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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive is a 1989 black comedy film directed by Wayne Wang. The film stars Cheng Wan Kin and John Chan. It won an award at the 1990 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Aug 30, 2022 · Restoration and remastering supervised by Ross Lipman in consultation with Wayne Wang. Exploding a seemingly simple premise - a nameless “cowboy” courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre ...
- 2 min
- 10.2K
- Arbelos
Hired to escort a briefcase, a man decides to party while it is handcuffed to his arm. It seems to be a completely uncompromised movie, with all the qualities that phrase suggests. Newly restored...
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- Wayne Wang
- Comedy
- Cheng Wan Kin
Sep 30, 2022 · Newly restored and ready for rediscovery, Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive and can be overwhelming, and even unpleasant. But most of all, it’s incredibly unique — and a reminder of how gloriously unhinged late 20th-century independent cinema could be.
- Lee Jutton
Aug 30, 2022 · Structured around a neo-noir set-up — smoky rooms, mob bosses, and a femme fatale abound — “Life Is Cheap” melds guerrilla docu-fiction with political urgency.
- Ryan Lattanzio
But Toilet Paper Is Expensive. Directed by Wayne Wang • 1989 • United States. Starring Victor Wong, Lo Lieh, Lo Wei.
Sep 30, 2022 · Wang's 1989 film "Life is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper is Expensive"—which is getting a brief, limited theatrical release to celebrate its 4K restoration by the filmmaker—is a kinda mystery thriller, in the way that Jean Luc-Godard's debut "Breathless" is kinda the story of lovers on the run.
