WACKY, WICKED, AND WILD SHORTS

AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center - October 11, 2005 - 9:15 PM

Total running time: 85 min

This eclectic collection of short films provides an amusing glimpse of people from different walks of life. From a spoof about a busy call center in India to John Woo-styled gunplay in a Texas convenience store, from an interview with a private investigator in Salt Lake City to a documentary that laughs in the face of Asian stereotypes, these stories use satire and parody to enlighten and entertain.

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Cost: $9.25
Ticket Code: 1011B

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The Hairs
Narrative Short
Director:	Yohei Kawamata
Format:	Video	Running Time:	5
Looking in the mirror, a young man undertakes an uncommon way of grooming himself.

Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about Spam
Narrative Short
Director:	Steven Tsuchida
Format:	Video	Running Time:	5
A young man's life is changed when he wins a poetry contest with a haiku he has written about Spam.

Slick
Narrative Short
Director:	Ryan Tse
Format:	Video	Running Time:	5
A young man embarks on a crime spree with some interesting consequences.
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Here Comes Private Investigator Kengo Koshiyama
Narrative Short
Director:	Yohei Kawamata
Format:	Video	Running Time:	13
A mock interview with a private investigator in Salt Lake City reveals the strange relationships in the life of an unusual person.

Call Center
Narrative Short
Director:	Amyn Kaderali
Format:	Video	Running Time:	12
A call center in India is inundated with calls in this spoof that reveals what really happens in the outsourcing of telephone services.

Bunny and Clydo
Narrative Short
Director:	Rocky Jo
Format:	Video	Running Time:	20
A couple in love and on the run faces off with a rookie detective in a wild and stylized convenience store shootout. http://www.BunnyAndClydo.com
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A Chink in the Armor
Documentary Short
Director:	Baun Mah
Format:	Video	Running Time:	25
Using humor, this documentary attempts to examine and dismiss the stereotypes that are commonly attached to Asians and Asian Americans.