In the world of John Woo, to reload is to wave the white flag! Renegades and outcasts, both cop and criminal alike, shower each other in gunfire in this fiery tale of a Hong Kong on the brink of change in Hard Boiled (1992). Erich and Krishiv are joined by fellow UofT alumni and Hong Kong cinema aficionado, Thomas Chan, to discuss the filmmaker’s last hurrah for chivalry in his Hong Kong career before making the trip to Hollywood. Make a paper crane or get in your favorite convertible before tuning in as your hosts dive headfirst into the melodrama and action filmmaking that continues to reverberate on the global cinematic landscape to this day!
Philippa Gates' Article "The man's film: Woo and the Pleasures of Male Melodrama"
David Bordwell's "Planet Hong Kong" (Episode discusses Chapter 4's Enough To Make Strong Men Weep)
Thomas Chan's Letterboxd
