Compare and Contrast on 2 Asian American Film Directors

Introduction

John Woo (Wu Yusen) was born in 1946 in Guangzhou, southern China. They were very poor and the homeless have been for many years, so he could not attend school until he was nine. (MTV Biography 26) Where, as Lin was born in Taipei and grew up in Orange County, California. His solo debut Better Luck Tomorrow director (1997 to the tusks Shopping jointly directed by Quentin Lee) made a huge splash with critics, and fans. However, his subsequent work Annapolis scored mixed reviews from critics, but found an audience on DVD sold over 1.3 million copies and stay on top 10 rental lists around the country. His output directed The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was released in North American cinemas on 16 June 2006. Universal film credits (along with the Break-Up) for their help in the studio to stay in the black in 2006. It is gross over $ 158 million to date. (Hall 59)

Discussion

John Woo directed twelve films, from comedy to Cantonese opera adaptions, including "Hands of Death", in which the future of martial arts star Jackie Chan was his first major role. In 1986, Wu, together with leading manufacturers of director Tsui Hark to the ground breaking "A Better Tomorrow". In the film, the first time since the United Woo Chow Yun-fat and is a huge success, establishing its director, as a force to be reckoned with. (Hall 19)

He continued to refine his style with the future 2 "and" murderer "exploded fable of redemption through violence, in which Wu excited attention worldwide audience. It was followed by brutal Vietnam epic "bullets in the head, and he was reunited with Chow Yun Fat in the high-octane rollercoaster movie" Hard Boiled. "In 1993, Wu was given the opportunity to work in Hollywood, and received direct Jean-Claude Van Damme film" (Fang 24)Hard Target "which, unfortunately, was NC-17 rating and had been recut to reduce violence in that it lost some of the spirit of Wu, fortunately, this Unrated in Europe.

Wu was in the United States almost three years before a contract with 20th Century Fox, to send a $ 54 million "Broken Arrow" A-pulse pounding, non-stop actioner role of John Travolta and Christian Slater, who helped Wu to try their hand at one special effect - initiated thriller. Where, as Justin Lin of the actors, producers and directors interviewed in ...