- TitleChinatown (Original)
- ArticlesArticles held in BFI Reuben LibraryIn: MovieMaker v16 n84 Autumn 2009, pp. 76-77
Sudden impact / Bobbie O'STEEN
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Uses two scenes from Polanski's CHINATOWN to illustrate the importance of editing in cinema.In: Sight and Sound v18 n2 February 2008, pp. 30-34
Black gold / JAMES, Nick, WALTERS, Ben, James BELL
Article, Interview - English - illustrations
Discusses the male themes and dynamics at the heart of Paul Thomas Anderson's film THERE WILL BE BLOOD and the films that influenced it. Includes interviews with Anderson and Jonny Greenwood discusses the film's score.In: Empire n218 August 2007, pp. 160-161
The top ten performances by directors / Leigh SINGER
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Listing of the top ten performances given by directors in on screen fictional roles.In: Empire n222 December 2007, pp. 224
At home: DVD reissues: Chinatown:Special Collector's Edition / Ian Nathan
DVD Review - English - illustrationsIn: Empire n221 November 2007, pp. 171-181
The greatest movie studios: part 1: a complete history of...
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"...Paramount". History of Paramount Pictures including a timeline, sidebars on Paramount's British films, dance films box office grosses and award wins, Roman Polanski at Paramount and top ten listing of Paramount's best films.In: Empire n221 November 2007, pp. 226
Classic scene: Chinatown
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Excerpt from a scene between Noah Cross and Jake Gittes.In: Empire n201 March 2006, pp. 77-88,90-101
201 Greatest movies of all time
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A listing of the top two hundred and one films as chosen by the reader's of Empire magazine. With comments by actors and filmmaker's.In: Written By v10 n3(sic) May 2006, pp. [38]-39
The great Gittes / F.X. FEENEY
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Screenwriter Robert Towne talks about the character of Jake Gittes in CHINATOWN, which features in the list of 101 greatest screenplays as chosen by the Writers Guild of America.In: Premiere v19 n8 May 2006, pp. 82-87
The Write Stuff: the 25 greatest screenplays of all time
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An inside look at the 25 best screenplays ever written as chosen by the Writers Guild of America.In: Empire n198 December 2005, pp. 214-215
At Home/All-time 100: Month Two: Thrillers / Ian Nathan
DVD Review - English - illustrations
Ten thrillers chosen to be included in a perfect DVD collec- tion of one hundred films.In: Vertigo v2 n8 Spr/Sum 2005, pp. 14-15
Where angels fear to tread / Nick BRADSHAW
Interview - English - illustrations
Interview with Thom Andersen who discusses the making of his documentary LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF and reflects on the way the city has been depicted in cinema referring in particular to Polanski's CHINATOWN.In: Film Review vSpec. n59 August 2005, pp. 58-59
The best films of the '70s / Tom FOX
Note - English - illustrationsIn: Film Review vSpec. n51 Epics, pp. 105
Reviews directory / Simon J. GERARD
Credits, Review - EnglishIn: CinémAction n107 2003, pp. 94-99
Inceste et décadence (Les damnés de Luchino Visconti...) / Anne-Gaëlle FEGER
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Both Luchino Visconti and Roman Polanski associate incest with the decadence of a particular society at a particular time in their films The DAMNED (Visconti) and CHINATOWN (Polanski).In: Inside Film n46 August 2002, pp. 76
CHINATOWN / Peter GALVIN
Credits, DVD Review - English - illustrationsIn: Positif n502 December 2002, pp. 90-92
Jerry Goldsmith. Les compositeurs ne devraient pas... / Christian LAULIAC
Interview - French - illustrations
Jerry Goldsmith talks about why he chose to score film music his collaboration with Otto Preminger, Paul Verhoeven,& F.J. Schaffner; his music for PATTON, The GREMLINS, L.A. CONFIDEN -TIAL, and CHINATOWN.In: American Cinematographer v81 n3 March 2000, pp. 16,18
DVD playback / Chris PIZZELLO
DVD Review - EnglishIn: Sight and Sound v10 n6 June 2000, pp. 61
Video reviews: retail / Geoffrey MACNAB
Video Review - EnglishIn: Creative Screenwriting v7 n3 May/Jun 2000, pp. 45-51
The screenwriter as artist: three lost masterworks... / Robert ARNETT
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An assessment of Robert Towne as screenwriter through analysis of his first draft of CHINATOWN (1972), GREYSTOKE (1977) an adaptation of Burroughs 'Tarzan of the Apes', and his draft screenplay The TWO JAKES (1984).In: Music from the Movies n23 Spring 1999, pp. 30
Chinatown / Fred KARLIN
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On Jerry Goldsmith's score for CHINATOWN (1974).In: Creative Screenwriting v6 n6 Nov/Dec 1999, pp. 49-54
The two Chinatowns / Robert BENEDETTO
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On the differences between director Roman Polanski and screenwriter Robert Towne in their vision of CHINATOWN.In: Premiere v4 n7 August 1996, pp. 68-70
The Write Stuff / Rebecca MEAD
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Tests several interactive screenwriting programmes by rewriting CHINATOWN.In: Bright Lights n12 Spring 1994, pp. 44-45,48
Neo-Noir on Laser: Point Blank, Chinatown, The Long Goodbye / Joe McELHANEY
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Reviews laserdisc releases of POINT BLANK, CHINATOWN, and THE LONG GOODBYE, commenting on the way in which they may be visually situated within the context of a film noir tradition.In: East-West Film Journal v8 n1 January 1994, pp. 52-67
Marginality and Centrality:The Myth of Asia in 1970s Holly.. / Glenn MAN
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Analysis of the depiction of Asians in three Hollywood films from the 1970s - McCABE AND MRS MILLER; CHINATOWN and The DEERHUNTER. NB [this issue is now missing]In: Premiere v7 n10 June 1994, pp. 68-78
The Low Road to Chinatown / Peter BISKIND
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Detailed account of the production of CHINATOWN.In: Fotogenia n1 1994, pp. 302-306 [in English]
Noir in color / Leonardo GANDINI
Article - Italian
Modern film noir attempts to use the classic noir tropes associated with the iconography of light/darkness but these are subverted by the hyperrealistc properties of colour. TAXI DRIVER, CHINATOWN and BLUE VELVET among films discussedIn: Sight and Sound v1 n8 December 1991, pp. 4
Condemned to repeats. / Michael EATON
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A light-hearted examination of the success of film sequels or "reincarnations", with particular reference to CHINATOWN and its sequel THE TWO JAKES.In: Film Comment v26 n6 Nov/Dec 1990, pp. 52-55,57-58
Fault lines / Mark HOROWITZ
Article, Filmography - English - illustrations
The work of scriptwriter Robert Towne, especially as regards his film work in comparison with his best known film CHINATOWN, his use of reality, character, plot contruction and symbolic objects.In: Enclitic nSpecial 1982, pp. Double film issue, 190-203
Oedipus in Chinatown / Deborah LINDERMAN
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AnalysisIn: American Cinematographer v56 n5 May 1975, pp. 526-529, 564-565, 572-573, 585-591
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Account of its filming by the film's director of photography.