[SHANGHAI, China - Hold the guide wires, John Woo says. Woo is dipping into the popular Chinese historical genre with his latest project,] The War of the Red Cliff, ... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. |
[Woo is dipping into the popular Chinese historical genre with his latest project,] The War of the Red Cliff, ... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. |
Bubble. |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ... just a small element in a big cultural event |
Don't watch the film with 'colored glasses' and it's a very touching love story. |
Every time I return to Taiwan, I am met with various election campaigns with pos ters of candidates everywhere. I hope Taiwan can make more efforts in culture and life. |
Experts did not vote for it as best film and I do not know why, I am very pleased with the audience's response but losing as best film of the year really surprised me. |
Heath was all worked up and holding her hands and wanted to go to hospital. |
Hugging her would have been a little embarrassing. |
I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along. |
I didn't have a specific message. I wasn't trying to push any political issues. We are dealing here with love. |
I didn't know there were so many gay people out there. Everywhere, they turn up. |
I didn't know there were so many gay people out there. Everywhere, they turn up. More importantly, I think I'm amazed how people everywhere have had the sensitivity to want to get into the complexity of the issue, the probability of love, the illusion of love, all those things. It's not simple things you can categorize as right or wrong. |
I don't really believe in film competitions or that you can compare filmmakers. But I do believe this recognition is a great honor. |
I had to fight with my background ... but I also had to live in the general environment. People have to be categorized. That's very annoying. Don't you find that annoying? Life shouldn't be like that. The world isn't like that. There's a lot of complexity. There are exceptions. |