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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.

Contributors:

Wang, Wayne, 1949- , film director

Seltzer, Terrel , screenwriter

Chew, Laureen , actor

Chew, Kim , actor

Wong, Victor , actor

Miao, Cora , actor

Chung, Ida F.O. , actor

Nishio, John , actor

Chen, Joan, 1961- , actor

Chin, Michael , director of photography

Boekelheide, Todd , composer

CIM Productions , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
Chinese

Language Notes:

In English and Cantonese subtitled in English.

Included Works:

Dim sum (Motion picture)

Dim sum (Motion picture) (English)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 1188

Subjects:

Chinese American women — Drama

Chinese Americans — California — San Francisco — Social conditions — Drama

Parent and adult child — Drama

Older women — Drama

Prophecies — Drama

Asian American women — Ethnic identity — Drama

Chinese American women

Chinese Americans — Social conditions

Chinese Americans

Parent and adult child

Older women

Prophecies

Asian American women — Ethnic identity

Asian American women

California — San Francisco

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Comedy films

Domestic drama (Motion pictures)

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; PCM mono.

Performers:

Cast: Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong, Ida F.O. Chung, Cora Miao, John Nishio, Joan Chen.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Michael Chin ; editor, Ralph Wikke ; music, Todd Boekelheide.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Wide screen (1.78:1).
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; on insert, an essay by scholar Brian Hu.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; LPCM; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.85:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

DIM 1985 BLU

ISBNs:

9798886070514

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515286015
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3476BD

OCLC Numbers:

1382830322