Collections/October 2021

Chinatown Chronicles: Three Films by Wayne Wang

Featuring a new conversation between Wang and critic Dennis Lim With his 1982 indie breakthrough Chan Is Missing —a noir-inflected comic mystery set in San Francisco’s Chinatown—Wayne Wang became the first Asian American director to achieve widespread critical recognition, paving the way for a pioneering and eclectic career that helped introduce Chinese American stories to mainstream cinema. Exploring issues of assimilation, identity, and generational conflict, this trio of playful, insightful films from Wang’s extraordinary 1980s output overflow with both tender humor and deep emotion, drawing on influences ranging from the French New Wave and Yasujiro Ozu to old-fashioned Hollywood musicals and romantic comedies in order to capture a wide variety of immigrant experiences.

3 films — 0 on the Channel, 3 unavailable