{"id":3278,"date":"2007-05-28T07:33:19","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T14:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3278"},"modified":"2020-12-19T23:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T06:46:13","slug":"chan-is-missing-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3278","title":{"rendered":"Chan is Missing (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This mystery is appropriately Chinese: what&#8217;s not there seems to have just as much as meaning as what is there.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Poster-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Poster.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo taxi drivers &#8212; middle-aged Jo (Wood Moy) and young Steve (Marc Hayashi) &#8212; search San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown for a fellow cabbie who has disappeared with their money.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Asian-Americans<\/li>\n<li>Generation Gap<\/li>\n<li>Mysterious Disappearance<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, <em>Chan is Missing<\/em> &#8212; the &#8220;first film made by and starring Asian Americans&#8221; &#8212; is an &#8220;impressive, offbeat social satire&#8221; which &#8220;give[s] its people the voice they have been denied in American films.&#8221;  The lead actors &#8212; Moy and Hayashi &#8212; are an amusing cross-generational duo, effectively representing two &#8220;types&#8221; of Chinese Americans while remaining unique individuals. (Why didn&#8217;t their careers go further?) While Jo and Steve&#8217;s search for Chan is a bit hard to follow at times, the broader point being made by writer\/director Wayne Wang &#8212; that Chan is perceived as a different person by everyone who knew him &#8212; is a poignant one; it&#8217;s not often that the identity politics of minorities in America are so explicitly valorized in a feature film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wood Moy as Jo<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy-1024x599.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy-1536x898.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy-462x270.png 462w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Moy.png 1743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Marc Hayashi as Steve<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi-1536x878.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi-473x270.png 473w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Hayashi.png 1773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jo and Steve reacting with bewilderment while listening to a linguist explain the cross-cultural intricacies of Chan&#8217;s court case<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Linguist.png 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fascinating, documentary-like look at San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown-1536x913.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Chan-is-Missing-Chinatown.png 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This enjoyable, historically important movie &#8212; which was selected to be part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/film\/titles.html\">National Film Registry at the Library of Congress<\/a> &#8212; should be seen by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0083728\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/04\/24\/movies\/chan-is-missing-in-chinatown.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/chan-is-missing-1982\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/69067.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This mystery is appropriately Chinese: what&#8217;s not there seems to have just as much as meaning as what is there.&#8221; Synopsis: Two taxi drivers &#8212; middle-aged Jo (Wood Moy) and young Steve (Marc Hayashi) &#8212; search San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown for a fellow cabbie who has disappeared with their money. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Amateur Sleuths Asian-Americans Generation Gap Mysterious Disappearance Search Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, Chan is Missing &#8212; the &#8220;first film made by and starring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3278\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3278"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58614,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions\/58614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}