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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

The history of Hong Kong martial arts cinema and its influence.

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Serge Ou

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documentary, history

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So then I started takin' kung fu moves, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

So then I started takin' kung fu moves,

- When we were trying to
learn how to make these films, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- When we were trying to learn how to make these films,

- The name of this film is
"Deadly Art of Survival." - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The name of this film is "Deadly Art of Survival.&quo...

It turns out that this was a
group of martial arts students. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

It turns out that this was a group of martial arts students.

One time there was
incredibly powerful sound - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

One time there was incredibly powerful sound

- It's fascinating to watch this - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- It's fascinating to watch this

- When you see Rocky
doing a training montage, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- When you see Rocky doing a training montage,

Martial artist, you have to
overcome all these obstacles - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Martial artist, you have to overcome all these obstacles

- Every stage he needs to
overcome a different challenge. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Every stage he needs to overcome a different challenge.

- He works his way through
all chambers, one through 35. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- He works his way through all chambers, one through 35.

- This is about a hot headed young kid - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- This is about a hot headed young kid

- But also for the kung fu style which - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- But also for the kung fu style which

- The masterpiece in that
movie is when the wine shop, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The masterpiece in that movie is when the wine shop,

- "Dirty Ho" is like almost
like the ultimate example - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- "Dirty Ho" is like almost like the ultimate exam...

The great thing that they do
is find the angles that work. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

The great thing that they do is find the angles that work.

- So when I'm watching
a Shaw Brother film, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- So when I'm watching a Shaw Brother film,

In Lau Kar-leung pictures
where guys were doing 30 - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

In Lau Kar-leung pictures where guys were doing 30

This like eagle claw versus
tiger versus panther. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

This like eagle claw versus tiger versus panther.

- Bruce Lee gave the
world the idea of kung fu - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Bruce Lee gave the world the idea of kung fu

- And throughout the 70's the really - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- And throughout the 70's the really

- The public want changes and
will have to inject new ideas. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The public want changes and will have to inject new ideas.

- Well pal,
this south China seaport - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Well pal, this south China seaport

- The African American community were - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The African American community were

- You have all these black
guys, cool, fighting the man - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- You have all these black guys, cool, fighting the man

- You have a string of movies where people - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- You have a string of movies where people

Sometimes I would cut five
carrots on five people's throats - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Sometimes I would cut five carrots on five people's thr...

- When I saw "The Black Dragon"
movies I was just like wow, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- When I saw "The Black Dragon" movies I was just ...

You see all these guys doin' kung fu - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

You see all these guys doin' kung fu

- It breaks my heart
because he was so hurt - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- It breaks my heart because he was so hurt

- Jim Kelly was someone that
I looked up to very highly. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Jim Kelly was someone that I looked up to very highly.

- When those Golden Harvest movies - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- When those Golden Harvest movies

There was no way the movie
could work for any market - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

There was no way the movie could work for any market

So, that is how we basically choreographed - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

So, that is how we basically choreographed

Sammo and I were able to communicate - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Sammo and I were able to communicate

- The next stage on
our tour is Ayers Rock, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The next stage on our tour is Ayers Rock,

He doesn't speak a word of English - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

He doesn't speak a word of English

There's Sammo being taken to - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

There's Sammo being taken to

And maybe it would be fun to
have a Chinese "Dirty Harry" - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

And maybe it would be fun to have a Chinese "Dirty Harr...

I made relationships there and I said - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

I made relationships there and I said

- And I totally understand
that some people may feel - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- And I totally understand that some people may feel

- "Fist of Fear," "Touch of Death," - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- "Fist of Fear," "Touch of Death,"

Three of them actually had
the real Bruce Lee in them. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Three of them actually had the real Bruce Lee in them.

And it reminds you what it is when - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

And it reminds you what it is when

- Watching it makes you uncomfortable - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Watching it makes you uncomfortable

- Right side by side with
the real thing itself. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Right side by side with the real thing itself.

And used him wearing a paper
Bruce Lee mask in some scenes - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

And used him wearing a paper Bruce Lee mask in some scenes

- Raymond Chow hired a poor Korean guy - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Raymond Chow hired a poor Korean guy

After telling Bruce Lee's widow - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

After telling Bruce Lee's widow

Added some sound effects,
some other things. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Added some sound effects, some other things.

I knew how to use to the reel to reel - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

I knew how to use to the reel to reel

He said, a great idea but I don't think - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

He said, a great idea but I don't think

Nevertheless, the distributors counted - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Nevertheless, the distributors counted

- A veritable popping zits worth of movies - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- A veritable popping zits worth of movies

They were coming out of the woodwork - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

They were coming out of the woodwork

- You had Korean Bruce Lee impersonators, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- You had Korean Bruce Lee impersonators,

- The late Bruce Lee must rank - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The late Bruce Lee must rank

- You can
learn from his strengths - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- You can learn from his strengths

Bruce Lee was just this character on film - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Bruce Lee was just this character on film

- He died and he got stuck in time. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- He died and he got stuck in time.

In America, "Enter The Dragon" of course - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

In America, "Enter The Dragon" of course

- In Hong Kong 50,000
people filled the streets. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- In Hong Kong 50,000 people filled the streets.

- So the studios knew that
there was money to be made, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- So the studios knew that there was money to be made,

One was a Farrah Fawcett
in a red bathing suit - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

One was a Farrah Fawcett in a red bathing suit

After I watched his films, I thought, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

After I watched his films, I thought,

- When we did "Enter The Dragon" it was - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- When we did "Enter The Dragon" it was

- These films are now
out grossing U.S. films, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- These films are now out grossing U.S. films,

They're stuck to the floor
with old Coca Cola. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

They're stuck to the floor with old Coca Cola.

- In real slimy theatres
but it was total pure fun. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- In real slimy theatres but it was total pure fun.

And instead of subgum chow
mein let's make her Judy Lee, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

And instead of subgum chow mein let's make her Judy Lee...

Well, what do I do with
this female character? - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Well, what do I do with this female character?

We would find that they - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

We would find that they

- The first martial art movie I saw - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The first martial art movie I saw

- There were big ads
forward in the papers, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- There were big ads forward in the papers,

- It had been picked up by Warner Brothers - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- It had been picked up by Warner Brothers

Golden Harvest understood
there was a world out there. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Golden Harvest understood there was a world out there.

It's grossed over 60
million dollars worldwide. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

It's grossed over 60 million dollars worldwide.

- The fight scene is considered - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The fight scene is considered

How can I change my
strategy and my mindset - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

How can I change my strategy and my mindset

The good guy's getting hammered, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

The good guy's getting hammered,

- The fight with Chuck Norris, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- The fight with Chuck Norris,

- Learn everything you can from - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Learn everything you can from

- Uncle Bruce, one of the reasons why - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- Uncle Bruce, one of the reasons why

He wants to direct, write
and star in his own movie. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

He wants to direct, write and star in his own movie.

He was gonna stand up to these forces - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

He was gonna stand up to these forces

- And I think seeing somebody - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- And I think seeing somebody

Everyone likes to see the
oppressed get, you know, rise up. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Everyone likes to see the oppressed get, you know, rise up.

- A strong proud Chinese man, - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- A strong proud Chinese man,

Our Hong Kong audiences
were enjoying seeing - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Our Hong Kong audiences were enjoying seeing

- In the second there's a scene - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

- In the second there's a scene

The Bruce Lee and his tribe
was the same as our tribe. - Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

The Bruce Lee and his tribe was the same as our tribe.

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks poster

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The history of Hong Kong martial arts cinema and its influence.

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Director: Serge Ou

Writer: Grady Hendrix

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Sep 2019

Awards: 1 nomination total

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