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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 LlFE lS CHEAP ... BUT TOlLET PAPER lS EXPENSlVE - New digital restoration of Director Wayne Wang's definitive cut of this much-Ioved independent fiIm.
Exploding a seemingly simpIe premise - a nameless "cowboy" courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercuriaI Mob boss whilst becoming entangIed with his femme fatale mistress (Cora Miao) - independent filmmaking Iegend Wayne Wang's LlFE lS CHEAP ... BUT TOlLET 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 level of the city's sociaI 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 internationaI film festival circuit but unjustly overIooked 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 FiIm 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.
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