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Midday Movies spotlight John Woo's Hong Kong action classics

Action cinema would not be the same without John Woo. He helped launch the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s with "A Better ...
Yahoo

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual styles of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, as ...
Variety

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled' and ‘The Killer' Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual signatures of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, ...