Chan Is Missing

Chan is Missing is an AsianAmerican film produced and directed by Wayne Wang in 1982. It is widely recognized as the first Asian American feature narrative film to gain both theatrical distribution and critical acclaim outside of the Asian American community. The film, which is shot in black and white, is plotted as a mystery with film noir undertones, and its title is a play on the popular Charlie Chan film series which focuses on a fictional Chinese immigrant detective in Honolulu. Chan Is Missing turns the Charlie Chan detective trope on its head by making Chan the missing person that the movies two protagonists, Jo and Steve, search for. In the process of trying to locate Chan, a fractured, even contradictory portrait of him emerges, mirroring the complexities of the polyglot Chinese American community that Chans character allegorizes.

Chan is Missing is highly acclaimed. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has a 100 rating withvotes, while IMDb gives it a 710 with 729 votes.Roger Ebert of the Chicago SunTimes awarded the filmout ofstars and wrote that the film is whimsical treasure of a film that gives us a real feeling for the people of San Franciscos Chinatown and it has already become something of a legend because of the way it was filmed that it demonstrates a warm, lowkey, affectionate and funny look at some real ChineseAmericans and went to say almost without realizing it, we are taken beyond the plot into the everyday lives of these people. ........

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