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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is a 1989 black comedy film directed by Wayne Wang. The film stars Cheng Wan Kin and John Chan. It won an award at the 1990 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Life Is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper Is Expensive 1989 1h 29m Comedy List Reviews 50% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Hired to escort a briefcase, a man decides to party while it is handcuffed to his...
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- Wayne Wang
- Comedy
- Cheng Wan Kin
Sep 30, 2022 · Wang's 1989 film "Life is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper is Expensive"—which is getting a brief, limited theatrical release to celebrate its 4K restoration by the filmmaker—is a kinda mystery thriller, in the way that Jean Luc-Godard's debut "Breathless" is kinda the story of lovers on the run.
Aug 30, 2022 · Exploding a seemingly simple premise - a nameless “cowboy” courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial Mob boss whilst becoming...
But Toilet Paper Is Expensive. Directed by Wayne Wang • 1989 • United States. Starring Victor Wong, Lo Lieh, Lo Wei. Exploding a seemingly simple premise—a nameless “cowboy” courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial mob boss and becomes entangled with his femme fatale mistress ...
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Sep 30, 2022 · But Toilet Paper is Expensive since its initial release in 1989. Largely overlooked in the United States at that time — it didn’t help that it was slapped with an X rating — it is now landing in theaters in a new 4K restoration of Wang’s preferred 2021 cut, which he has declared to be the definitive version of the film.
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