EFP 77: Dr Lin Feng on John Woo's Hard Boiled
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Dr Pasquale Iannone discusses John Woo's action film Hard Boiled with Dr Lin Feng, exploring its themes and cinematic elements.
On this episode, host Dr Pasquale Iannone discusses one of the finest action films ever made, John Woo’s masterpiece of Hong Kong 'Heroic Bloodshed' Hard Boiled (1992) . The film has recently been restored in 4K and is about to be released in a special edition box set courtesy of Arrow Video. Starring Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung, Hard Boiled tells of a hard drinking Hong Kong cop Yuen (aka Tequila) and his investigation into a violent arms smuggling ring. Joining Pasquale to discuss the film is Dr Lin Feng . Lin is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of Leicester. She specialises in Chinese-language cinemas, East Asian film history and her other interests include transnational popular screen cultures, and cinematic representation and reception of gender and race. Lin’s monograph Chow Yun Fat and the Territories of Hong Kong Stardom was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2017, while her co-edited collection Renegotiating Film Genres in East Asian Cinemas and Beyond came out in 2020 via Palgrave MacMillan. Lin has also contributed a video interview to the upcoming Hard Boiled Blu-ray release. Lin and Pasquale talk about the landscape of Hong Kong…
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