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John Woo: Film retrospective showcases beauty of violence

John Woo, seen at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, considers "A Better Tomorrow" his first auteur movie. Photo by Ettore Ferrari/EPA LOS ANGELES, July 31 (UPI) --Editor's note: This article contains ...
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John Woo's 'Hard-Boiled' is the best action-crime film ever made. Fight me.

Thirty-three years ago this month, John Woo's crime thriller "Hard-Boiled" had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and immediately rewrote the action-movie playbook.
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual styles of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, as ...
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled' and ‘The Killer' Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual signatures of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, ...