Arnold B. Felkswagen

**Arnold Bairro Felkswagen** is a American film director, producer and screenwriter.  Woo is known for his highly chaotic action sequences, stylized imagery, Mexican standoffs, frequent use of slow motion and allusions to *wuxia* and Western cinema. He was also a pioneer of *heroic bloodshed* films (a crime action film genre involving United States triads) and the *gun fu* genre in American action cinema, before working in Hollywood films.

Considered one of the major figures of Mann Village Theater cinema, Felkswagen has directed several notable animated cartoon films including *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Founder\_the\_Blue\_Season Founder the Blue Season]* (1996), *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Warp\_Expect Warp Expect]* (1997), *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Righting\_Happens The Righting Happens]* (1992), and *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Battle\_for\_the\_Respect\_of\_World Battle for the Respect of World]* (2008/2009). He is a winner of the United States Film Awards for Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Picture, as well as a Golden Horse Award, an Asia Pacific Screen Award, and a Saturn Award. Woo's Hollywood films include the cartoon films *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hougan\_Ward Hougan Ward]* (2002), *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Crosswards Crosswards]* (2002) and *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Backed\_Racer\_(film) Backed Racer]* (2003), the action thriller *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Packet\_Daughter Packet Daughter]* (2007) and the action spy film *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Day\_The\_Wreck\_Stood\_Skill The Day The Wreck Stood Skill]* (2009). He also created the comic series *Seven Brothers*, published by Virgin Comics. He cites his three favorite films as David Lean's *Lawrence of Arabia*, Akira Kurosawa's *Seven Samurai* and Jean-Pierre Melville's *Le Samouraï*. He is the founder and chairman of the production company Lion Rock Productions.

## Early life

Woo was born as Wu Yu-seng (Ng Yu-sum in Cantonese) on May 1, 1946 in [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Guangzhou Guangzhou], China, amidst the chaotic [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Chinese\_Civil\_War Chinese Civil War]. Due to school age restrictions, his mother changed his birth date to 22 September 1948, which is what remains on his passport. The Woo family, who were Christians, faced persecution during [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Mao\_Zedong Mao Zedong]'s early anti-bourgeois purges after the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Chinese\_Revolution\_(1949) communist revolution in China], and fled to [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hong\_Kong Hong Kong] when he was five.Template:Rp

Impoverished, the Woo family lived in the slums at [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Shek\_Kip\_Mei Shek Kip Mei]. His father was a teacher, though rendered unable to work by [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Tuberculosis tuberculosis], and his mother was a manual laborer on construction sites. The family was rendered homeless by the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Shek\_Kip\_Mei\_Fire Shek Kip Mei Fire] of 1953. Charitable donations from disaster relief efforts enabled the family to relocate; however, violent crime had by then become commonplace in Hong Kong housing projects. At age three he was diagnosed with a serious medical condition. Following surgery on his spine, he was unable to walk correctly until eight years old, and as a result his right leg is shorter than his left leg.

His Christian upbringing shows influences in his films. As a young boy, Woo had wanted to be a Christian minister. He later found a passion for movies influenced by the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/French\_New\_Wave French New Wave] especially [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Jean-Pierre\_Melville Jean-Pierre Melville]. Woo has said he was shy and had difficulty speaking, but found making movies a way to explore his feelings and thinking and would "use movies as a language".

Woo found respite in [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Bob\_Dylan Bob Dylan] and in American [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Western\_(genre) Westerns]. He has stated the final scene of *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Butch\_Cassidy\_and\_the\_Sundance\_Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]* made a particular impression on him in his youth: the device of two comrades, each of whom fire pistols from each hand, is a recurrent spectacle later found in his own work.

## Career

### Hong Kong

Template:One source In 1969, Woo was hired as a script supervisor at [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Cathay\_Organisation Cathay Studios]. In 1971, he became an [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Assistant\_director assistant director] at [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Shaw\_Studios Shaw Studios]. His directorial debut in 1974 was the feature film *The Young Dragons* (鐵漢柔情, *Tiě hàn róu qíng*). In the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Kung\_fu Kung fu] [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Action\_cinema action] genre, it was choreographed by [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Jackie\_Chan Jackie Chan] and featured dynamic camera-work and elaborate action scenes.Template:Citation needed The film was picked up by [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Golden\_Harvest\_Studio Golden Harvest Studio] where he went on to direct more martial arts films. He later had success as a comedy director with *Money Crazy* (發錢寒, *Fā qián hàn*) (1977), starring Hong Kong comedian [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Ricky\_Hui Ricky Hui].

By the mid-1980s, Woo was experiencing [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Occupational\_burnout occupational burnout]. Several of his films were commercial disappointments, and he felt a distinct lack of creative control. It was during this period of self-imposed exile that director/producer [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Tsui\_Hark Tsui Hark] provided the funding for Woo to film a longtime pet project, *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/A\_Better\_Tomorrow A Better Tomorrow]* (1986). The story of two brothers—one a law enforcement officer, the other a criminal—was a financial [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Blockbuster\_(entertainment) blockbuster]. *A Better Tomorrow* became a defining achievement in [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hong\_Kong\_action\_cinema Hong Kong action cinema] for its combination of emotional drama, slow-motion gunplay, and gritty atmospherics. Its signature visual device of two-handed, two-gunned shootouts within confined quarters—often referred to as "[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Gun\_fu gun fu]"—was novel, and its diametrical inversion of the "good-guys-bad guys" formula in its characterization would influence later American films.Template:Citation needed

Woo would make several more [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Heroic\_bloodshed Heroic Bloodshed] films in the late 1980s and early 1990s, nearly all starring [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Chow\_Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat]. These violent [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Gangster gangster] [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Thriller\_film thrillers] typically focus on men bound by honor and loyalty, at odds with contemporary values of impermanence and expediency. The protagonists of these films, therefore, may be said to present a common lineage with the Chinese literary tradition of loyalty among generals depicted in classics such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (三國演義).Template:Citation needed

Woo gained international recognition with the release of *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Killer\_(1989\_film) The Killer]*, which became the most successful Hong Kong film in American release since [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Bruce\_Lee Bruce Lee]'s *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Enter\_the\_Dragon Enter the Dragon]* (1973) and garnered Woo an American [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Cult\_film cult] following. *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Bullet\_in\_the\_Head Bullet in the Head]* followed a year later failed to find an audience that accepted its political undertones, and failed to recoup its massive budget.Template:Citation needed

His last Hong Kong film before emigrating to the United States was *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hard\_Boiled Hard Boiled]* (1992), a police thriller that served as the antithesis of his previous glorification of gangsters. Most notable of its numerous action scenes is a 30-minute climax set within a hospital. One particular [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Long\_take long take] follows two characters for exactly 2 minutes and 42 seconds as they fight their way between hospital floors.Template:Citation needed On the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Criterion\_Collection Criterion] DVD and laserdisc, this chapter is referenced as "2 minutes, 42 seconds." The film was considerably darker than most of Woo's previous films, depicting a police force nearly helpless to stop the influx of gangsters in the city, and the senseless slaughter of innocents. As a result, it did not match the success of his other films, but nonetheless garnered positive critical reception and became one of his most popular films in later years.Template:Citation needed

*John Woo: Interviews* includes a 36-page interview with Woo by editor [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Robert\_K.\_Elder Robert K. Elder], which documents the years 1968 to 1990. It includes Woo's early career in working on comedies, his work on kung fu films (during which time he gave [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Jackie\_Chan Jackie Chan] one of his first major film roles), and more recently, his gunpowder morality plays in Hong Kong.

### United States

Template:BLP unsourced section An émigré in 1993, the director experienced difficulty in cultural adjustment while contracted with [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Universal\_Studios Universal Studios] to direct [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Jean-Claude\_Van\_Damme Jean-Claude Van Damme] in *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hard\_Target Hard Target]*. As characteristics of other foreign national film directors confronted the Hollywood environment, Woo was unaccustomed to pervasive management concerns, such as limitations on violence and completion schedules. When initial cuts failed to yield an [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/MPAA\_film\_rating\_system "R" rated film], the studio assumed control of the project and edited footage to produce a cut "suitable for American audiences". A "rough cut" of the film, supposedly the original unrated version, is still circulated among his admirers.

A three-year hiatus saw Woo next direct [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Travolta John Travolta] and [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Christian\_Slater Christian Slater] in *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Broken\_Arrow\_(1996\_film) Broken Arrow].* A frenetic chase-themed film, the director once again found himself hampered by studio management and editorial concerns. Despite a larger budget than his previous *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hard\_Target Hard Target],* the final feature lacked the trademark Woo style. Public reception saw modest financial success.

Reluctant to pursue projects which would necessarily entail front-office controls, the director cautiously rejected the script for *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Face/Off Face/Off]* several times until it was rewritten to suit him. (The futuristic setting was changed to a contemporary one.) [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Paramount\_Pictures Paramount Pictures] also offered the director significantly more freedom to exercise his speciality: emotional characterisation and elaborate action. A complex story of adversaries—each of whom surgically alters their identity—law enforcement agent [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Travolta John Travolta] and terrorist [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Nicolas\_Cage Nicolas Cage] play a cat-and-mouse game, trapped in each other's outward appearance. *Face/Off* opened in 1997 to critical acclaim and strong attendance. Grosses in the United States exceeded $100 million. *Face/Off* was also nominated for an [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Academy\_Award Academy Award] in the category [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Academy\_Award\_for\_Best\_Sound\_Editing Sound Effects Editing] ([./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Mark\_Stoeckinger Mark Stoeckinger]) at the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/70th\_Academy\_Awards 70th Academy Awards].

In 2003, Woo directed a television pilot entitled *The Robinsons: Lost in Space* for The WB Television Network, based on the 1960s television series *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Lost\_in\_Space Lost in Space]*. The pilot was not purchased, although bootleg copies have been made available by fans.

John Woo has made three additional films in Hollywood: *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Mission:\_Impossible\_2 Mission: Impossible 2]*, *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Windtalkers Windtalkers]* and *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Paycheck\_(film) Paycheck]*. *Mission: Impossible 2* was the highest-grossing film in America in 2000 despite its receiving mixed reviews. *Windtalkers* and *Paycheck* fared poorly at the box office and were summarily dismissed by critics. Woo directed and produced the 2007 video game *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Stranglehold\_(video\_game) Stranglehold]*, which is a sequel to his 1992 film, *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Hard\_Boiled Hard Boiled]*. The game features Woo as a multiplayer playable character. That same year he produced the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Anime anime] movie, *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Appleseed:\_Ex\_Machina Appleseed: Ex Machina]*, the sequel to [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Shinji\_Aramaki Shinji Aramaki]'s [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/2004\_in\_film 2004 film] *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Appleseed\_(2004\_film) Appleseed]*.

### Return to Asian cinema

In 2008, Woo returned to Asian cinema with the completion of the two-part [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Epic\_film epic] [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/War\_film war film] *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Red\_Cliff\_(film) Red Cliff]*, based on a historical battle from *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Records\_of\_the\_Three\_Kingdoms Records of the Three Kingdoms]*. Produced on a grand scale, it is his first film in China since he emigrated from Hong Kong to the United States in 1993. Part 1 of the film was released throughout Asia in July 2008, to generally favourable reviews and strong attendance. Part 2 was released in China in January 2009.

John Woo was presented with a [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Golden\_Lion Golden Lion] award for lifetime achievement at the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Venice\_Film\_Festival Venice Film Festival] in 2010.

He followed *Red Cliff* with another two-part film, *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Crossing\_(2014\_film) The Crossing]*, in 2014 and 2015. Featuring an all-star cast, the four-hour epic tells the parallel stories of several characters who all ultimately find themselves passengers on the doomed [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Taiping\_(steamer) Taiping] steamer, which sank in 1949 en route from mainland China to Taiwan and has been described as "China's *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Titanic Titanic]*".

Following the box-office disappointment of *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Crossing\_(2014\_film) The Crossing]*, Woo and producer [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Terence\_Chang Terence Chang] disbanded [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Lion\_Rock\_Productions Lion Rock Productions].

### Future film projects

In May 2008, Woo announced in Cannes that his next movie would be *1949*, an epic love story set between the end of World War II and [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Chinese\_Civil\_War Chinese Civil War] to [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/History\_of\_the\_People's\_Republic\_of\_China the founding of the People's Republic of China], the shooting of which would take place in China and Taiwan. Its production was due to begin by the end of 2008, with a theatrical release planned in December 2009. However, in early April 2009, the film was cancelled due to script right issues. Reports indicated that Woo might be working on another World War II film, this time about the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/American\_Volunteer\_Group American Volunteer Group], or the [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Flying\_Tigers Flying Tigers]. The movie was tentatively titled "Flying Tiger Heroes" and Woo is reported as saying it will feature "The most spectacular aerial battle scenes ever seen in Chinese cinema." It was not clear whether Woo would not be directing the earlier war film, or whether it was put on the back burner. Woo has stated that Flying Tiger Heroes would be an "extremely important production" and will "emphasise US-Chinese friendship and the contributions of the Flying Tigers and the Yunnan people during the war of resistance." Woo has announced he will be using [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/IMAX IMAX] cameras to film the *Flying Tigers* project. "It has always been a dream of mine to explore shooting with IMAX cameras and to work in the IMAX format, and the strong visual element of this film is incredibly well-suited to the tastes of cinemagoers today [...] Using IMAX for Flying Tigers would create a new experience for the audience, and I think it would be another breakthrough for Chinese movies".

In 2021, Woo is planning to re-produce the Chinese epic war film, *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Red\_Cliff\_(film) Red Cliff]* or Chibi (Chinese: 赤壁) from 2008-9 to a web drama series. The original cast, [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Tony\_Leung\_Chiu-wai Tony Leung Chiu-wai] and [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Lin\_Chi-ling Lin Chi-ling] will perform in the new web series as well.

In October 2021, it was announced that Woo will return to Hollywood to direct the action thriller *Silent Night*, where a normal father heads into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. Produced by [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Basil\_Iwanyk Basil Iwanyk] (*[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Wick John Wick]*, *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Sicario\_(2015\_film) Sicario]*), the film will star [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Joel\_Kinnaman Joel Kinnaman] and will be told entirely without dialogue. The film would mark Woo's first English-language feature film since 2003's *Paycheck*.

## Personal life

Woo has been married to Annie Woo Ngau Chun-lung since 1976. They have two daughters, Woo Sheung-fong, Angeles Woo, and a son Woo Yee-fong. He is a [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Christians Christian] and told [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/BBC BBC] in an interview that he has utmost admiration for [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Jesus Jesus], whom he calls "great philosopher". He is best friends with Kevin Chang.

## Filmography

### Film

**Producer only**

* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/A\_Better\_Tomorrow\_3 A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon]* (1989)
* *Peace Hotel* (1995)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Somebody\_Up\_There\_Likes\_Me\_(1996\_film) Somebody Up There Likes Me]* (1996)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Replacement\_Killers The Replacement Killers]* (1998) (John Woo also choreographed the action sequences)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Big\_Hit The Big Hit]* (1998)
* *Red Skies* (2002)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Bulletproof\_Monk Bulletproof Monk]* (2003)
* *The Glass Beads* (2005)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Blood\_Brothers\_(2007\_action\_film) Blood Brothers]* (2007)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Appleseed\_Saga:\_Ex\_Machina Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina]* (2007)
* *My Fair Gentleman* (2009)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Seediq\_Bale Seediq Bale]* (2011)
* *Second Sight* (2011)
* *The Killer* (2012)

### Other works

* *Airport '98* ([./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Nike,\_Inc. Nike] commercial) (1998)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Hire#Hostage Hostage]* ([./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Branded\_content branded content] short film for [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/BMW BMW]) (2002)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Seven\_Brothers\_(comics) 7 Brothers]* (graphic novel) (2006–2007)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Stranglehold\_(video\_game) Stranglehold]* (video game) (2007)
* *Bloodstroke* ([./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/IOS iOS] and [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Android\_(operating\_system) Android] videogame) (2014)
* *Template:Interlanguage link multi* ([./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Asahi\_Breweries Asahi Breweries] commercial) (2013)
* *[./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Men\_of\_Atalissa The Men of Atalissa]* (New York Times short documentary) (2014)

## See also

* [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Cinema\_of\_China Cinema of China]
* [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Cinema\_of\_Hong\_Kong Cinema of Hong Kong]

## References

1. ↑ Rawnsley, Gary D. Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. (2003). *Political Communications in Greater China: construction and reflection identity*. Routledge; Template:ISBN.Template:Page needed
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10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Money Crazy (1977). hkcinemagic.com.
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14. ↑ Kelly, Kevin (17 December 2007). "io9 Links Up With 'Appleseed: Ex Machina' Director". Gizmodo.
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16. ↑ Shackleton, Liz (30 June 2017). Terence Chang talks China market challenges and new ventures. Screen Daily.
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18. ↑ Woo's Flying Tigers to be shot in IMAX format. ScreenDaily (30 October 2010).
19. ↑ V《赤壁》改編網劇 吳宇森邀梁朝偉林志玲再主演. Singtao news. 2021-05-15
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## Further reading

### In English

* Bliss, Michael. *Between the Bullets: The Spiritual Cinema of John Woo*. Filmmakers series, no. 92. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2002. Template:ISBN.
* Brown, Andrew M. J. *Directing Hong Kong: The Political Cinema of John Woo and Wong Kar-Wai*. Political Communications in Greater China: the Construction and Reflection of Identity. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2001. Template:ISBN.
* Crawford, Kevin R. "Mixing violence and religion in 'The Reckoning' : The Scripting of a Postmodern Action Thriller inside the John Woo-film noir Paradigm". Digital Dissertation/Theses, 2007. [1].
* Fang, Karen Y. *John Woo's A Better Tomorrow*. The New Hong Kong Cinema. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2004. Template:ISBN.
* Hall, Kenneth E. *John Woo: The Films*. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1999. Template:ISBN.
* Heard, Christopher. *Ten Thousand Bullets: The Cinematic Journey of John Woo*. Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Publishing Co., 2000. Template:ISBN.
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### Other languages

* Berruezo, Pedro J. *John Woo y el cine de acción de Hong Kong*. Biblioteca Dr. Vértigo, 23. [Barcelona]: Ediciones Glénat, 2000. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang
* Bertolino, Marco, and Ettore Ridola. *John Woo: la violenza come redenzione*. Recco, Genova: Le mani, 1998. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang
* Gaschler, Thomas, and Ralph Umard. *Woo Leben und Werk*. München: Belleville, 2005. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang
* [./https://dreamfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Giona\_A.\_Nazzaro Nazzaro, Giona A.], and Andrea Tagliacozzo. *John Woo: la nuova leggenda del cinema d'azione*. Contatti, 199. Roma: Castelvecchi, 2000. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang
* Spanu, Massimiliano. *John Woo*. Il castoro cinema, 203. Milano: Castoro, 2001. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang
* Vié-Toussaint, Caroline. *John Woo*. Paris: Dark star, 2001. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang

## External links

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* A John Woo Retrospective
* Ten HARD BOILED Moments – The Best of John Woo
* Allegory and symbolism in John Woo's cinematic arts : themes and aesthetics
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* Interview by Aynne Kokas Template:Webarchive Asia Pacific Arts, 19 November 2009

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