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Title

Ten thousand bullets : the cinematic journey of John Woo / Christopher Heard.

Author

Heard, Christopher.

Publication

Los Angeles, CA : Lone Eagle Pub. : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, ©2000.

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Details

Description

xviii, 269 pages; 23 cm

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."--Jacket
• "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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--Jacket

Subjects

• Motion picture producers and directors
• Woo, John, 1948-
• Biographies
• China
• Films
• Motion picture producers and directors > China > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Filmography: p. [235]-257.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]) and index.

Contents

1 The Early Years: Light at the End of a Long, Dark Tunnel 1 -- 2 1969-1973: Woo Gets a Foot in the Door 11 -- 3 1974-1985: Woo Becomes a Filmmaker 21 -- 4 1986-1988: A New Dawn and A Better Tomorrow 39 -- 5 1989-1992: Woo Asserts Himself 61 -- 6 1992: One Door Closes, Another Swings Open 97 -- 7 1993-1994: The Yellow Brick Road 109 -- 8 1995-1996: The A-List 137 -- 9 1997: The Big Year 161 -- 10 Influences 197 -- Appendix Chow Yun-Fat 207.

ISBN

• 158065021X
• 9781580650212

LCCN

99048800

OCLC

• ocm42598460
• 42598460
• SCSB-1234124

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library