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Rating: 7 stars

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Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)

Directed by Wayne Wang

Comedy | Crime

Overview

A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found. With no further instructions, he decides to take in the sights of Hong Kong, which consist of him taking part in a great deal of blood, sex and general weirdness, all while wearing a briefcase handcuffed to his arm.

Length 83 minutes

Actors

Victor Wong | Lo Lieh | Lo Wei | Spencer Nakasako | Cora Miao | Allen Fong | Cheng Kwun-Min | Lam Chung | Chan Kim-Wan | John Chan | Ricky Ho | Cinda Hui | Bonnie Ngai | Angela Yu Chien | Dennis Dun

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Was so fascinated by this film that I decided to keep it longer so I could listen to the commentary. Actually I wanted to buy the 2-DVD set (Chinese Box plus this film) but really don’t want to spend the $$ at this time.

Anyways, this is a pretty good commentary by Wang bc the film is a time capsule for Hong Kong at that time and he discusses what it was like and how his character and plot points come from real stories in the news. Oddly he doesn’t address the X-rated (changed to Unrated) but does talk about the things in the film that likely caused it (i.e. graphic animal violence).

I really like hearing about Hong Kong before its separation and what it was like for Wang growing up there. I may end up buying this set if I can still get it bc I’d like to hear what he has to say about Chinese Box. And I would watch this film again.

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