The translation
was made for Dragonwood, and it would be better without
Tiger, one of Dragonwood inhabitants, messing with it,
but good or bad, here it is.
Me: - OK, I don't understand
the letter of the lady fan at all, but the answer of
a journalist is, I think, clear. "Yuen Biao was
born 26 of July, 1957, in Hong Kong and his name was
then Chan Hung Biao".
Warsaw Tiger: - !???!!
Me - I know it looks like a complete
new version of a curriculum vitae, but I am only translating,
a Trinity is a Trinity and what you want from me? I
am only a cleaning woman, as it is the saying here.
The rest of the discussion:
- OK, so now we know when he
was born. A Lion. If we know where to send greetings
at his birthday, we could do it.
- From my point of view he has
the looks of a Scorpio. But Carl Gustav Jung was born
on the same day of the month and he was not the typical
Lion also. By the way, do you enjoy my translation?
- Ha, ha, very funny. OK, back
to work. What do you have?
- There is some things about
his teacher, wait a moment. "When Yuen's parents
enrolled him into the Chinese Opera Research Institute
the friendship between him, Samo Hung and Jackie Chan
started". For sure the name of their teacher was
Yu Shan Yan, and he had some contacts with Hong Kong
filmmakers. Then the fragment I don't understand at
all.
- Try to shoot.
- The Three started then to perform
as statists and stuntmen.
- Perhaps. I understand Stuntman
in the article.
- Then for sure is the information
about the "Painted Faces" movie as a homage
to the teacher. You know, the cult - movie Sammo Hung
was the director. And something about Yuen as the youngest
of the three, being the "little brother" and
Sammo being the oldest and paving the way for the rest.
Then the information about the "Enter the Dragon"
movie as a start for them and the next cult film, "Prodigal
Son" in which Yuen Biao was starring.
- Cult movie? I thought all movies
of the Trinity were cult movies.
- The journalist thinks that
also. Then something about the movies Yuen Biao was
doing without his brothers, "Above the Law",
"Peacock King" and "Licence to Steal".
- So I guessed right.
- At the end there is something
about "The Setting Sun" movie done with Donald
Sutherland and Diane Lane and about the "Kickboxer"
movie as the thing he was doing recently and "Drunken
Master 2" together with Jackie Chan, something
about the legendary master Wong Fei Hung.
- Everything?
- Yeah, but, you know, at the
same time I dreamed I saw him in the movie of Woody
Allen, with the normal for Allen's films idiotic yuppie
chatter about gender discrimination at some party, and
he was doing the part of a mute ET, sitting there with
the smug expression of knowing better. I mistook American
directors, perhaps. And perhaps that would be a movie!
Mr. Allen, where are you when I need you?
And with this optimistic remark
my cooperation with the Tiger ended for the day. |