John Woo
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  One of the most influential Directors alive today,
John Woo was the first to bring bloody gun fights to an art for. He does it bigger and better than ant one else.
 The first to introduce scenes were two or more characters point guns at each other. The first to introduce slow motion in action sequences.
 His main characters are typically honorable gangsters or hit men. His movies films deal with issues of honor and camaraderie.
As opposed to most Hollywood films, his do not end happily. Only in his hollywood films does he give a happy end. weather they like it or not, Tarantino and Rodrigez films are extremely influenced by Woo's work.
 
 
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