Woody Allen and Jackie Chan: What makes a good director?

Sometimes holding a train of throught takes you to weird places. Like comparing romcom director Woody Allen to martial artist and action moviemaker Jackie Chan.

How I met with Jackie Chan

I think it was 1997. I was nine years old and I saw a movie of Jackie Chan for the first time in my life. And it changed my life. I have never returned the VHS tape I borrowed from my classmate. To this day, I remember it like it was yesterday. The movie was called Police Story 1…

5 Injuries Jackie suffered while being dead evil on the sets

Martial arts, actor, director, producer, singer and stuntman — Jackie Chan was the most active stuntman in the world. Till now he has done more than hundred movies as an actor. Jackie Chan has had a painful career while…

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Auteur vs. Metteur-en-scene, Stanley Kubrick vs. Michael Bay.

Kubrick is obviously an auteur, inspired by the chess games that he played as a child, all of his movies are well-thought out and are open to multiple interpretations. His mis-en-scene is often extremely detailed and…