Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

2021-08-04 | 53 min

Jackie Chan is a true icon of Asian and Chinese culture. Over a 45-year-long career, he has carved a niche for himself as an actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter, but also singer and formidable businessman. After starring in almost 200 films, Jackie Chan has reconciled fans of genre film and Hollywood blockbusters, whilst bridging the gap between Asian and Western cinema. Through film excerpts, archive footage and images, and an offbeat approach inspired by the visual codes of the golden age of kung fu films, this documentary will take a look back at the creation of a popular hero who has come to be an icon for China, and for the entire Asian continent.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Marie Borgini

Marie Borgini

Verena Rendtorff

Verena Rendtorff

Sebastian Griegel

Sebastian Griegel

Thomas Wenke

Thomas Wenke

Brett Ratner

Brett Ratner

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Jaden Smith

Jaden Smith

Share on social media

More Like This

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
Ken San
Nubia: The Forgotten Kingdom
Grizzly Man
The Florence Foster Jenkins Story
Red Army
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Linee d'ombra
Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect
Ces chansons de nos vacances
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Bruce Springsteen: In His Own Words
Drain the Titanic
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute
Oppa, Nam Jin
The Last Rapture
Rodman: For Better or Worse
Tower of the Sun