The Hero of Heroic Bloodshed: A John Woo Documentary
2025•1h 16m•8.0•Released
Documentary
A "talking head" documentary that relives the fascinating and furious career of John Woo - from his early work, and emergence as a director, to his heroic bloodshed classics which changed the face of Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s. Woo then moved to America and shook up Hollywood, as many of his peers and colleagues discuss in this extensive discussion of one of the 20th century's most important and vital celluloid names. Also features Woo himself, sitting down for an exclusive on-camera retrospective.
Director
Naomi Holwill
Cast
Michael Colleary
Himself
Victor Fan
Himself
Bruce Law Lai-Yin
Himself
Chen-Yu Lin
Herself
James Mudge
Himself
Kim Newman
Himself
Roel Reiné
Himself
Lori Tilkin
Herself
Mike Werb
Himself
David West
Himself
Production
Producer
Naomi Holwill
Producer
Calum Waddell
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