Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) Blu-ray Region B
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive Exploding a seemingly simple premise – a nameless “cowboy” courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial Mob boss whilst becoming entangled with his femme fatale mistress (Cora Miao) – independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang’s Life is Cheap… But Toilet Paper is Expensive barrels through inspired genre deconstruction, guerrilla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad, all with a keen sense of humour and one of the richest visual palettes of the 1990s. LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES New 4K restoration from the original 35mm colour interpositive New video interview with director Wayne Wang New video interview with co-writer/co-director Spencer Nakasako & Wang Original full-length chase sequence Trailer Newly improved English subtitle translation Limited edition booklet with new writing by Aliza Ma