John Woo was on Charlie Rose promoting Red Cliff, a film he’s wanted to make for over 20 years. In his first period movie and epic film, he creates a love story with the action he’s known for. He also talks about the state of cinema in China and why he returned to China to make films. Also interestingly, he wants to do a musical. He almost did Chicago.

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John Woo on Charlie Rose

John Woo is a Chinese film director and producer from Hong Kong. Recognized for his stylized films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion,Woo has directed several notable Hong Kong action films, among them, A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled, and The Killer. His Hollywood films include Hard Target, Broken Arrow, Face/Off, and Mission: Impossible 2. He also created the comic series Seven Brothers, published by Virgin Comics. Woo was described by Dave Kehr in The Observer in 2002 as “arguably the most influential director making movies today”.