John Woo's a Better Tomorrow

by Karen Fang

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622096522
• ISBN13: 9789622096523
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher