. Berkeley.1994.

Dylan Davis hosts The Super 70 Podcast, a unique audio experience built for film lovers. Each episode is designed as a scene-by-scene commentary track meant to be played in sync with a specific movie, offering deep-dive analysis, behind-the-scenes trivia, and thoughtful observations you might miss on a solo viewing. Of course, you can also just enjoy the conversation on its own during a commute or while doing chores-the insights stand alone. Dylan brings the perspective of a creator himself, having written works like "FLYNN!", "Dating Virginia," "Buffalo Seine," and "Threshold." This background as a writer and a dedicated consumer of culture informs the discussions, which are less about simple review and more about engaging with film as a vital, layered art form. Tune in to this podcast for a guided tour through the details of cinema, where the focus is on understanding the craft and the choices that shape the stories on screen. It’s like having a well-informed friend in the room, pointing out the clever edits, the symbolic set design, or the narrative turns that define a film’s impact. The goal is to enrich your viewing experience and foster a deeper appreciation for the movies, one scene at a time.
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