Xun Ren Chan is Missing
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2022],c2022
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Director-approved Blu-ray spacial edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
A mystery man, a murder, and a wad of missing cash in his wryly offbeat breakthrough, Wayne Wang updates the ingredients of classic film noir for the streets of contemporary San Francisco's Chinatown. When their business partner disappears with the money they had planned to use for a cab license, driver Jo and his nephew Steve scour the city's back alleys, waterfronts, and Chinese restaurants to track him down. But what begins as a search for a missing man gradually turns into a far deeper and more elusive investigation into the complexities and contradictions of Chinese American identity. The first feature by an Asian American filmmaker to play widely and get mainstream critical appreciation, it is a continuously fresh and surprising landmark of the indie invention that playfully flips decades of cinematic stereotypes on their heads.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1124.
Other Authors:
Wang, Wayne, 1949- film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work.
Seltzer, Terrel, screenwriter.
Cronin, Isaac, screenwriter.
Moy, Wood, actor.
Hayashi, Marc, actor.
Chew, Laureen, actor.
Wang, Zhengfang, actor.
Chin, Michael, director of photography.
Kikuchi-Yngojo, Robert, composer (expression)
Wayne Wang Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Wang, Wayne, 1949- film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work.
Seltzer, Terrel, screenwriter.
Cronin, Isaac, screenwriter.
Moy, Wood, actor.
Hayashi, Marc, actor.
Chew, Laureen, actor.
Wang, Zhengfang, actor.
Chin, Michael, director of photography.
Kikuchi-Yngojo, Robert, composer (expression)
Wayne Wang Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Taxicab drivers -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Missing persons -- Investigation -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Assimilation (Sociology) -- Drama.
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Taxicab drivers -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Missing persons -- Investigation -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
Assimilation (Sociology) -- Drama.
ISBN:
9781681439358
UPC: 715515271714
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245 updated with Chinese.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982
Full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio).
Accompanied by folded sheet (12 pages) containing an essay by critic Oliver Wang.
Special edition features: Is Chan still missing? (a making-of documentary by Debbie Lum); new conversations between Wang and critic Hua Hsu and Wang and filmmaker Ang Lee (2022); conversation between Wang and film programmer Dennis Lim (2021); trailer; plus, an essay by critic Oliver Wang.
Cinematography, Michael Chin ; music, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo ; editor, Wayne Wang.
Wood Moy (Jo), Marc Hayashi (Steve), Laureen Chew (Amy), Peter Wang (Henry), Presco Tabios (Presco), Frankie Alarcon (Frankie), Judy Nihei (lawyer), Eileen Yeung (Mrs. Chan), Geore Woo (George), Emily Yamasaki (Jenny), Virginia R. Cerenio (Jenny's friend), Roy Chan (Mr. Lee), Leung Pui Chee (Mr. Fong).
Narration, Isaac Cronin, Wayne Wang.
Blu-ray; region A; LPCM monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
English, Cantonese and Mandarin dialogue; optional English translation.
Named to the National Film Registry in 1995 by the Library of Congress.
Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH).
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982
Full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio).
Accompanied by folded sheet (12 pages) containing an essay by critic Oliver Wang.
Special edition features: Is Chan still missing? (a making-of documentary by Debbie Lum); new conversations between Wang and critic Hua Hsu and Wang and filmmaker Ang Lee (2022); conversation between Wang and film programmer Dennis Lim (2021); trailer; plus, an essay by critic Oliver Wang.
Cinematography, Michael Chin ; music, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo ; editor, Wayne Wang.
Wood Moy (Jo), Marc Hayashi (Steve), Laureen Chew (Amy), Peter Wang (Henry), Presco Tabios (Presco), Frankie Alarcon (Frankie), Judy Nihei (lawyer), Eileen Yeung (Mrs. Chan), Geore Woo (George), Emily Yamasaki (Jenny), Virginia R. Cerenio (Jenny's friend), Roy Chan (Mr. Lee), Leung Pui Chee (Mr. Fong).
Narration, Isaac Cronin, Wayne Wang.
Blu-ray; region A; LPCM monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
English, Cantonese and Mandarin dialogue; optional English translation.
Named to the National Film Registry in 1995 by the Library of Congress.
Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH).