... that he thought were great or underrated in the west, saying things about John Woo like "John's work in the action genre had a sense of art to it, which is very unusual. He's a real artist at delivering this kind of film." In the earlier era of Hong Kong kung fu cinema it was Chang Cheh who defined the style of the Shaw ... unarmed combat films. Kung fu films are unique in Hong Kong cinema, the term itself is Cantonese, and the genre was named as the territory's very own. Even on this cultural level, Bruce Lee can be credited with bringing the martial arts film and Hong Kong cinema to i...

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... result of the upcoming takeover of Hong Kong by China. The campiness and the relationship between males is what sets the film apart from Western action films. Ann claims that the meaning is distorted to Western audiences, but I think that Western audiences recognize The Killer as a ... which "implies a gap or lag in motivation" as "counter-narrative" and "counter-unity". The violence creates a distancing effect that calls attention to the genre. It suspends the narrative, and usually represents an issue that calls for meditation, but Ann claims that Woo uses excess to make "exhibitionist...

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