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Program 9
Arclight Hollywood • 10:00 p.m.
 
15 (Shiwu)
(Singapore, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Royston Tan
Royston Tan’s debut feature essays the adventures of fifteen year-old boys in Singapore. Estranged to every social reference, except for that of appearance and close friendships, they live their lives distant from their families and school, passing their days in a complete state on indolence in the search of experiences, at times even physically painful (tattoos, piercing, wounds). Their imagineery is completely colonized by MTV, cartoons, electronic jingles, publicity and comics as every moment of their existence depicts an audiovisual performance or label.
35mm, 94 min., color, Narrative, in Mandarin, Hokkein and Singlish w/Eng. subtitles
 
Preceded by
SPUNK
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Patrick Epino
A man comes to terms with a critical part of himself and his Asian-ness.
16mm, 3 min., black & white, Narrative
 

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