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• In the 1970s, martial arts cinema in the United States was generally consigned to grindhouses and late-night television.
• Bruce Lee might've given the genre the artistic credibility it deserved if he hadn't died prior to the release of his 1973 hit "Enter the Dragon" The gravity-defying majesty of "Once Upon a Time in China" was unknown to u.s. moviegoers until the Wachowskis appropriated it for "The Matrix" I'd like to see Lee revisit the form, but he's big on not repeating himself.