Shopping for Fangs

"SHOPPING FOR FANGS is an urban psychological thriller about a few young adults trapped in a world of mistaken identities and insatiable desires. They connect in the most unexpected and oddest ways in an angst and desire-driven 90s metropolis.Lonely and longing for romance, Phil starts having a strange hair problem. His abnormal hair growth soon leads him to believe that he is turning into a werewolf.Disillusioned by her marriage, Katherine tells her psychiatrist about her mysterious black- outs. One day, she loses her cellular phone, pager and wallet which are then picked up by Trinh, a quirky waitress who wears a blond wig and sunglasses 24 hours a day. As Phil slowly transforms into an aggressive being, dead bodies start turning up. Not long, his descent to madness leaves him with two options: to control the animal within him, or to terminate himself with a silver bullet.Obsessed, Trinh sends her photos and love notes to Katherine. Intrigued, Katherine leaves her jealous husband, Jim, behind to search for this mysterious woman. Armed with a gun, Jim is determined to track his wife down.Phil and Katherine's lives crisscross in a psychological roller coaster full of twists and turns. Hopping between drama, comedy, thriller and horror, SHOPPING FOR FANGS explores sexuality, identity and culture at the very heart of Generation X."

In-Person

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas - Aud 9

Nov 05

Credits

Director(s):

Quentin Lee, Justin Lin

Biography(s):

QUENTIN LEE (Writer, Director, Producer) Born and raised in Hong Kong, Quentin Lee immigrated to Montreal, Canada in his teens. He received a B.A. and an M.A. in English from UC Berkeley and Yale respectively. He then went to Los Angeles to complete his M.F.A. in Film Directing at UCLA. He has produced, wrote and directed numerous short films and videos that have been screened nationally and internationally at London, Berlin, Hong Kong, and Montreal. His early videos TO RIDE A COW (1991) and SLEEPING SUBJECTS (1993), have received awards from thu New England Film Festival, Hong Kong Independent Video Competition, UCLA and the American Film Institute. Quentin's first feature, FLOW, is an edgy compilation of his four student films produced during his first and second year at UCLA Film School. FLOW was premiered at Vancouver International Film Festival and is currently distributed by National Asian Telecommunications Association and Margin Video. Quentin is also the founding and managing director of Margin Films / V

Producer(s):

Quentin Lee

Writer(s):

Quentin Lee, Justin Lin, Dan Alvarado

Cast:

Jeanne Chinn, Radmar Agana Jao, Clint Jung, John Cho, Peggy Ahn

Cinematographer(s):

Lisa Wiegand

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Details

Premiere Status:

30th year edition - Canadian Premiere

event types:

Film

Running Time:

90

Language(s):

Egnlish

venue

venues:

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas - Aud 9