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Originally a Hong Kong-based director, John Woo is now considered one of the ten most successful directors working in American films, receiving world-wide attention for his highly stylized violence in films such as The Killer (1989), Hard-Boiled (1992), Face/Off (1997), and Mission Impossible 2 (2000). While Woo is widely regarded as a master action director, scant attention has been paid to the manner in which Woo's films reflect the director's religious and ethical concerns. Through an examination of representative films from the director's Hong Kong and American periods, Michael Bliss demonstrates that Woo should be regarded as a predominantly religious director, in whose films action is the vehicle by virtue of which a concern with spirituality is dramatized. Contains a chapter on Chinese opera tradition as relates to Woo's films, an exclusive interview with John Woo, and a complete filmography.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1 The Grand Nature of Chinese Opera
Chapter 4 2 Bearing with Violence
Chapter 5 3 Kept Promises
Chapter 6 4 A Study in Vision
Chapter 7 5 Growing Up Criminal
Chapter 8 6 Shaken and Stirred
Chapter 9 7 An American Trio
Chapter 10 8 Simply Impossible
Chapter 11 Appendix
Chapter 12 Filmography
Chapter 13 Index
Chapter 14 About the Author
Product details
| Published | Jul 09 2002 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 144 |
| ISBN | 9780810841109 |
| Imprint | Scarecrow Press |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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