What happened in Hong Kong cinema during the 1970s beyond Bruce Lee and the New Wave movement: Michael Hui, Jackie Chan, the rise of kung fu and sex movies, and more

The 1970s are usually defined by the phenomenal success of Bruce Lee at the start of the decade, and the Hong Kong New Wave at the end. But a lot happened in between. Here we take a look at the “other” 1970s. … Continued

Forget Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Lee had only praise from martial arts community – what Jackie Chan, Wong Kar-wai, Chang Cheh and others said about him 

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Jackie Chan tried to imitate Lee even down to using his famous shriek. Legendary martial arts director Chang Cheh respected Lee for using ‘brawn and brain’ Wong Kar-wai believed Lee ‘came at the right time, with the right talents’, while … Continued

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