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John Woo's A Better Tomorrow

John Woo's A Better Tomorrow
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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9789622096523
ISBN-13 : 9622096522
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Book Synopsis John Woo's A Better Tomorrow by : Karen Fang

Download or read book John Woo's A Better Tomorrow written by Karen Fang and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Better Tomorrow has always been hailed as a milestone in Hong Kong cinema. This book describes the different responses to the movie in Hong Kong and later in its reception worldwide, which paved the way for the promotion of John Woo and Chow Yun-fat to their current prominence in Hollywood. Fang examines the different notions of the genre of action cinema in Asian and Western film industries. She tracks the connections between ying shung pian, or "hero" movie, the term by which Woo's film became famous in Hong Kong, and the spectacle of violence emphasized in the term "heroic bloodshed," the category in which the film was known in the West. Finally, she concludes with a discussion of the status of the film and its huge success in the current globalized industry.


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