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Tag Archives: Wayne Wang
Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) Wayne Wang, Spencer Nakasako, Wan Kin Cheng, John Chan, Kwan-Min Cheng
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase Read More »
Slam Dance (1987) Wayne Wang, Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen
A cartoonist who had an affair with a girl who is murdered gets himself embroiled Read More »
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) Wayne Wang, Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong
A study in culture bridging, including … a new US-born husband, trying to work Read More »
The Joy Luck Club (1993) Wayne Wang, Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh
Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America Read More »
Blue in the Face AKA Brooklyn Boogie (1995) Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox
Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film Read More »
Chan Is Missing (1982) Wayne Wang, Wood Moy, Marc Hayashi, Laureen Chew
Two cabbies search San Francisco’s Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Read More »
The Center of the World (2001) Wayne Wang, Shane Edelman, Balthazar Getty, Molly Parker
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he’s a computer whiz Read More »
Smoke (1995) Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
Writer Paul Benjamin (William Hurt) is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren’s (Harvey Keitel) smoke shop. Read More »
While the Women Are Sleeping (2016) Wayne Wang, Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Sayuri Oyamada
Seduction, betrayal, murder, insomnia and apparitions are the elements at play in Wayne Wang’s tense and masterful version Read More »