Cover image for Life is Cheap...But Toilet Paper is Expensive [digital video].
Life is Cheap...But Toilet Paper is Expensive [digital video].
Title:
Life is Cheap...But Toilet Paper is Expensive [digital video].
Publication Date:
1989

2024
Publication Information:
Arbelos Films, 1989.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
Exploding a seemingly simple premise - a nameless "cowboy" courier arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial Mob boss whilst becoming entangled with his femme fatale mistress. Independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang's LIFE IS CHEAP...BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE barrels through inspired genre deconstruction, guerrilla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad, all with a keen sense of humor and one of the richest visual palettes of the 1990s.
General Note:
Title from title frames.

Film
Performers:
Cora Miao, Victor Wong, Wei Lo
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre:
Language:
English
Electronic Access:
A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy
Holds: 0
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