... box office crowd. At that time, Wong Kar-wai had just left TV and entered the film industry as a script writer. He must have been aware of these new wave directors' hesitations between commercial genre films and their own creative aspirations. Wong says: "the situation [Hong Kong] doesn't ... allow you to sit and write about something you really want to write about, and then carry it around trying to sell it." (Hansen, 2000, p.54) In highly commercial Hong Kong, no film director ... of music that makes the music in his films so distinctive and impressive. BEHIND WONG'S BRAND Ordinary aud...

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... opportunity to move into directing at the young age of 27. At this early stage in his career, the seeds of Woo's future violent films were already evident. This early film, Young Dragons, contained elements that would eventually become Woo's trademark; elaborately choreographed action sequences (arranged by a young and unknown Jackie Chan) and fluid camera work. The movie was ... to the cookie-cutter look of locally produced films, reacted enthusiastically to Woo's breakthrough approach. Critics also reacted favorably to this new directorial style, catapulting Woo to onto the internati...

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