Stephen Teo
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098398
- eISBN:
- 9789882206823
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098398.003.0004
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter covers A Hero Never Dies, Running out of Time, The Mission, PTU (an acronym for Police Tactical Unit) and Breaking News which carry Johnnie To's name as the solo director. A Hero Never ...
More
This chapter covers A Hero Never Dies, Running out of Time, The Mission, PTU (an acronym for Police Tactical Unit) and Breaking News which carry Johnnie To's name as the solo director. A Hero Never Dies marks the phase in the Milkyway company where the credit “Directed by Johnnie To” re-appears after a brief period in which To functioned as the chief executive overseeing the production of Milkyway's films rather than merely directing the films. Running out of Time and The Mission were both released in 1999 in the wake of the HKIFF tribute, and both films had the effect of confirming To's newly found status as a stand-alone auteur. PTU and Breaking News, released in 2003 and 2004 respectively, are mature examples of To's work in the genre and they show a tendency towards formalism — a sign that To was taking his status as auteur more seriously. To is considered a craftsman auteur, one able to craft superb sequences and integrate them seamlessly into the narratives.Less
This chapter covers A Hero Never Dies, Running out of Time, The Mission, PTU (an acronym for Police Tactical Unit) and Breaking News which carry Johnnie To's name as the solo director. A Hero Never Dies marks the phase in the Milkyway company where the credit “Directed by Johnnie To” re-appears after a brief period in which To functioned as the chief executive overseeing the production of Milkyway's films rather than merely directing the films. Running out of Time and The Mission were both released in 1999 in the wake of the HKIFF tribute, and both films had the effect of confirming To's newly found status as a stand-alone auteur. PTU and Breaking News, released in 2003 and 2004 respectively, are mature examples of To's work in the genre and they show a tendency towards formalism — a sign that To was taking his status as auteur more seriously. To is considered a craftsman auteur, one able to craft superb sequences and integrate them seamlessly into the narratives.
Michael K. Komanecky
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780520295391
- eISBN:
- 9780520968165
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520295391.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
As Michael Komanecky reveals in Chapter 12, Serra’s notoriety was embodied and spread through a proliferation of largely laudatory images. Public representations of Serra and Spanish culture ...
More
As Michael Komanecky reveals in Chapter 12, Serra’s notoriety was embodied and spread through a proliferation of largely laudatory images. Public representations of Serra and Spanish culture abounded after the late 19th century with the most notable examples being Bierstadt’s monumental landscape of the Spanish landing in Monterey that now hangs in the grand stairwell of the East Front of the Capital, McGroarty’s “Mission Play” that played before millions in San Gabriel, and the monumental statue of Serra placed in the U.S. Statuary Hall in 1931. Less
As Michael Komanecky reveals in Chapter 12, Serra’s notoriety was embodied and spread through a proliferation of largely laudatory images. Public representations of Serra and Spanish culture abounded after the late 19th century with the most notable examples being Bierstadt’s monumental landscape of the Spanish landing in Monterey that now hangs in the grand stairwell of the East Front of the Capital, McGroarty’s “Mission Play” that played before millions in San Gabriel, and the monumental statue of Serra placed in the U.S. Statuary Hall in 1931.
James Clarke
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231169776
- eISBN:
- 9780231850629
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231169776.003.0010
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter discusses a number of feature film projects that James Cameron developed as a writer and producer. While writing the screenplay for Aliens (1986), Cameron had also been commissioned to ...
More
This chapter discusses a number of feature film projects that James Cameron developed as a writer and producer. While writing the screenplay for Aliens (1986), Cameron had also been commissioned to write what became the original draft of the sequel to First Blood (1982), entitled Rambo: The Mission (1985). In the early 1990s, Cameron was attached to write and direct a new film adaptation of Stan Lee's Marvel Comics character, Spider-Man. He also wrote the screenplays of Point Break (1991) and Strange Days (1995), and created the television series Dark Angel in 2000, starring Jessica Alba. He later produced Solaris (2001), Sanctum (2011), and a film presentation of a live Cirque du Soleil show in 2011.Less
This chapter discusses a number of feature film projects that James Cameron developed as a writer and producer. While writing the screenplay for Aliens (1986), Cameron had also been commissioned to write what became the original draft of the sequel to First Blood (1982), entitled Rambo: The Mission (1985). In the early 1990s, Cameron was attached to write and direct a new film adaptation of Stan Lee's Marvel Comics character, Spider-Man. He also wrote the screenplays of Point Break (1991) and Strange Days (1995), and created the television series Dark Angel in 2000, starring Jessica Alba. He later produced Solaris (2001), Sanctum (2011), and a film presentation of a live Cirque du Soleil show in 2011.
