Category Archives: born to defence

Updated Bibliography

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

I am blogging rather a lot about martial arts movies. It is not part of an academic or professional practice. It is just something I am doing for fun. And also, for fun, I read about these movies or listen … Continue reading →

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The Master – Random Thoughts

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

Starring Jet Li and Yuen Wah, directed by Tsui Hark, choreography by Yuen Wah And with a blast of nasty canto pop we are into The Master, directed by Tsui Hark, starring Jet Li and Yuen Wah, and choreographed by … Continue reading →

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Born to defence: blog no. 2

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

No, I don’t think of myself as a good director. I made the decision not to direct any more movies. Jet Li from his essay about Born to Defence, retrieved from http://jetli.com/jet/index.php?l=en&s=work&ss=essays&p=4  I really don’t think that Born to Defence … Continue reading →

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Born to defence: blog no. 1

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

…in the final analysis, I don’t think that I was a very successful director, because I did not achieve my purpose, namely, to get a lot of people to recognize my ideas or understand my point of view. Nor did … Continue reading →

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