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Take Out

Take Out

Sean Baker, 2004

Spine #1149

Picked by 2 guests

Drama

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Tsou Shih-ching, Sean Baker

Written by Tsou Shih-ching, Sean Baker

Cinematography Sean Baker

Edited by Sean Baker, Tsou Shih-ching

Cast Charles Jang, Jeng-Hua Yu, Wang-Thye Lee, Justin Wan, Jeff Huang, Shih-Yun Tsou, Joe Chien, Waley Liu

Picked by

Mikey Madison

“Oh, okay. Take Out. I mean, this is, obviously, one of Sean Baker’s first films. And as I was getting to know him, he sent me a link to it before it was on Criterion. And it’s fun to see sort of his... One of his first interpretations of New York City, so... Definitely going to take this one.”

Ben Gibbards

“Take Out. This is a film that I came to be aware of rather recently, and this film follows a Chinese takeout bike delivery guy as he's trying to make up a bunch of money that some loan sharks have lent him. It's just a wonderful film. It's heartbreaking, but it's this very cinéma vérité, very handheld, DV-shot film that feels very real and very visceral. It's become one of my favorite films. I'm going to take this one.”