John Woo is one of cinema’s great directors and despite making numerous amazing films, he has been absent from American cinema for twenty years. In December 2023, John Woo’s Silent Night will play across screens nationwide in the United States. Silent Night marks Woo’s first American production since Paycheck, twenty years ago. Silent Night is a dialogue-free action thriller about a father, who, unable to speak, enacts revenge on his son’s killers.During the 1980s, Woo emerged as one of the most prominent filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave film movement. Although his filmography consists of movies categorized by different subgenres of action cinema, Woo’s most significant contribution to film history occurred through the heroic bloodshed genre. Woo’s highly stylized gun-fu action, explosive mise-en-scènes, and expert use of slow-motion made him quickly ascend the ranks of cinema’s greatest action directors.Once a Thief provided Woo with a much-needed box office success following the financial disaster of Bullet in the Head. The film was Hong Kong’s fourth highest-grossing domestic release of 1991. Critically, Once a Thief received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Film Editing at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Five years later, Woo remade Once a Thief for Canadian television. This version eventually led to a Canadian television series that lasted one season.
John Woo is one of cinema’s great directors and despite making numerous amazing films, he has been absent from American cinema for twenty years. In December 2023, John Woo’s Silent Night will play across screens nationwide in the United States. Silent Night marks Woo’s first American production since Paycheck, twenty years ago. Silent Night is a dialogue-free action thriller about a father, who, unable to speak, enacts revenge on his son’s killers.
During the 1980s, Woo emerged as one of the most prominent filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave film movement. Although his filmography consists of movies categorized by different subgenres of action cinema, Woo’s most significant contribution to film history occurred through the heroic bloodshed genre. Woo’s highly stylized gun-fu action, explosive mise-en-scènes, and expert use of slow-motion made him quickly ascend the ranks of cinema’s greatest action directors.
Once a Thief provided Woo with a much-needed box office success following the financial disaster of Bullet in the Head. The film was Hong Kong’s fourth highest-grossing domestic release of 1991. Critically, Once a Thief received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Film Editing at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Five years later, Woo remade Once a Thief for Canadian television. This version eventually led to a Canadian television series that lasted one season.
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