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...normal work week at Milkyway. He suffered a severe burn on his right forearm while making Fulltime Killer, but kept on shooting. His editors have stayed in the cutting room 10 days and nights straight to get a movie in theaters on time. It's all about the work ethic?and the work passion. "I'm not a good man, but I like what I do," To says, sounding like the scarred antiheroes of his best films. "I believe you don't just do movies; you have to like the movies. And I love the job. For me, movies...
...Film Award as best director, convened five gunmen as bodyguards for a powerful boss. Swift, spare and violent, with bullet ballets staged in deserted malls, the film played like The Seven Samurai (minus two) in Alphaville. It was another To essay on a man's dedication to the work ethic, no matter what line of work he's in. For cine-philes everywhere, The Mission offered proof that the Heroic Bloodshed genre had not died out with the emigration to the U.S. of John Woo, Tsui Hark and Ringo...
...traffic control and Air Force One. But he makes himself a movable feast, providing sidewalk entertainment to a surprised group of rock fans waiting for the Dave Matthews Band in front of the Rihga Royal hotel. A frequent sight on the New York-to-Washington shuttle, where the prevailing ethic is no eye contact, Clinton works the aisles until forced to take his seat...
...traffic control and Air Force One. But he makes himself a movable feast, providing sidewalk entertainment to a surprised group of rock fans waiting for the Dave Matthews Band in front of the Rihga Royal hotel. A frequent sight on the New York-to-Washington shuttle, where the prevailing ethic is no eye contact, Clinton works the aisles until forced to take his seat...
...trend that scythed through middle management in the 1980s and '90s, turning shareholder value into the new corporate mantra and "temp" agencies into the largest private employers in the U.S. In Donkin's view, we are now at a stage where there is more work than ever, the work ethic remains deeply embedded in the Western psyche and our identities continue to be framed by who employs us and how we earn a living. The author is less compelling when he peers into the future. Conventionally, he predicts more home working, telecommuting and team working, and fewer one-company careers...