Ten thousand bullets : the cinematic journey of John Woo /

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Author / Creator:Heard, Christopher.
Imprint:Toronto, Ont. : Doubleday Canada, ©1999.
Description:269 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12672565
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Varying Form of Title:10,000 bullets
ISBN:0385257317
9780385257312
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.
Filmography: pages 235-257.
Summary:"Ten Thousand Bullets: The Cinematic Journey of John Woo opens on the early life of the now legendary director in the violent slums of Hong Kong. It follows him to his first jobs in cinema - apprenticeships with Hong Kong-based Cathay Studios and later with Shaw Brothers, where he made The Young Dragons, the kung-fu movie that launched his career as a director. In time Woo became one of Hong Kong's leading filmmakers, directing Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow, Parts I and II. In 1992, his film The Killer - which Quentin Tarantino called "the coolest movie ever made" - was declared a masterpiece, at the time overtaking Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon as the most successful Hong Kong film ever made." "In 1993, Woo made the leap to Hollywood. Tapping the knowledge he gained while making films in Hong Kong, Woo directed a number of Hollywood action thrillers, including Hard Target, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Face/Off, starring Nicholas Cage and John Travolta." "With input from stars who have worked with John Woo and Hollywood insiders who marvel at his talent, Ten Thousand Bullets - complete with a filmography and a rare English-language interview with Chow Yun-Fat, Asian superstar and Hollywood rising star - is the only book to examine the career of John Woo, a filmmaker whose directorial signatures are earning him scores of new fans in North America and making a resonating impact on a new generation of filmmakers."--BOOK JACKET.
Other form:Online version: Heard, Christopher. Ten thousand bullets. Toronto, Ont. : Doubleday Canada, ©1999

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