Bruce Lee
Episode description
What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly.
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Art mentioned:
- Bruce Lee Screen Test (1965) — Video
- The Children’s Paradise — Comic Book
- #2 - Hayao Miyazaki — ICONS Episode
- My Son-A-Chang — Film
- An Orphan’s Tragedy — Film
- Sins of the Father — Film
- In the Face of Demolition — Film
- The Guiding Light — Film
- #1 - 50 Cent — ICONS Episode
- The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin — Book
- The Mind, Explored — Newsletter
- The Orphan — Film
- 1000 True Fans, Kevin Kelly — Essay
- Batman — TV Series
- The Green Hornet — TV Series
- Once Upon A Time In Hollywood — Movie
- Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu — Book
- Longstreet — TV Series
- Bruce Lee Pierre Berton Interview — Video
- The Big Boss — Film
- Fist of Fury — Film
- The Way of The Dragon — Film
- Game of Death — Film
- Enter the Dragon — Film
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Chapters 00:00:00 How Bruce Lee was Found by Hollywood 00:01:41 Bruce Lee as an ICON 00:05:33 The Many Names of Bruce Lee (The Child Star) 00:18:28 Bad School Kid (Fighting) 00:25:14 Martial Arts - Wing Chun 00:38:52 Moving to the US and Cha-Cha 00:48:41 America & Teaching Wing Chun 01:02:52 What Robin was to Batman 01:13:59 Jeet Kune Do 01:21:44 Longstreet 01:29:09 The Hong Kong Films 01:41:38 Hollywood’s New Man: Enter the Dragon 01:49:54 The Passing 01:54:11 The Icon (Bruce Lee's Legacy)