Nick Wickham, 2010
Spine #1197
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Part of Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar
Directed by Nick Wickham
Cast James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Cliff Burton, Lars Ulrich
“Since we're talking about Jackie, Criterion Collection has this, these are his early films. It's called Emergence of a Superstar. It has six films. If you ever wondered about the connection between Buster Keaton and Jackie Chan, watching these movies will show it to you. Set pieces one after another after another, clever as can be, physical comedy, brilliant.”
“So the first thing that I saw earlier and I can’t miss is Jackie Chan, because I grew up watching Jackie Chan, and then I got to do a movie with him, which threw me into a tizzy. And I asked him to teach me a bunch of stunts, but he would not let me. He said that he shouldn’t teach me stunts because he broke every bone in his body. So then I sneakily asked his team to teach me some stuff... Jackie is iconic, and he’s still going.”
“Jackie Chan. Wow. Half a Loaf of Kung Fu, Spiritual Kung Fu, The Fearless Hyena, My Lucky Stars. Great movie. Jackie Chan’s the best. Funniest living human being, Jackie Chan. Hands down.”
“Jackie Chan box set, you know what I’m saying? Because he also has a language of physicality. First film I ever saw was Rumble in the Bronx. In fact, my dad took me. And I remember my father... He was making all kinds of noises in the movie theater, he was going crazy. And I knew I was seeing something different. The way he opened up that fridge and beat people up with a fridge, refrigerator. Just... Stunt extraordinaire. And I think underrated performer, actually, an actor. Period.”
