A BETTER TOMORROW (1986)
While he had previously directed over a dozen films, A Better Tomorrow was Woo's breakthrough, becoming a massive success in Hong Kong.
''This movie was an experimental film. It was one of the first [Asian] gangster films that dealt with true emotions. In Tomorrow we tried to use actual feelings and input from the creator, myself, to tell the story, and I really believe that's why it had so much success. It was also my turning point, the first time I had the chance to use my own technique and my style to tell a story. I put all my idols' images in it. The sunglasses were from Ken Takakura, the raincoat was from Alain Delon, and the way Chow Yun-Fat held the guns, that was all Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood.''
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