{"product_id":"9781839028151","title":"Chinatown","description":"Author: Eaton, Michael\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781839028151\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643237912734,"sku":"UBD-9781839028151","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781839028151.jpg?v=1774485066","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781839028151","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}