Chinatown: The Movie

Abstract: 6 pages. Produced in 1974, the movie Chinatown, Roman Polanski's most memorable movie, is considered a benchmark for its time. Since then, there have been many movies compared to Chinatown, but it remains a one of a kind film, one that started the ball rolling for all of Hollywood. Chinatown had everything then that no other film would touch, including incest. And the ending was not the usual Hollywood ending all tied up in pretty ribbon. This paper will focus on what Chinatown offered and what the critics felt about it then and still feel about it today. There will be similarities and differences discussed as well as the main arguments of each, and the various approaches the critics take will be considered. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Catagory: Film & Television

Subcatagory: Music, Film, Television, Theater & Photography

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