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Between the Bullets: The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo

Between the Bullets: The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo

Bliss, Michael

Hardcover

Series: Scarecrow Filmmakers, Book 92

Entertainment & Performing ArtsFilm StudiesFilmmaking

ISBN10: 081084110X
ISBN13: 9780810841109
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: Jul 9 2002
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.78
Language: English
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.

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