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MONOGRAPHIES CINÉMATHÈQUE QUÉBÉCOISE Wood, Miles. Cine East : Hong Kong cinema through the looking glass . Guildford : Médiathèque Guy-L.-Coté Fab Press, 1998, 160p. Ill. ; Filmogr. (842-9768 – poste 262) (Courriel : [email protected]) Chapitre constitué d’un entretien avec Johnnie To (pp. 116-129). REPÈRES BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES 67 BREAKING NEWS : un film de Johnnie To . Paris : Pathé Distribution, 2004, 13p. Ill. ; Générique. JOHNNIE TO Documentation pour la presse. ELECTION : a Johnnie To film . Paris : Celluloid Dreams, 2005, 28p. Ill. ; Générique. Documentation pour la presse. RÉTROSPECTIVE Johnnie To, maître en tous CRITIQUES genres (9 au 20 juillet 2008) Baumann, Fabien. « P.T.U. : poétique de la déambulation ». Positif , no 536, octobre 2005, p.47. Ill. ; Générique. Critique du film PTU. Cette bibliographie se veut sélective par rapport aux documents disponibles à la Codelli, Lorenzo. « EXILÉ : 5 x 5 ». Positif , nos 557-558, juillet-août 2007, pp.108-110. Médiathèque. Ceux-ci peuvent être consultés aux heures d'ouverture, du mardi Ill. ; Générique. au vendredi de 13h00 à 20h00. Critique du film FONG JUK . « [L’]œuvre [de Johnnie To] s’affirme comme l’une des plus Elley, Derek. « MAD DETECTIVE ». Variety , no 7, octobre 2007, pp.95-96. intéressantes de Hong-Kong. Son approche, qui concilie le film Critique du film SUN TAAM . de genre et l’expression d’une position d’auteur, débouche avec ÉLECTION 1 et 2 sur un véritable film politique. Johnnie To Ferenczi, Aurélien. « THE MISSION ». Télérama , no 2693, 22 août 2001, p.28. Ill. ; affirme son style en reliant constamment visions de groupe et Générique. portraits plus intimes, un style caractérisé par la noirceur Critique du film CHEUNG FO. comme par le tempo, à l’opposé des productions les plus commerciales qui empruntent les mêmes voies du genre. Les Horguelin, Thierry. « BREAKING NEWS de Johnnie To ». 24 Images , no 119, octobre- acteurs, qui exceptionnellement ont la possibilité de se novembre 2004, p.29. Ill. déployer dans l’espace et le temps, y sont toujours remarqua- Critique du film DAI SI GEIN . bles. Les collaborations scénaristiques, artistiques et techni- ques, œuvre d’une poignée de fidèles regroupés au sein de Niogret, Hubert. « MAD DETECTIVE : un vertige physique ». Positif , no 565, mars 2008, Milkyway Image Production, sont depuis longtemps irrépro- p.44. chables, fusionnant au sein d’un processus dont Johnnie To Critique du film SUN TAAM . catalyse les expressions collectives sans pour autant renoncer à sa position de metteur en scène qui, en décidant in fine, Strauss, Frédéric. « Shooté à la violence ». Télérama , no 2973, 3 janvier 2007, p.36. marque les films de son emprise personnelle . » Critique du film HAK SEH WUI (ÉLECTION 1). (Compilé par Marie-Pierre Lessard, juillet 2008) Introduction au dossier « Johnnie To ». Positif , No 551, p.30. Comment l'esthétique du cinéma d'action hongkongais peut se rapprocher du concept d'état de siège, les films LASHOU SHENTAN (HARD BOILED ) de John Woo, ainsi ENTRETIENS que CHEUNG FO (THE MISSION ) et DAI SI GEIN (BREAKING NEWS ) de Johnnie To servant d'appui à l'analyse. Baurez, Thomas. « Johnnie To : maître du thriller ». Studio , no 237, août 2007, pp.68-71. Ill. Frodon, Jean-Michel. « Johnnie To, la guerre d’un seul homme ». Cahiers du Dans une entrevue, réalisateur Alain Corneau parle du style et de l'esthétique de cinéma , no 619, janvier 2007, pp.10-17. Ill. Johnnie To. Introduction à une série d’articles sur le cinéaste, incluant un survol de sa carrière ainsi qu’une critique de ses films HAK SEH WUI (ÉLECTION 1) et HAK SE WUI YI Baurez, Thomas. « Johnnie To, pourquoi filmez-vous? ». Studio , no 230, janvier WO WAI KWAI (ÉLECTION 2). 2007, pp.64-67. Ill. Propos du cinéaste sur sa méthode de travail et ses motivations. Habib, André. « La règle de To : EXILÉ de Johnnie To ». Hors Champ , août 2007, pp.25-34. Ill. Dahan, Yannick ; Codelli, Lorenzo ; Niogret, Hubert. « Johnnie To ». Positif , no 530, Analyse des qualités stylistiques et thématiques du film FONG JUK (EXILÉ ). avril 2005, pp.17-23. Ill. ; Bibliogr. ; Générique. Critique de DAI SI GEIN (BREAKING NEWS ) accompagnée d'une rencontre avec Pieri, Jean-Étienne. « Johnnie To : le goût de l’expérimentation ». Positif , no 567, Johnnie To portant sur la réalisation de ce film ainsi que de son précédent, PTU . mai 2008, pp.88-90. Ill. Étude sur le style et la thématique des films criminels du réalisateur. Eisenreich, Pierre ; Codelli, Lorenzo ; Niogret, Hubert. « Johnnie To ». Positif , no 551, janvier 2007, pp.30-38. Ill. ; Génériques. Reynaud, Bérénice. « Festival de Hong-Kong, les films de Johnnie To ». Cahiers du Critique des films HAK SEH WUI (ÉLECTION 1) et HAK SE WUI YI WO WAI KWAI (ÉLECTION 2), cinéma , no 537, juillet-août 1999, p.13. suivie d'une entrevue avec son réalisateur Johnnie To. Celui-ci commente le Retour sur la carrière du réalisateur Johnnie To à l’occasion du 23e Festival sujet de ses films, les triades chinoises, et, plus brièvement, leur réception auprès international du film de Hong-Kong, qui lui rend hommage. du public ainsi que sa méthode de travail. Taboni, François-Xavier. « Johnnie To ». Mad Movies Hors Série , no 3, décembre Leary, Charles. « Full time cinema : an interview with Johnnie To ». Offscreen , 30 2003, pp.22-23. Ill. juin 2004, pp.33-40. Filmogr. Survol de la carrière du réalisateur hongkongais et des thèmes récurrents de son Le cinéaste commente sa carrière mettant l'accent sur son film CHUEN JIK SAT SAU œuvre. (FULLTIME KILLER ). Thirion, Antoine. « Cadavres exquis à Hong-Kong ». Cahiers du cinéma , no 623, Nochimson, Martha P. ; Cashill, Robert. « One country, two visions : an interview mai 2007, p.33. Ill. with Johnnie To ». Cineaste , Vol. 32, no 2, printemps 2007, pp.36-39. Sur le film TIE SAAM GOK (T RIANGLE ), des réalisateurs Johnnie To, Tsui Kark et Ringo To parle de ses films HAK SEH WUI (ÉLECTION 1) et HAK SE WUI YI WO WAI KWAI (ÉLECTION Lam. 2), dans lesquels il tente de renouveler le film de gangster sur les triades chinoises. Il présente également une courte histoire de ces triades sous le Thirion, Antoine. « Hong-Kong, de bon matin ». Cahiers du cinéma , no 619, janvier régime britannique. 2007, pp.12-15. Ill. ; Filmogr. La carrière et l’œuvre de To. ARTICLES Wong, Vicky. « Reverting social order by containment ». Kinema , no 12, automne 1999, pp.27-33. Ill. ; Bibliogr. Baudry, Antonin. « Déclinaisons d'un paroxysme : états de siège à Hong-Kong ». Sur le film JOI GIN A LONG (W HERE A GOOD MAN GOES ), en particulier sur la représen- Vertigo , 2007, no 32, pp.64-68. Ill. tation du foyer (le chez soi ) et sur les relations hommes-femmes dans une société patriarcale. .
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