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The Final Game of Death

'The mysteries around its creation 'have become a vesselfor endless heated debate, 'a...

'The mysteries around its creation 'have become a vessel
for endless heated debate, 'a space in which truth and legend
have become practically indistinguishable

Full Transcript

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'The mysteries around its creation
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'have become a vessel for endless heated debate,
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'a space in which truth and legend have become practically indistinguishable.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:51
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.
'Was it a lost masterpiece by a young artist - The Final Game of Death 00:06
'Was it a lost masterpiece by a young artist
'Or was it a cursed film, - The Final Game of Death 00:08
'Or was it a cursed film,
'Now, with access to all 11 reels of footage shot for the film in 1972, - The Final Game of Death 00:14
'Now, with access to all 11 reels of footage shot for t...
(Narrator) 'It is July of 1972, - The Final Game of Death 00:07
(Narrator) 'It is July of 1972,
'He is the biggest star in Hong Kong, - The Final Game of Death 00:08
'He is the biggest star in Hong Kong,
'It was only a year prior, in the summer of 1971, - The Final Game of Death 00:21
'It was only a year prior, in the summer of 1971,
'Signing a two-picture deal with upstart company Golden Harvest, - The Final Game of Death 00:13
'Signing a two-picture deal with upstart company Golden...
'By the end of the year, he is the most famous face on the continent. - The Final Game of Death 00:06
'By the end of the year, he is the most famous face on ...
'Audiences are instantly captivated by his charismatic energy - The Final Game of Death 00:13
'Audiences are instantly captivated by his charismatic ...
'His own customised style of kung fu, which he has dubbed Jeet Kune Do, - The Final Game of Death 00:12
'His own customised style of kung fu, which he has dubb...
'Both films shatter local box office records, - The Final Game of Death 00:08
'Both films shatter local box office records,
'A big fish in a small pond - The Final Game of Death 00:15
'A big fish in a small pond
'Keen to retain their box office superstar, - The Final Game of Death 00:17
'Keen to retain their box office superstar,
'Given complete creative freedom, - The Final Game of Death 00:08
'Given complete creative freedom,
'Whereas the previous two films were formulaic revenge sagas - The Final Game of Death 00:12
'Whereas the previous two films were formulaic revenge ...
'He sets the film in Rome, and even films on location there for three weeks. - The Final Game of Death 00:07
'He sets the film in Rome, and even films on location t...
'Unhappy with Lo Wei's insistence - The Final Game of Death 00:13
'Unhappy with Lo Wei's insistence
'Bruce choreographs a climactic ten-minute fight - The Final Game of Death 00:09
'Bruce choreographs a climactic ten-minute fight
'Set amongst the ruins of the Roman Colosseum - The Final Game of Death 00:16
'Set amongst the ruins of the Roman Colosseum
'The gladiators here are not avatars for nationalistic or racial pride, - The Final Game of Death 00:14
'The gladiators here are not avatars for nationalistic ...