Summary
Lee’s award-winning thesis film for NYU parallels a young man running from the Mafia and a young woman hiding from the INS, and its blend of the comic and the melodramatic sets the tone for the first feature films to follow. The title refers to Manhattan’s Canal Street, which separates Chinatown from Little Italy.
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- Ang Lee
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- Ang Lee
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- Daniel Joseph Dee
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Facts
May 18, 1984 · 46 min · Crime, Romance, Comedy
- Released
- May 18, 1984
- Runtime
- 46 min
- Genres
- Crime, Romance, Comedy
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- Chinese
- Made in
- United States