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Jet
Li's Fearless,
2006, 104 minutes, Rated PG-13
By Marona Lowe
Jet Li’s Fearless explores the life and
legend of Huo Yuanjia in China at the start of the 20th century. Jet
Li stars as the icon that survived personal tragedy and built a
martial arts legacy that focused on sports competition rather than
violent confrontation. MORE >>>
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© 2006 Rogue Pictures
Jet Li in Jet Li's Fearless
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Sliced
and diced to hold the attention of Western audiences, Jet Li’s
Fearless shamefully omits
Michelle Yeoh’s appearance in Huo Yuan Jia, the overseas
extended version of the film. As re-packaged, the film provides a
cursory exposition of aspects of Huo Yuanjia’s personal journey amid
cultural upheaval. Featuring shocking scenes of both brutality and
artistry, Jet Li’s Fearless is, nevertheless, an intriguing story of
wanton hubris transformed into technical and spiritual reverence.
M
September 2006
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Motivation?
I loved making this movie because of Jet. Jet Li is the only one in
the world that can both act and perform traditional Chinese Wushu…Jet
has such good technique, but he understands the philosophy. He
totally understands that Chinese Wushu is not really about the
technique and the movement. You have to embrace the body, mind and
soul.
Ronny Yu (September 15, 2006, Jet Li's Fearless Press Junket)
Jet Li
Fighting Competition?
Jet is known to not pull any punches. In this film, I wanted really
long takes. I wanted 10 blows rather than 2 exchanges and cut. That
means that the other party has to understand and has to practice the
same style otherwise they would never match. It’s easy to find
somebody who is good, but they look ugly. It’s a movie; you need to
have some charisma!
That’s why I decided on this Japanese actor
Shido Nakamura. Nakamura doesn’t know anything about martial arts,
but he grew up on the stage – kabuki – so he understands about
movement. We trained him for 2 months because he had this basic
knowledge about movement and understands about where the camera is.
Everyone thinks he’s a fantastic martial artist. He’s not; he’s a
good actor!
Ronny Yu (September 15, 2006, Jet Li's Fearless Press Junket)
Last
Martial Arts Epic?
This movie gave me the room to talk about all my beliefs…physical,
mental…everything is here. That’s why I say this is the last Wushu
movie for me.
Jet Li (September 15, 2006, Jet Li's Fearless Press Junket)
Art Imitating Life?
I played this role without acting. It’s really my personal beliefs.
I [combined] a lot of parts and I just used my heart.
Jet Li (September 15, 2006, Jet Li's Fearless Press Junket)
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William Kong |
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Producer |
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Jet Li |
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Huo Yuanjia |
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Shido
Nakamura |
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Anno Tanaka |
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Betty
Sun |
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Moon |
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Ting Leung |
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Lai |
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Yong
Dong |
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Nong Jinsun |
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Hang-Sang Poon |
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Cinematographer |
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Virginia Katz and Richard Learoyd |
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Editor(s) |
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Shigeru
Umebayashi |
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Music |
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Mike Leeder and Ean Tang |
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Casting |
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Thomas Chong |
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Costume
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Woo-ping Yuen |
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Assistant director |
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Distributor |
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Rogue Pictures
(USA)
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Release
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USA |
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September
22, 2006 (general release) |
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Filming
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Shanghai, China
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