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Title Statement | Dim sum: a little bit of heart / [videorecording] : Strand Releasing ; screenplay by Terrel Seltzer ; produced by Tom Sternberg, Wayne Wang and Danny Yung ; directed by Wayne Wang. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Little bit of heart |
Series | Criterion collection |
Additional Contributors | Chew, Kim |
Chew, Laureen | |
Miao, Cora | |
Seltzer, Terrel | |
Wang, Wayne,1949- | |
Wong, Victor | |
Publication | New York: The Criterion Collection,[2023]©1986 |
Edition | Director-approved DVD special edition. |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (84 minutes) |
ISBN | 9798886070521 |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 715515286114 |
Other Number | av07309122 |
General Notes | Essay by Brian Hu on folded inserted in container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Special features: 2022 conversation between Wang and filmmaker and film scholar Arthur Dong; 2004 interview with Laureen Chew, discussing her family, the genesis of the film, and her role as Geraldine. Title from container. |
Production Credits | Director of photography, Michael Chin ; editor, Ralph Wikke ; music, Todd Boekelheide. |
Performance Credits | Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung, Cora Miao, John Nishio, Joan Chen. |
Audience & Ratings | Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. MPAA rating: PG. |
Languages | Audio track in English, Chinese (Mandarin), with optional subtitles in English, captions in English. |
System Details | DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 1.0. |
Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
Summary | Wayne Wang's follow-up to his watershed indie Chan Is Missing is a family portrait that gracefully combines the director's signature gentle humanism and eye for poignant detail. Offering another fresh perspective on San Francisco's Chinese American community, Wang takes a bittersweet look at the generational pas de deux between an aging immigrant widow and her devoted daughter, torn between filial duty and her desires. |
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By Topic | Asian American women--Fiction--Ethnic identity |
Chinese American women--Fiction | |
Chinese Americans--Fiction--Social conditions--California--San Francisco | |
Prophecies--Fiction | |
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Comedy films | |
Feature films |