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| Showtimes | Fri March 12 7:15 PM / KAB312F |
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From the joy of love at first sight to the quirky madness of unrequited affection, these six film and video shorts explore the exhilarating highs and aching lows of L-O-V-E. Irreverence abounds! TRT: 100 mins
USA, 1998, 5 mins, 35mm, color, English;
Director Sunny LEE (in person)
A world-weary shop owner’s fortunes are answered in this valentine to the redemptive powers of desire and chance.
USA, 1998, 19 mins, video, color, English;
Director Wendy Shih-Wen LIN (in person)
What happens when a second-generation Chinese American guy and his first-generation Chinese American girlfriend receive a surprise visit from her parents? The results are out of this world, in this Asian American variation on Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus.
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U.K., 1998, 26 mins, 35mm, color, English & Cantonese w/e.s.;
Director Raymond YEUNG
Absolutely Fabulous meets THE JOY LUCK CLUB in this British romantic comedy about a gay Chinese Anglophile and his awkward encounters with a Chinese neighbor. An off-beat and witty portrayal of gay Chinese subculture in 1990s London.
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USA, 1998, 15 mins, 16mm, color, English;
Director Jeffrey CHU (in person)
The search for true love, or rather the truest story of love, begins anew around the table in a coffee house. In a game of one-upmanship, three friends and a stranger trade their versions of love.
USA, 1998, 20 mins, 16mm, color, English;
Director Simon MAH (in person)
The classic story of boy meets girl takes a twist as a martial arts actor-cum-Asian American bad guy woos the girl of his dreams. His belly flop into the depths of romantic obsession is a hilarious misadventure from San Francisco to Hollywood and back.
USA, 1998, 14 mins, video, color, English;
Directors Aram COLLIER, Debbie LUM (in person)
Bay Area video makers Collier and Lum capture the cheer and clumsiness of romance from the viewpoint of a 32-year-old man who has met the "one hundred percent perfect girl."
—Steven Shum