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The Chinese Connection
Points to pay attention to while watching the film
- What traits distinguish heroes and villains in The Chinese Connection?
The villains, most notably, tend to be subservient to the point of giving up face.
- What actions, affiliations, and images mark the villains?
Actions:
Affiliations: the fucking Japanese
Images:
- What tells us that the Bruce Lee character is a hero?
- What is the importance of martial arts in this film?
Well, the conflict in the film is essentially between two schools of the martial arts. These schools individually can be said to represent other things, but martial arts is the vehicle which these other things ride upon.
- What symbolic role do they play?
- How does the camera treat Bruce Lee?
ummmm it lurves him.
- How does it convey his skills?
- What shots and what angles are used, and why?
there are a lot of rage shots of the guy. furthermore, he pretty much never looks at anyone, always to the side. oh, unless he is gloating over a kill.
One more thing: can we please discuss mustaches in this film? Only evil people have them. Always. The japanese consulate, the Russian bear, Suzuki, etc. All narsty. Why is the mustache evil? Let us study this.
Points to consider for discussion in Friday section
- What are realism, formalism and classicism?
- How do these styles correlate with specific film genres?
- What are the main stages in the development of Chinese martial arts fiction and film?
- What place does The Chinese Connection occupy within this history?