I'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-balle

I'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."