Between The Bullets: The Spiritual Cinema Of John Woo; Author: Bliss, Michael; Hardback; Book

Author: Bliss, Michael
Series#:92; Scarecrow Filmmakers Series; Hardback; Book; Bibliography, Index
136 pages
Published: August 2002
Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 081084110X

While John Woo is widely regarded as a master action director, scant attention has been paid to the manner in which Woo's films reflect the director's religious and ethical concerns. Through an examination of representative films from the director's Hong Kong and American periods, Michael Bliss demonstrates that Woo should be regarded as a predominantly religious director, in whose films action is the vehicle by virtue of which a concern with spirituality is dramatized.While John Woo is regarded as a master action director, little attention has been paid to the manner in which Woo's films reflect the director's religious and ethical concerns. This work shows that Woo should be regarded as a predominantly religious director.