Arthouse 50: Chan Is Missing
Co-Presented by CAAM
As part of Arthouse 50, we welcome Wayne Wang in person for a special evening with Chan Is Missing, a cornerstone of San Francisco independent cinema.
The 6:00pm screening with Q&A on 4/28, moderated by the original Roxie programmer responsible for the premiere in ’82, Peter Moore (!) is at rush. An 8:20pm screening has been added on 4/28 and will be introduced by Wang.
(1982) San Francisco cab drivers Wood Moy and Marc Hayashi search the streets of Chinatown and question local characters in search of the mysterious eponymous character who ran off with their money, in Neo-Noir comedy made on a budget of $22,000 by director/co-writer Wang – the first major American independent by a Chinese American.
“A raunchy, sprawling and completely unpredictable panorama of the Chinese-American experience… It is sometimes wildly comic, sometimes melancholy, sometimes suspenseful and often strangely touching.” – Time Out
2K Restoration overseen by writer/director Wayne Wang in collaboration with the Criterion Collection and Strand Releasing.
(Featured in Roxie printed calendars, 1981 & 1986)
Special thanks to Strand Releasing.
Part of our Arthouse 50: Celebrating our 50th anniversary as an Arthouse
