
Film Info
Bore Lee: In the Claws of the Big Z
Film Information
Exhibition Title | Bore Lee: In the Claws of the Big Z |
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Original Title | Bore Lee: U kandzama velegrada |
English Title | Bore Lee: In the Claws of the Big Z |
Directors | Mario Kovac Kresimir Pauk Ivan Ramljak |
Country | ![]() |
Year | 2003 |
Format | DM |
Colour | Color |
Duration | 58' |
Cast:
- Intérpretes / Cast: Boris Ivkovic, Mario Kovac, Bojan Petkovic, Ana Franjic
Production:
- Guión / Scriptwriter: Ivan Ramljak, Mario Kovac, Kresimir Pauk
- Fotografía / Cinematography: Andy Kuljis
- Edición / Editing: Andy Kuljis
- Producción / Producer: Ivan Ramljak
- Compañía Productora / Production Company: Ingenious Films Production
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Synopsis
This raw diamond of Croatian no-budget trash filmmaking made Bore Lee’s adventures a national hit—and soon, an international cult. The background story itself is the stuff of legend: Boris Ivkovic, a provincial tailor and martial arts enthusiast imagined himself the reincarnation of Hong Kong master Bruce Lee. Renamed Bore Lee, he became a local underground phenomenon in the 90’s with shabby, self-directed VHS videos presenting his rather unique fighting style and crazy haiku poetry-philosophy. The big breakthrough came with this first feature, made by clever young filmmakers from Zagreb: Bore travels to the big city to learn Yoga, falls in love with his beautiful instructor (named Anayoga!) and winds up fighting the evil gang who kidnaps her. Truly a “religious kung-fu love drama“ as its makers claim, but presented straightforward as hilariously cheap trash: as a result, every second of this film is surreal and mind-blowingly insane. One of the hidden gems of European genre fun in the new millennium.
Christoph Huber
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