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Program 19
Directors Guild of America • 10:15 p.m. • Theatre 3
 
Director In Focus: WAYNE WANG
LIFE IS CHEAP…BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE
(USA/Hong Kong 1989) Dir.: Wayne Wang, Spencer Nakasako; Scr.: Spencer Nakasako
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.
DVD (originated on 35mm), 89 min., color, Narrative, in English and Cantonese w/Eng. subtitles
 
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