Bibliograph

Chan is missing, a film by Wayne Wang ; Wayne Wang Productions ; [written by Wayne Wang, Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer]

Type

Label

Chan is missing, a film by Wayne Wang ; Wayne Wang Productions ; [written by Wayne Wang, Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer]

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Chan is missing

Oclc number

11308957213

Responsibility statement

a film by Wayne Wang ; Wayne Wang Productions ; [written by Wayne Wang, Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer]

Runtime

Series statement

The Criterion collection, 1124

Summary

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

Technique

live action

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