Bruce Lee

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)