Blu-ray
Chan is missing
Call Number
- BLU-RAY COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
In English, Cantonese or Mandarin dialogue, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew, Peter Wang.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (75 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 17 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
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."--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1982.
Special features: High-definition digital transfer, approved by director Wayne Wang, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; Is Chan missing?, a making-of documentary directed by Debbie Lum ; new conversations between Wang and critic Hua Hsu and Wang and filmmaker Ang Lee ; conversation between Wang and film programmer critic Dennis Lim ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation.