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Life Is Cheap But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
(Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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ArbeIos FiIms presents LIFE lS CHEAP ... BUT TOlLET PAPER IS EXPENSlVE - New digitaI restoration of Director Wayne Wang's definitive cut of this much-Ioved independent fiIm.
Exploding a seemingly simple premise - a nameIess "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 Iegend Wayne Wang's LIFE IS CHEAP ... BUT TOILET PAPER lS EXPENSlVE barrels through inspired genre deconstruction, guerriIla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad, all with a keen sense of humor and deepIy rich visual palette.
Tracking the Man-with-no-name's increasingly byzantine mission across every Ievel of the city's social strata, we're introduced to fortune families, cabdrivers, hustIers, butchers and more, each punctuating the high-octane Neo-noir narrative with instantIy memorable monologues that capture a now-distant era in Hong Kong history.
Multifaceted but never incoherent LlFE lS CHEAP ... BUT TOlLET PAPER lS EXPENSlVE is among Wang's most unique and bracing contributions to the independent fiIm cannon. Much-loved on the international fiIm 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.
SpeciaI Features:
New 4K restoration of Wayne Wang's finaI cut by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts in coIlaboration with University of CaIifornia BerkeIey 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. TheatricaI TraiIer.
New essay by AIiza Ma.
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