John Woo’s films
Looking at the different John Woo’s films, the ones below that were made in Hong Kong:
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow II
The Killer
Bullet in the Head
Hardboil
Discuss why Professor Magnan-Mark asserts that the relationship between friends are important for John Woo. Explain how friendships are represented in one of the five films mentioned above. You can, of course, discuss, the plot development, but you should also pay attention how the friendship is represented filmicly – how are the characters constructed, the looks, how are the characters filmed and framed, what kinds of situation do Woo put the characters into, etc.
Links Below
You may be able to see John Woo's The Killer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLHOMeqXp7Q, not sure, but you can try.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsR4yanjByU, dubbed in Italian
For Hard Boil, try this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1vVsULTDY
For A better Tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmcqXCladWI