ANGLING SAXON by JOSEPH KUBY

ENTER THE DRAGON could have been different. With Warner Brothers lacking confidence of Bruce Lee carrying a film on his own, it was only natural that they would have doubts about the title of the film. In 1972, the screenplay was called BLOOD & STEEL. The title on the clapperboard from January to April 1973 was ENTER THE DRAGON, but Warner Brothers were thinking about either calling...

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT by JOSEPH KUBY

There is a lot of subtext in Bruce Lee’s movies. There is the brown suit in THE BIG BOSS and ENTER THE DRAGON symbolizing little to no action, and then there’s the implication via artwork that Nora Miao’s character in THE WAY OF THE DRAGON is a lesbian. The difference between Bruce’s seventies Hong Kong movies with and without Lo Wei is literally the difference between cats and dogs...