Bore Lee Explained
Boris Ivković (born c. 1964), better known by his stage name Bore Lee, is a Croatian martial arts enthusiast, amateur filmmaker and actor from Sinj.[1]
A textile technician by trade and a great fan of Bruce Lee, he studied martial arts from an early age. In 1994 he began displaying his skills on short low budget martial arts films that were recorded on a VHS camera. Gradually, those films became underground sensations in his native town of Sinj and the shooting of these films on city streets became a popular spectacle.
Bore Lee's fame reached Zagreb upon the release of U Kandžama Velegrada ("In the Claws of the Big Z") in 2004, a low budget martial arts parody that later turned out to be the most popular trash film in Croatian cinema, directed by filmmakers Mario Kovač, Krešimir Pauk, Ivan Ramljak and Andy Kuljiš.[2] [3] [4]
In 2005, once again with the same 4 filmmakers and this time with a slightly better low budget, Bore Lee appeared in his 8th film titled "Čuvaj se Sinjske Ruke!" ("Deadly Sinjs!").[5]
Filmography
- U kandžama orla (In the Claws of the Eagle) (1993)
- Smrtonosna igra (Lethal Game) (1999)
- Rušilački udarci (2000)
- Otrovne ruke (2001)
- Vrijeme velikog obračuna (2002)
- Jači od bande (Stronger than the Gang) (2003)
- U kandzama velegrada (In the Claws of the Big Z) (2003)
- Čuvaj se Sinjske Ruke! (Deadly Sinjs) (2004)
- Sravnjeni sa zemljom (2005)[6]
- Otok razvrata i zla (2005)
- Borilica (2007; educational documentary)[7]
- Zlatne čaklje (2007)[8]
- Maskirani pljačkaš (2009)[9]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Camp ili obična privlačnost neinstitucionaliziranog filma - Dugometražni . Croatian . filmski.net . 1 March 2004 . 2 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612220941/http://www.filmski.net/vijesti/dugometrazni-film/667/camp_ili_obicna_privlacnost_neinstitucionaliziranog_filma . 12 June 2012 . dead.
- Web site: Jurak . Dragan . NEMA FILMA BEZ MRAKA . Feral.hr . The Feral Tribune . 29 December 2003.
- News: Tri projekcije za jednu večer! . Slobodna Dalmacija . 21 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721102031/https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20040210/kultura02.asp . Croatian.
- News: Bore Lee apsolutni kralj trash festivala . Jutarnji list . https://web.archive.org/web/20100514143136/http://www.jutarnji.hr/bore-lee-apsolutni-kralj-trash-festivala/268516/ . 14 May 2010.
- News: Bore Lee: Čuvaj se sinjske ruke! . Večernji list . 9 December 2004.
- Web site: Bore Lee . tulumarka.dnevnik.hr.
- Web site: Neponovljivi gosti i filmovi na varaždinskom Trash Film Festivalu . Index.hr . 6 September 2007.
- Web site: Bore Lee odnio dvije nagrade na Trash Film Festivalu . Index.hr . 18 September 2007.
- News: Bore Lee najavio juriš na Hollywood . Slobodna Dalmacija . 30 June 2009.