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Release: August 15, 2023

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Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her own desires. Soulfully performed by an ensemble including real-life mother and daughter Kim and Laureen Chew and Victor Wong, the Yasujiro Ozu–inspired Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart is as lovingly made as the home-cooked cuisine it celebrates. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High-definition digital master of a new director's cut, supervised by director Wayne Wang, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New conversation between Wang and filmmaker and film scholar Arthur Dong Interview from 2004 with actor Laureen Chew English subtitle translation and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by scholar Brian Hu

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Four Chinese American daughters learn painful family histories from their immigrant mothers.

Release: August 1, 2017

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Queen Latifah stars in this warmly funny remake of the 1950 Alec Guinness film, playing store clerk Georgia Byrd, who, faced with the news that she will soon pass away from an incurable illness, embraces life to the fullest. Traveling to a swanky Czech resort, Georgia meets a legendary chef (Gérard Depardieu) she has always admired. In short order, everyone at the resort soon comes to regard Georgia's life-loving attitude as a true inspiration. LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Alicia Witt also star. 111 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; deleted scenes; featurettes; theatrical trailer.

Release: December 19, 2023

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Product Description Arbelos Films presents LIFE IS CHEAP … BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE - New digital restoration of Director Wayne Wang's definitive cut of this much-loved independent film. 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 entangled with his femme fatale mistress (Cora Miao) - independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang's LIFE IS CHEAP … BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE barrels through inspired genre deconstruction, guerrilla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad, all with a keen sense of humor and deeply rich visual palette. Tracking the Man-with-no-name's increasingly byzantine mission across every level of the city's social strata, we're introduced to fortune families, cabdrivers, hustlers, butchers and more, each punctuating the high-octane Neo-noir narrative with instantly memorable monologues that capture a now-distant era in Hong Kong history. Multifaceted but never incoherent LIFE IS CHEAP … BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE is among Wang's most unique and bracing contributions to the independent film cannon. Much-loved on the international film festival circuit but unjustly overlooked in North America, this is a maverick tour de force ripe for rediscovery. Specs: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1. DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono. Region code: A. Special Features: New 4K restoration of Wayne Wang's final cut by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts in collaboration with University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. New video interview with Wayne Wang. New video interview with Wayne Wang and co-writer/co-director Spencer Nakasako. Original chase sequence. U.S. Theatrical Trailer. New essay by Aliza Ma. Review Director Wayne Wang's versatility has never failed to impress. --Matt Zoller Seitz, Rogerebert.com (I)ncredibly unique ― and a reminder of how gloriously unhinged late 20th-century independent cinema could be. --Lee Jutton, Film Inquiry Wayne Wang's Hong Kong Noir Dazzles In New Director's Cut & Restoration. --Kyle Turner, Playlist Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Life is Cheap But Toilet Paper is Expensive