Bruce Lee in ‘Enter the Dragon’ (1973)
The rise of Bruce Lee was more than just a reinvention of action cinema. Lee’s raw physicality was a new form of masculinity that Western audiences hasn’t seen. It dispelled centuries of Asian stereotypes and dehumanization in Western culture. “Enter the Dragon” premiered in the U.S. on Aug. 19, 1973, a month after Lee’s death. It’s his most iconic film.