【10.11.27 时代周刊】回忆李小龙 － 近代武术巨星诞辰70周年献礼
【中文标题】回忆李小龙 － 近代武术巨星诞辰70周年献礼【原文标题】Remembering Bruce Lee, A 70th-birthday tribute to the late martial-arts megastar
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小龙
文化象征、武术传奇、超级影星——这就是李小龙。他的一生如流星一般，在32岁国际事业的顶峰悲剧般地去世。李出生于1940年11月27日，旧金山唐人街杰克逊大街的医院中。在2010年，他迎来诞辰70周年的日子。
小明星
李小龙只有三个月大的时候，李一家回到香港。李在学习咏春功夫中度过了他的性格成型期，这同时也成为了他今后自身武术派别的基础。他的格斗技巧和表演课程是他最终成为一名巨星的奠基石。年轻的李似乎有与生俱来的表演天赋，到18岁的时候，他已经出演过20部香港电影。他在电影中第一个主角是祥仔。图片为1950年的影片《细路祥》。
李家之子
李对于戏剧的狂热兴趣来自他的父亲。李海泉（左）是粤剧名旦和粤语电影演员。
来到美国
1959年，李回到美国获得美国国籍，开始在华盛顿大学学习哲学。为了补贴学费，李开始教授功夫。他最终决定全身心地投入到武术中，把他的振藩国术馆开办了几家分馆。然而，李对演艺事业的热爱和他天生的魅力让他无法回避好莱坞。
首演
李的首次重大突破是他在漫画《青蜂侠》改编的电视剧中扮演凯托。尽管凯托仅仅是一个配角，但是李激动人心的武术表演抢足了风头。他演绎的凯托是如此受欢迎，以至于当这部连续剧进入香港市场的时候，名字干脆就改成了《凯托》。
截拳道
李的武术核心是他称之为“截拳道”的系统和宗旨，这种技艺最好的诠释方式为“以无法为有法”。这种技艺回避了传统的武术动作和姿势，而是采用一种更加自由的方式。用李的话来说：“水利万物而无争，近乎道。”
遭遇查克
1972年，李邀请查克•罗礼士——当年的世界空手道冠军——在《猛龙过江》中最后的高潮部分与他对决。当罗礼士问最后的冠军会是谁，答案当然是李。罗礼士在World Net Daily评论中回忆，他问李：“噢，你想要打败世界空手道冠军吗？”李回答：“不，我要杀死世界空手道冠军。”
走进幕后
在出演影片的同时，李还担任了《猛龙过江》的编剧和导演。
好莱坞的召唤
李在拍摄影片《死亡游戏》的时候，收到了华纳兄弟的邀请，制作并主演第一部港美合作影片《龙争虎斗》。
喜悦与痛苦
《龙争虎斗》在商业上获得了巨大的成功，让李进入国际巨星的行列。然而影片的成功伴随着悲痛的消息。影片上映6天之前，李因处方止痛药Equagesic引起的并发症去世。
后记
李的最后一件作品《死亡游戏》在他死后发行了，其中有他生前拍摄的镜头，也有去世后用特效制作的镜头。影片全面展示了李的截拳道武术，包括他与阿卜杜勒贾巴尔（左）的对决。
文化象征
李在事业的最高点去世，让他的形象超过了一个人，成为一种现象。他死后，无数的演员和电影公司试图利用他的成功，拍摄了很多由“离小龙”、“力小龙”主演的影片。但是，没有一部能够接近李小龙的成就。
原文：
The Little Dragon
Cultural icon, martial-arts legend, movie superstar — Bruce Lee was all this and more. His meteoric rise to international fame was met with an equally tragic death at the age of 32. Born on Nov. 27, 1940, in Jackson Street Hospital in San Francisco's Chinatown, Lee would have celebrated his 70th birthday in 2010.
Young Star
The Lees returned to their native Hong Kong when Bruce was only 3 months old. There, Lee spent his formative years learning the Wing Chun kung fu that would become the basis for his own brand of martial arts. His fighting skills, plus a few acting lessons, were the building blocks that would eventually make him a star. Theatrics came naturally to young Lee; by the time he was 18, he had already appeared in 20 Hong Kong films. His first starring role was as Kid Cheung, above, in the 1950 film The Kid.
Son of Lee
Lee's passion for the theater was passed down from his father, Lee Hoi Chuen, left, a renowned Chinese opera singer and Cantonese film actor.
Coming to America
In 1959, Lee returned to America to claim his citizenship and study philosophy at the University of Washington. To support himself during his studies, Lee began to teach kung fu — or, as he called it, gung fu (the Cantonese pronunciation). He eventually decided to completely devote himself to martial arts and opened several branches of his Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute. However, Lee's penchant for showmanship and natural charisma meant Hollywood was inevitable.
A Debut
Lee's big break came when he was cast as Kato in the television adaptation of the comic book The Green Hornet. Although Kato played a supporting role to the show's title character, Lee's breathtaking displays of martial arts quickly stole the show. The popularity of his portrayal of Kato was so overwhelming that when the series was brought to Lee's native Hong Kong, it was marketed as The Kato Show instead of its original title.
Jeet Kune Do
At the core of Lee's martial-arts skills was a system and philosophy he developed called Jeet Kune Do, or the Way of the Intercepting Fist. The art could be best described as a "style with no style," in which forms and poses practiced in traditional martial arts were eschewed for a more freestyle approach: in Lee's words, to "be formless and shapeless — like water."
Enter the Chuck
In 1972, Lee invited Chuck Norris, then the reigning world karate champion, to fight opposite him as the centerpiece of his film Return of the Dragon. When Norris asked who the victor of the match would be, the answer was obvious to Lee. In a commentary for WorldNetDaily, Norris recalled asking Lee, "Oh you're going to beat up on the current world karate champion?" Replied Lee: "No, I'm going to kill the current world karate champion."
Calling the Shots
Along with his acting duties, Lee also served as both screenwriter and director for Return of the Dragon.
Hollywood Calls
While in the middle of filming another of his projects, The Game of Death, Lee received an offer from Warner Bros. to produce and star in the first-ever Hong Kong–American film; it would become Enter the Dragon.
Success and Loss
Enter the Dragon was a critical and commercial triumph, propelling Lee into international superstardom. However, the success of the film would be bittersweet. Six days before the film's release, Lee died from complications caused by the prescription painkiller Equagesic.
An Afterword
Lee's last project, The Game of Death, would be completed posthumously with footage he had already shot and footage subsequently made with stunt doubles. The film was to be a showcase of Lee's Jeet Kune Do martial art, pitting him against "masters" like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, left.
Cultural Icon
By dying at the height of his career, Lee became more than a man — he became a phenomenon. After his death, numerous actors and film studios tried to capitalize on his success by producing knockoff films starring "Bruce Le" or "Bruce Li." None, however, could ever come close to the Bruce Lee. 超级英武 敬礼！！！
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