Bruce Lee's Return of The Dragon 2018 is a Mixture of photographs and footage.
Linda Lee interview
The 1960’s were years of massive changes and revolution in
the USA (racism, Vietnam, social revolution…)
How did you and Bruce live that time and what were yours and Bruce’s
thoughts about what was happening?
L: Well, I have to tell you again, that Bruce was just in his
twenties, and was so focused on his career path.
We didn’t really pay a lot of attention to current events.
Of course we
were aware of them.
And the Vietnam War was so close to
China and Hong Kong.
So we were aware of what was going
on - that China was closed - that we could not visit China
during those years was influential.
We didn’t really read the
newspapers or watch the news much just because we were
involved in other things, and our children were very young.
However, there were incidents that happened during that time
period, like Martin Luther King was killed, and Robert
Kennedy, and of course John F. Kennedy as well, and others.
And it all reflected on some of the themes and cultural changes
which were going on -- and the racism factor.
And then there
was the fact that Bruce experienced the negative side of racism
himself, when he was trying to make his way into the
Hollywood film scene, and you know,
like after he did the
Green Hornet, which was a terrific breakthrough for him ,
he had a great deal of trouble getting other roles in Hollywood.
And everybody knows that he was the inspiration for the TV
show that finally became
“Kung Fu”
- and should have starred
a Chinese person.
But the studios wouldn’t bank on an Asian
star at that time. And lo and behold, when we look back in
hindsight, he was instrumental in some of the ways that people
looked at different races and cultures.
C: Among the thousands of public pictures of Bruce Lee, there
aren't any pictures of your wedding day.
Is there any special
reason? Were there any photographs taken that day?
L: (Smiles and laughs) - There were no photos taken on our
wedding day - and I don’t say this with any pride at all - in
fact,
I’m kind of embarrassed, that our wedding happened kind
of suddenly - because we had planned to elope, to run away and get married.
My family would not have approved of me
marrying outside my race.
And while I have to say -- my
mother had genuine concerns for my well-being; that I might
have suffered discrimination or had a hard life marrying outside
my race.
That was the thinking then, especially for my mother’s
generation.
L: He did like the American way of life. He thought America
was a place of new ideas.
From the very beginning - the
creation of America -- and all the ideas that spring from being
an American.
As we can see over all the years - very
innovative, inventive people came from America. And so it was
a new place, a fresh place, a place where he could display his
ideas and find an avenue for their expression.
L: He loved the Chinese way of life as well. On the American
side you have - New! - Fresh! - Ideas!
In the Chinese you have
age-old wisdom, going back thousands of years, right?
So he
loved that and studied a great deal of Chinese philosophy.
He
liked the Confucian principles for a model of a way to live…
And he liked Chinese food!
“I don’t know what is the meaning of death. But I’m not
afraid to die. And I go on non-stop, going forward.
Even though I, Bruce Lee, may die someday without fulfilling all
my ambitions, I will have no regrets.
I did what I wanted to
do, and what I’ve done, I’ve done with sincerity and to the
best of my abilities. You can’t expect much more from life.”
“You know, of course I miss Bruce and always will,
but he lives within my heart, and my mind…”
Linda Lee Cadwell.
Bruce Lee's Return of The Dragon 2018
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15 сен 2024
