Evans Chan Movies
- 2006
This concert release features a series of piano performances by avant-garde pianist Margaret Leng Tan. Selections include compositions by Ge Gan-Ru, Toby Twining, John Cage and Erik Satie. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Margaret Leng Tan
- 2004
Throughout her career, experimental pianist Margaret Leng Tan culled heavy-influence from avant garde classical musician John Cage. Evans Chan's documentary Sorceress of the New Piano: The Artistry of Margaret Leng Tan reflects at length on the residual effects and impacts of Leng Tan's music on mass culture, via a combination of concert clips and interviews. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 1994
This dramatic film compares and contrasts Chinese and American cultures. It is based upon real events which took place in New York during the mid-'80s when a deranged white male pushed a Hong Kong immigrant off a subway platform. The movie begins in modern Hong Kong and follows the life of Mo-yung, a middle class single woman. In order to get her out of Hong Kong before the Chinese take over the colony in 1997, her parents arrange for her to marry a Canadian man. But Mo-yung demurs and instead follows Benny, a hip, but shady photographer, to New York. Benny is doing more than taking pictures and frequently shuttles between Hong Kong and New York. Her involvement with Benny gets Mo-yung into real trouble. While in New York, Mo-yung meets Rubie, a half white woman who is being followed by a crazy Caucasian schoolteacher with an obsession for Asian women. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anita Yuen, Simon Yam, (more)
- 1992
Rubie lives in Hong Kong in the period just prior to its being turned over to mainland Chinese rule. She edits a magazine and has a relatively successful and prosperous life. However, like all of her friends and relatives, she is transfixed by the upcoming changeover. Should she leave or plan to stay in Hong Kong permanently? Arrange for a safe exit, but remain behind for a while? The issue is neatly symbolized by the (true) protest staged by Swedish film star Liv Ullmann in 1990. Hong Kong feared to anger the mainland government by providing shelter to around 50 desperate Vietnamese boat people and shipped them back. In this film, the editor has begun an imaginary correspondence with the actress in which she discusses the issues she is facing. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lindzay Chan, Wong Yu-min, (more)
