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September 8

Bruce Lee's blood marks

Why on some film screenshots Bruce Lee had these red stripe marks on his body and cheeks? Thanks. 212.180.235.46 (talk) 15:08, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure what level of answer you're looking for. Those shots are from Enter the Dragon and they're meant to represent places where he's been cut by Han, who had knives for a hand (see here). More prosaically, they're there to help Lee look cool. Matt Deres (talk) 16:10, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

If you're asking why the location of the claw marks varies from shot to shot, continuity errors like this are quite common in low-budget films (maybe the makeup people just weren't careful to match their work from shot to shot, which is especially tricky if it was shot out of sequence, or perhaps in editing a shot intended for an early scene, with few wounds, ended up in a later scene, where he should have more wounds). At $850K, in 1973 dollars, Enter the Dragon probably costed far more than the typical martial arts film of that era. But, for comparison, The Exorcist, released the same year, had a budget of $12 million. SinisterLefty (talk) 19:22, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

In the mirror room, they purposely did the cuts backwards. It is hard enough to film with all those mirrors and hide the crew. Instead of trying to make it harder and film a reflection of Lee, they put his cuts on backwards to imply that you are seeing a mirror image of him. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 12:00, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, now the reason is clear, I was only interested in that. 212.180.235.46 (talk) 20:18, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

SinisterLefty (talk) 03:16, 10 September 2019 (UTC)