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Podcast: The Projection Booth Podcast
Episode: Episode 771: The Killer (1989) - Redux
Description: Carol Borden and Jackie Stargrove join Mike for a double-barreled deep dive into John Wooâs The Killer â both the 1989 Hong Kong classic and Wooâs own 2024 reimagining. They revisit the operatic gunfights, moral codes, and aching "bromance" that made The Killer a cornerstone of the âheroic bloodshedâ genre, tracing its influence from Le SamouraĂŻ to Hard Boiled to the present day. Along the way, they take a detour through Hum Hain Bemisaal (1994), Bollywoodâs gloriously unauthorized remake, and consider how Wooâs new vision reframes his mythic tale for a world thatâs changed as much as cinema itself.Become...