John Woo’s The Killer (The New Hong Kong Cinema)

A classic tale of loyalty and bloody betrayal, John Woo’s The Killer (1989) was centrally important to the growth of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s and 1990s. It helped launch the international stardom of Woo and lead actor Chow Yun-fat, who plays a disllusioned hitman taking his fatal final assignment to help a lounge singer he accidentally blinded. Illustrating the film’s place in the chivalric tradition of Chinese and Hong Kong cinema, where co...

By Kenneth E. Hall
Series: The New Hong Kong Cinema
Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press (February 28, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9622099564
ISBN-13: 978-9622099562
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 7.8 inches
Amazon Rank: 4840656
Format: PDF ePub TXT ebook

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