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Li Xiao Long De Sheng Yu Si (1973)
Asian documentary
Since there aren't many comments of this film I decided to give one. Since I was, and still am, fascinated with the life of Bruce I started to see a couple of documentaries of him. This documentary captures his life very well although it's from an Asian point of view. No surprise since it's an Asian documentary. You see former gung-fu teachers speak, his house in Kowloon, his family history, etc. If you are interested in this, this documentary is the best out there. Especially interesting, and unique to this documentary, is the 15 minutes of footage of his funeral that you see in the beginning. No other documentary I've seen has this. It's fascinating to see. You see a lot of famous Asian faces you don't see in other documentaries, like Bolo Yeung and a very young Sammo Hung.
What I've learned, seeing a couple of Lee's documentaries, is that there isn't a best one. 'The life, the legend' focuses a lot on his life in Hong Kong, 'A Warrior's Journey' focuses more on the message Lee was trying to pass on and 'The Immortal Dragon' focuses more on his life in America. All combined gives you a pretty good picture of the life Lee had. The BEST documentary still has to be made in my opinion.
Biography: Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon (1994)
Really liked it!
Since there aren't any comments on this documentary I decided to comment on it. Also because I'm fascinated by Lee and by his documentaries. No documentary in my opinion is complete. This documentary though I found the most interesting because you see a lot of the family talking about him and explaining his way of thinking. I do have to mention that the DVD I bought of this documentary actually had 2 documentaries on it. One being 'The Immortal Dragon' and one being an E!-type program that takes an in-depth look at the Lee- family. As I don't know exactly which scenes were on which documentary I see them as one. Having said that, I really think this is the most interesting documentary since it focuses the most on Lee's private life. You see a lot of Linda Lee talking and be honest, she's the person who can tell the most interesting things about Bruce as a person and that's what fascinates me the most. If you want to know more about why everyone loves him so much I strongly suggest seeing 'A Warrior's Journey' BUT if you want to know more about the man behind the myth I think this is the best documentary. You also hear from Lee's brother and daughter. Most fascinating thing I found was when everybody talks about the death of Brandon Lee. We all know the story but here we see the family's reaction to the whole thing. Unbelievable what Linda has been through. You also see that she's re-married and that Shannon (the daughter) is also married and stars in movies. No other documentary I've seen has this stuff. Fascinating for Bruce Lee fans!