{"product_id":"chinatown-paperback-3","title":"Chinatown - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Eaton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDirected in 1974 by Roman Polanski from a script by Robert Towne, \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant reworking of film noir set in a drought-stricken Los Angeles of the 1930s. Jack Nicholson stars as J. J. Gittes, a private eye who, despite his best intentions, can bring only disaster on Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), the enigmatic woman he has come to love. Gittes's investigation into the death of Evelyn's husband exposes a chaos of political corruption and sexual violence lurking beneath a glittering, sun-bleached surface.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Eaton's compelling study situates \u003ci\u003eChinatown\u003c\/i\u003e in relation to a history of fictional detectives, from Sophocles to Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. In an absorbing account of the film's narrative development and visual style, he traces \u003ci\u003eChinatown's \u003c\/i\u003erelationship to the pessimism of American cinema (and, by extension, the wider culture) in the mid-1970s, and the source of the film's narrative and visual impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his afterword to this new edition, Eaton considers \u003ci\u003eChinatown's\u003c\/i\u003e 1990 sequel \u003ci\u003eThe Two Jakes\u003c\/i\u003e and also the movie's changing fortunes in the years since its release.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Eaton is a screenwriter and playwright based in Nottingham, UK. His screen credits include \u003ci\u003eFellow Traveller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSigns and Wonders, Shoot to Kill \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhy Lockerbie?\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the author of\u003ci\u003e Our Friends in the North\u003c\/i\u003e in the BFI TV Classics series. In 1999 Eaton was awarded MBE for services to film in the New Year's Honours List.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 7.52 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47344213623033,"sku":"9781839028151","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pIs8naYzhp9781839028151.webp?v=1769729340","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/chinatown-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}