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Who was it that first called John Woo's HK work "ballet for little boys"?
by 082349872349872 2y ago
Who was it that first called John Woo's HK work "ballet for little boys"?
- aspenmayer 2y agoI'm not sure, who? Here he is describing his own films as ballet in 1996 in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/22/garden/on-location-with-john-woo-ballets-with-bullets.html https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/22/garden/on-location-with-j... https://web.archive.org/web/20231022080220/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/22/garden/on-location-with-john-woo-ballets-with-bullets.html https://web.archive.org/web/20231022080220/https://www.nytim... > "When I shoot action sequences I think of great dancers, Gene Kelly, Astaire," he said. "In action I feel like I'm creating a ballet, a dance. That's what I like. Even though there's violence, it's a dance. I make it a dance. > "I always use music. In all the camera sequences I use music to help the scene, I use music to get inspiration for a scene. An explosion is like a happy drum beating. I like to see everything on the move. If an actor isn't moving, my camera moves. Music creates fantasy."
- 082349872349872 2y agoI don't know either, that's why I asked ... I'd had Joe Bob Briggs as a candidate in mind, but your evidence has convinced me John Woo Yu-sen is a more likely origin.