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The Final Game of Death

'At this point in the narrative, 'we've become well acquaintedwith James Tien's scheming...

'At this point in the narrative, 'we've become well acquainted
with James Tien's scheming ways

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'At this point in the narrative,
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'we've become well acquainted with James Tien's scheming ways.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:50:37
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Arrow Films

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Movie Summary

A brand new three-hour video essay by Arrow Films that incorporates a new 2K restoration of all two hours of Bruce Lee’s original dailies for Game of Death from a recently-discovered interpositive.
'Tien's underhand method to reach the top level - The Final Game of Death 00:09
'Tien's underhand method to reach the top level
'This links directly with two narrative plants - The Final Game of Death 00:07
'This links directly with two narrative plants
'We see a break in between the action - The Final Game of Death 00:08
'We see a break in between the action
'In the dialogue in Lee's script notes, Tien says: - The Final Game of Death 00:07
'In the dialogue in Lee's script notes, Tien says:
'Lee fails to stop Chieh from ascending the stairway, - The Final Game of Death 00:14
'Lee fails to stop Chieh from ascending the stairway,
'The violence is interrupted once again, - The Final Game of Death 00:09
'The violence is interrupted once again,
'It is here the audience will gasp and question - The Final Game of Death 00:08
'It is here the audience will gasp and question
'We obviously know that the assailant is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, - The Final Game of Death 00:14
'We obviously know that the assailant is Kareem Abdul-J...
'Some fans have speculated - The Final Game of Death 00:16
'Some fans have speculated
'In fact, we can clearly see Chieh's face in the flashes between takes, - The Final Game of Death 00:10
'In fact, we can clearly see Chieh's face in the f...
'However, he is doubled by Hwang In-shik elsewhere in this scene, - The Final Game of Death 00:14
'However, he is doubled by Hwang In-shik elsewhere in t...
'Regardless of Chieh's fate and the ease with which his dead body - The Final Game of Death 00:13
'Regardless of Chieh's fate and the ease with whic...
'And as we already know, - The Final Game of Death 00:07
'And as we already know,
'In the following sequence, we see Tien trying to sneak over to the stairway. - The Final Game of Death 00:07
'In the following sequence, we see Tien trying to sneak...
'However, he is quickly stopped and knocked down by Ji. - The Final Game of Death 00:06
'However, he is quickly stopped and knocked down by Ji.
'What follows this is another silent, humorous exchange, - The Final Game of Death 00:13
'What follows this is another silent, humorous exchange...
'Bruce Lee had many misgivings about Hong Kong's filmmaking practices, - The Final Game of Death 00:15
'Bruce Lee had many misgivings about Hong Kong's f...
'The visual rhythm was overly rehearsed and tiresome, - The Final Game of Death 00:08
'The visual rhythm was overly rehearsed and tiresome,
'His own brand of choreography was a direct reaction to this. - The Final Game of Death 00:05
'His own brand of choreography was a direct reaction to...
'Based on the ethos of his Jeet Kune Do, - The Final Game of Death 00:18
'Based on the ethos of his Jeet Kune Do,