Bullet in the Head

Titolo originale: 喋血街頭
Regia: John Woo |
Anno: 1990
Origine: Hong Kong |
Generi: Azione Crime Thriller Guerra
Tag: vietnam war | friendship | vietnam | killing | saigon | riot | hong kong | childhood friends | independent film | friend relationship | childhood friends' relationship |
Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau | Waise Lee Chi-Hung | Simon Yam | Fennie Yuen Kit-Ying | Yolinda Yan Chor-Sin | Lam Chung | Nina Paw Hei-Ching | Chang Gan-Wing | So Hang-Suen | Chang Tseng | Siao San-Yan | Paco Yick Tin-Hung | Pei Yun | Tsui Kwong-Lam | Ding Yue | Kowit Wattanakul | Therdporn Manopaibool | Damrongphandhu Sudrak | Suchai Thilua | Thirasak Sinsoongsud | Somsak Saengvilia | Lawrence Lau Sek-Yin | Raymond Lee Wai-Man | Jameson Lam Wa-Fan | Leung Bo-Ching | To Wai-Wo | Lam Chi-Tai | Lau Shung-Fung | Mak Wai-Cheung | Choi Kwok-Keung | Lee Yiu-King | Tam Wai-Man | Kwan Kwok-Chung | Wong Wai-Fong | Lam Foo-Wai | Cheng Wai-Ching | Poon Cheung | Choi Kin-Shing | Lung Ying | Wong Wai-Fai | Woo Wing-Tat | Pang Hiu-Sang | Wan Seung-Lam | Jeng Yee | Wong Wai-Shun | Ernest Mauser | Ho Chi-Moon | Cheung Siu | Aan Chiu-Hung | Jonathan Isgar | Lau Chi-Ho | Yiu Chan-Lam | Hung Chi-Sing | Sam Ho Choi-Chow | Bruce Law Lai-Yin | John Woo | Fei Pak | John Rutherford |

Guerra del Vietnam, 1967. Tre giovani amici scappano da Hong Kong a Saigon, dove cercano di sopravvivere tra criminalità e mercato nero. Ma la guerra li "insegue" e vengono arrestati perché sospettati di aiutare i Vietcong; dopo essere stati rilasciati vengono rapiti dai Vietcong stessi. Il film racconta della guerra e di un gruppo di amici che cercano di viverci dentro e la conseguente perdita d'innocenza.

Approfondimenti

John Woo based much of the film (the first act in particular) on his own experiences growing up [...] D
There are recreations of two famous photographs in this film. The first is reference to the "al [...] D
John Woo based Frank and Paul on friends of his. One friend became the leader of a triad gang w [...] D
Chow Yun-Fat was originally going to be play Luke, as he was really impressed with the script b [...] D
The helicopter footage used in the camp raid was a mixture of stock footage from the Vietnam wa [...] D
John Woo's original cut of Bullet In The Head was over three hours long. Much like he was force [...] D
John Woo thought all the performances in the film were good, except for Waise Lee, who Woo felt [...] D
The cost of the film was around US$3.5 million, the highest budget for a Hong Kong film at the [...] D
After the breakup with his partnership with Hark Tsui, John Woo was having trouble finding back [...] D
Simon Yam was satisfied working with John Woo on the film, but he was disappointed because he d [...] D
John Woo rewrote much of the script to incorporate his reaction to the massacre in Tiananmen Sq [...] D
In order to get a much stronger reaction out of Tony Chiu-Wai Leung for the POW sequence, John [...] D
The Vietnam exteriors were shot in Thailand, and the interiors were shot in Hong Kong at the no [...] D
A poster of Catherine Deneuve appears numerous times in the film. D
Simon Yam was actually burnt in the face during the POW camp sequence. D
During the filming of some of the riot sequences, things got so chaotic on the set that John Wo [...] D
Like John Woo's previous film, The Killer (1989), this did not do well in Hong Kong because aud [...] D
Was originally planned to be a prequel to A Better Tomorrow (1986) but a falling out between Jo [...] D
a Vietcong is executed by a ARVN officer, the scene is filmed similar to Nguyen Van Lém's ex [...] D