The New Yorkerのインスタグラム(newyorkermag) - 11月23日 01時00分

On December 1st, the Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo will release his first American movie in 20 years, a dialogue-free Christmas revenge drama called “Silent Night.” But his imprint on mainstream American cinema never went away. Woo’s approach to action filmmaking is detectable everywhere from Marvel movies to the “John Wick” franchise.

Born in 1946 in the mountainous Chinese region of Guangzhou, Woo once dreamed of becoming a priest, but eventually fell in love with movies for the same reason that he took to the Church: as a mental escape from poverty. “I was so fond of art that some of my schoolmates and even the missionaries from the school didn’t think I could fully concentrate on the Bible,” he says, in an interview with Simon Abrams. “They told me that I’d be a better artist than a priest.” Tap the link in our bio to read the full interview, on cinematic expression, instinctual directing, and the differences between filmmaking in Hong Kong and Hollywood. Illustration by @jdombrowski.

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