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May 13, 2024 · His experiences meeting diverse people led him to cowrite, produce, and direct the landmark low-budget film Chan Is Missing (1982). The black-and-white mystery—set in San Francisco’s large Chinese community called Chinatown—follows two cab drivers as they search for a man named Chan, which is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fictional ...
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May 9, 2024 · Chan Is Missing (1982) New Yorker Films Credited by most as the very first “Asian American Film,” Wayne Wang’s neo-noir detective flick will raise questions about identity you didn’t even ...
May 3, 2024 · Directed by Wayne Wang ("The Joy Luck Club," "Chan is Missing") from a script by Auster, it's an ensemble movie about daily life in a changing neighborhood: Park Slope, Brooklyn, which was predominantly black and poor in the 1960s and '70s (in Hal Ashby's 1970 debut film "The Landlord," a rich Connecticut trust fund kid impulsively decides to ...
May 3, 2024 · The Asian American experience wasn't something that the movie biz showed much interest in until the ’80s and early ’90s, when such films as "Chan Is Missing," "Eat a Bowl of Tea," and, of ...
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May 15, 2024 · In this understated comedy from director Wayne Wang, Jo (Wood Moy), a cab driver in San Francisco's Chinatown, and his nephew, Steve (Marc Hayashi), have placed their combined savings into the hands of the shady and mysterious Chan.
5 days ago · Chan Is Missing: New Yorker Films: Wayne Wang (director/screenplay); Isaac Cronin, Terrel Seltzer (screenplay); Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi: I, the Jury: 20th Century Fox / Columbia-EMI-Warner / American Cinema Productions / Larco Productions / Pellepont / Solofilm
May 15, 2024 · Chan is Missing (dir. Wayne Wang, 1982) Columbus (dir. Kogonada, 2017) Crazy Rich Asians (dir. Jon M. Chu, 2018) Dead Pigs (dir. Cathy Yan, 2018) Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (dir. Wayne Wang, 1985) Everything Everywhere All At Once (dir. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022) The Farewell (dir. Lulu Wang, 2019)
